There's a lot of blame to be handed out after the Indiana Pacers' late-season collapse was wrapped up by a 25-point loss to the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
You can point to Paul George for failing to carry his team like a true superstar might. You can look at Roy Hibbert for declining rapidly and becoming a lumbering liability on both ends of the court. You can blame Lance Stephenson for his childish antics. You can shake your head at the ineffectiveness of the team's lackluster bench.
There's enough blame to go around, after all.
Frank Vogel deserves a slice of scapegoat pie as well, thanks to his inability to design effective offensive sets or keep his team playing at its full capabilities during the portion of the season that actually mattered.
But that won't result in him looking for work during the offseason, per Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:
Either decision the team made would be understandable, though retaining him for another year is the right call.
After all, firing Vogel would be tantamount to forgetting about ...
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