If the FO had a huge say so in making the Westbrook trade and signing DJ/Rondo...why is Vogel on the hot seat?.... Shouldn't Pelinka/Rambis be on the hot seat?
* Lebron missed 12 out of the first 23 games
* AD has missed 15 consecutive games
* Then covid hit the team around the same time AD got hurt...Sure, other teams have had players in/out of the lineup, but LA had a huge turnover during the offseason. So there was no continuity from last season (Gasol, Caruso, Kuzma, KCP, Harrell, Shroader....and Drummond if you want to include him)
* That's 6 rotation players and 3 starters.
* 5 of those players could play defense
* 5 were high energy players
* 4 of the 6 could get you double-digit pts
* Prior to AD going down the Lakers had won 3 consecutive and 6 of 8 gms.
IMO, LA has made Vogel's job more difficult by bringing in players who didn't fit the roster or are just washed up (Drummond, Westbrook, Jordan, Ariza, Rondo)...These aren't Vogel moves, these are Pelinka/Jeannie/Rambis/Lebron/AD moves.....What was Vogel to do last season when LA signed Drummond?... Not play him?... That would've cost him his job and he would've been used as the scapegoat.
Vogel should be the coach until the end of the season...He's earned that much by winning a championship.