As the Los Angeles Lakers have continued to struggle this season, many have been calling for head coach Frank Vogel to be fired.
Some are even predicting that it will happen, perhaps once the team’s season is over.
But one man who has worked closely with Vogel feels that he’s being judged unfairly and that his performance this season should only be truly analyzed once his team is healthy.
Via LakersNation:
“Frank is great. He’s going to work through this process that he’s going through with this team,” said Jason Kidd before the Lakers played the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. “Frank is a great coach in this league. As much as we want to put the blame on coaches, it’s part of the show. Players have to take accountability, too. He’s won a championship here in L.A., so I think he’s going to be fine.
“He’s got the best player in the world, they just got to get healthy. That’s everything. We saw that in Dallas, we had COVID, we had injuries. To be judged once your team is healthy, then it’s fair to be judged whether you’re doing a good job or not.”
Kidd was a major part of Vogel’s coaching staff the previous two seasons. He is now doing a fine job with the Mavs, who have climbed to the fifth seed in the Western Conference.
Meanwhile, L.A. is clinging to the ninth spot and is only 1.5 games ahead of the 10th-place New Orleans Pelicans.
Losers of three in a row and 10 of their last 13, the Lakers will look to get back on track on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.
