Former Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel is one of the candidates to replace Scott Skiles as the Orlando Magic’s chief bench tactician next season, according to team general manager Rob Hennigan.
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Scott Skiles surprisingly resigned as head coach of the Magic after just one season due to his grievances with the front office. Vogel comes to Orlando as a proven head coach with playoff experience having led the Indiana Pacers the last five full seasons with the team making the postseason in each of those seasons.
The 42-year-old Vogel spent the past five years as the Indiana Pacers head coach before the team chose to go a different direction after the 2015-16 season.
Orlando though, is known for being on the cheap side, so they may opt to go for the assistant coach in Griffin as opposed to the established coacj in Vogel, who likely will get offers from teams around the league. They haven’t seen the playoffs – or a winning season – in four years.
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Team President Larry Bird said it was “time for a new voice around here”.
The second team consists of Miami’s Justise Winslow, the Los Angeles Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell, Denver’s Emmanuel Mudiay, Indiana’s Myles Turner and Sacramento’s Willie Cauley-Stein. The Pacers made the playoffs but were bounced in the first round by the Toronto Raptors.
This, more than anything, is what makes the Magic’s new coaching hire so meaningful – and so handsome. The Magic organization does feel as though Vogel is the right man for the job, and the right man to lead these young men night in and night out from the bench. Does this team have a strong defensive philosophy?
The Orlando Sentinel first reported the agreement.
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With that being said, how the Magic’s roster will look by the time training camp starts is a mystery at this point. The 250 wins are a franchise record in the National Basketball Association. What Vogel will do is have the Magic play a defensive strategy in the years to come.
