Poster bthaunert asked in another thread, What excites you about Frank Vogel being the next coach. This has got to stop. Here you go:
Vogels’ Background:
Started playing college ball at Div III Juniata College, but later transferred to the University of Kentucky so he could under Rick Pitino. He became a team manager and later played on the JV team with Nazr Muhammed. His role, in part, was to drive Pitino to speeches which became a perfect setting to pick Pitino’s brain and absorb everything that he said.
What others have said about Vogel
Vogels’ Background:
Started playing college ball at Div III Juniata College, but later transferred to the University of Kentucky so he could under Rick Pitino. He became a team manager and later played on the JV team with Nazr Muhammed. His role, in part, was to drive Pitino to speeches which became a perfect setting to pick Pitino’s brain and absorb everything that he said.
What others have said about Vogel
- He is comfortable and considerate in media settings and has an egoless nature.
- He will do whatever the Lakers need in terms of community relations and pushing the brand.
- Has a sharp defensive mind whose teams have led the NBA in deficiency efficiency 3 times
- He wants to force turnovers and opponents into the worst shot available.
- He does not allow for doubt to seep in and pushes a togetherness mentality
- Paul George – “one of the most influential men in my life.”
- David West – “unwavering optimism and belief” “Really close to his players. We have his back 100%and I think that everybody in this locker room in willing to do whatever for Frank. We are ready to go to war for him.”
- So proud of my UK player and assistant Frank Vogel. Frank has it all; brilliant, humble, hard working and all about Team!
- Student managers at Kentucky “aren’t just people who carry towels and give players water. Vogel did those things. But he did more. Like all of Kentucky’s managers, he ran drills in practice. He worked with players on individual skill development.”
- If the Celtics were preparing for Michael Jordan’s Bulls, Pitino wanted Vogel’s input. He pitched specific scenarios and asked Vogel if he thought a particular defensive strategy would work.
- “We just relied on his opinion so much, we trusted his judgment, we trusted his opinion, we knew he wasn’t just watching one film. You could ask him anything, and he was on it.”
- - Vogel, Pitino said, asked not what the Kentucky program could do for him. He was focused on giving. “We never had to ask him to do more,” Pitino said. “He just did it. He was a self-starter.”
