At far too many points toward the end of the last regular season, it was easy to imagine Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel wondering—perhaps aloud, perhaps only to himself—whether things could possibly get any worse.
It might’ve taken months for the real verdict to present itself, but when it did, there was no mistaking where it fell:
Worse. Much worse.
First with the departure of Lance Stephenson and then with the tragic injury to Paul George, the string of mishaps and misfortunes inundating the Pacers have hit an almost surreal crescendo.
At the center of it all stands Vogel, whose coaching chops are about to be put to the ultimate test.
In all fairness, Indiana was bound to face doubts aplenty anyway heading into the 2014-15 season. From Stephenson’s playoff antics to Roy Hibbert’s dire disappearing act down last spring’s stretch, Vogel was already in for quite the repair job.
Now, he’ll be hard pressed to cobble together pieces enough for a playoff appearance.
For a team that couldn’t even crack the top 20 i ...
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Frank Vogel’s Coaching About to Get Ultimate Test for Depleted Indiana Pacers
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