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- Immediately after the Lakers final game of the season, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the team was going to fire head coach Frank Vogel.
- Lakers fans went on to criticize the team for not telling Vogel about firing before he learned it from Woj’s report.
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The Lakers handled Frank Vogel’s firing in extremely awkward fashion, and fans are calling them out on it.
On Sunday night, immediately after the Lakers’ final regular-season game ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the team was set to fire Vogel “as soon as Monday.”
Frank Vogel has coached his final game for the Lakers, a decision that’s expected to be shared with him as soon as Monday, sources tell ESPN. Lakers’ search expected to be lengthy and expansive with no clear initial frontrunner.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 11, 2022
Vogel was asked about Woj’s tweet during his postgame press conference, and he said, “I haven’t been told shit.”
Frank Vogel: “I haven’t been told shit.”
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) April 11, 2022
Frank Vogel addresses reports he has coached his last game as head coach of the Lakers pic.twitter.com/QxXiIfyibW
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 11, 2022
Fans went on to criticize the Lakers front office for the way they handled Vogel’s firing.
Imagine any other organization hanging a championship coach — or just a human being — out to dry like this. A significant black eye for a very proud organization.
— Bill Oram (@billoram) April 11, 2022
Nah this so messed up, how can you consider yourself a first class organization, Jeanie buss / lakers front office have no shame with no due respect pic.twitter.com/vqNNJxmhKd
— Mark Jackson’s Burner (@casualtakeking) April 11, 2022
It’s honestly beneath the Lakers' legacy. There’s never an easy way to let someone go but what they have become organization-wise over the last decade is stunning. You expect more from one of the NBA’s gold standards. Not ridiculousness https://t.co/e6XmIz2ZV6
— Evan Barnes (@evan_b) April 11, 2022
Lakers have really been a trash organization for the past 10 years .. the only playoff wins in the last decade were in the bubble ….
— Jah Ras Tafari (@JaMakaveli) April 11, 2022