“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This” - Rich Eisen on Frank Vogel Getting Fired Via Woj Bomb

Rich Eisen comments and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnorowski reporting that the Lakers were set to fire Head Coach Frank Vogel a full day before the team informed the coach of that decision.
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[@trashcandy.]

They can't even fire a coach right. Unbelievable.

[@squalley]

Facts

[@michaelwainscott2633]

A microcosm of a mismanaged, horribly run organization that has missed the playoffs in 7 of the last 9 years sprinkled in one somewhat tainted NBA title. It's hard to imagine, but the lowly Lakers sank to an all-time low in class and respect here.

[@daviclar867]

Jeanie Buss is a failure!

[@seanswinton6242]

The Lakers should be FINED and penalized for this big time! Lost of draft picks, money, or whatever it takes for them to truly FEEL this! NBA must step up here!!!

[@stubbingtonmarigold3032]

Every coach should make them pay 50 million up front

[@carlosc.4683]

Lakers slowly turning into the West Coast version of the Knicks.

[@williamwhite2908]

Nothing slow about it.

[@johnnycoop8694]

They won a chip less then 2 years ago.. when’s the last time the Knicks won

[@daveg4236]

Slowly??

[@ScoobyDoobieDoo555]

@@johnnycoop8694 more like the NBA gave them a championship

[@johnnycoop8694]

@@ScoobyDoobieDoo555 more like you can’t come up with a better rebuttal than something a 12 year old Twitter troll would say

[@MS-pw1kq]

Frank Vogel gotta feel relieved that the Lakers finally let him go.

[@78bcat]

I imagine he'll be joining a text chain with all of Lebron's other former coaches, which is like a PTSD support group for victims of passive-aggressive superstars who thinks himself head coach and GM...and every failure is somebody else's fault..

[@juanio7036]

He a championship coach he will get another job.

[@zionreid2537]

Seeing how they did Frank, if I was him I'm getting wasted in celebration for being able to get out of this. They did him dirty.

[@williamgray9692]

Bro needs to go rent a beach house in Bali for a year. He lost about 5 years off his life coaching that team

[@Flirken1]

He’s the ONLY reason the lakers won it all in 2020. My lakers are going back into the depths of hell like we were after Kobe.

[@jaybird8192]

Frank Vogel is the luckiest man in the NBA to be gone from that dumpster-fire that is the LA Lakers! Good luck to the next coach trying to coach all those Egos!!!

[@OgGwuap]

Anyone who is defending the players obviously tune into ESPN. Absolute fuckery this front office is delivering. I’d be surprised if any coach wants to sign after that mess.

[@michaelwainscott2633]

The Lakers have absolutely ZERO class. Vogel is a good coach and a good man and the city of Los Angeles should feel embarrassed by the way the Lakers' mismanaged this season. The roster was terrible, the Wes signing was a disaster from the start.

[@jg4992]

Plus he still getting pay for next season 😅

[@119Agent]

I wish he would go back to my Magic. Very disappointed that they couldn't see what they had.

[@malekodesouza7255]

The owners will have to get LeBum’s approval…

[@FuzzyStayBuzzin183]

look up the word scapegoat you'll find a picture of Frank Vogel

[@nickgaylord1387]

Seeing the Lakers fall apart is a beautiful thing

[@WCPFISH]

I'm sure your team has more titles....oh wait....NO nba team has more....here's a nice cold glass of STFU

[@derricdueker64]

That hurts, but the truth speaks volumes.

[@ericbedenbaugh7085]

Frank Vogel is now known as the happiest man in the NBA.

[@legaleagle1971]

Vogel is literally the only part of the Lakers that ISN'T the problem.

[@turnerburner922]

Debatable. He didn’t play those younger players in the rotation

[@kennethbailey6634]

Frank knew that he was going to scapegoated. It happens all the time In sports and non sports. When things are not going good,the coach is going to pay.

[@ajkareem5685]

Coach usually the first, the others follow

[@michaelsherron5750]

Tru, but the way they handled that was very unprofessional and shysty

[@johnnycoop8694]

Vogel knew he was gonna be fired a long time ago..

[@chrisnole5375]

I didn't see Frank miss any wide open lay ups. The Lakers will continue to stink if they believe it's the coaches fault. An incredibly expensive elderly team that will be even older next year. Bench full of coach killer ego's. That job is coaching suicide.

[@JohnDoe-zr8pc]

Or airball wide open shots, or stand there & watch the other team take wide open shots when they were only 4 feet away.

[@andrew_l1900]

They fire him basically implying that the Westbrook trade was a good trade and it’s Vogels fault that Westbrook couldn’t play at his “potential” and fit with the way the team wants to play, whilst at the same time trying to trade Westbrook admitting it was a bad trade and he never would fit regardless of who coaches the team 😂😂😂 Well done lakers 👏👏👏👏🤦🏼‍♂️

[@TheKaosx36]

I’m not surprised, it’s the same organization that voided Jerry West’s “lifetime season tickets” by text to his wife

[@farleywilliams4840]

Great video

[@carlingbaltazar1436]

Good luck Coach Frankie V. We appreciate your professionalism. May your tribe increase.

[@TheHolyLorf]

Classless move by the Lakers

[@jmac3299]

To be expected 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Amick44]

Again.

[@dark_winter8238]

And Woj. He is a snake

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

I mean, yeah. That's what they are.

[@steveandersen2291]

Never seen anything like this, over, and over.

[@anthonysantos7297]

How can they fire Vogel? It sure wasn’t his fault. It was injury and assembling former stars that are past their respective primes… it’s time for Morant, Jokic, Doncic, Embiid, Tatum, Giannis to start their runs.

[@Aguilar_Ernest]

That's insane.

[@eltatoyo9211]

Classless.

[@spaceghostohio7989]

LeBron assembles the team...team blows...fire the coach...

[@mikeroberts308]

You don’t expect LaBron to fire himself do ya.

[@claypearson8380]

Lebron has gotten at least 3-4 coaches fired that I can think of starting with Mike Brown back in the Cleveland days!

[@bizzmoneyb]

i guess it was Vogel’s fault that Westbrook threw bricks and made turnovers left and right.

[@ucfkid67]

🤣😅😂

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

And that AD got injured, again. Or that Carmelo didn't play defense, or that LeBron seemed more interested in scoring than winning games.

[@johnschreckengost2847]

Same thing happened to Doug Peterson.

[@spaceghost8995]

Pederson not Peterson.

[@jamesmarshall4827]

Plenty of coaches signing up for that position.

[@DrumBum561]

As usual, a head coach getting the boot for the failure of the team. He should have another HC gig in no time. Lakers dug themselves into a huge hole with the Lebron/AD/Russ signings. Traded away their young talent to 'win now' and they can't even win now. The only way they could possibly salvage any of this is to enter full rebuild mode, because their contracts are eating up a large chunk of payroll.

[@sportsnerdtv4506]

Facts!

[@MrCchh7]

But they literally did win now with the Ad trade tho?? Yes the Russ thing is sad but they did win now and any franchise is history would trade assets for a chip this season just didn’t work out And yes vogel had his issues too he isn’t the main problem but he is a problem and his lineups have been bad since the bubble

[@brendanwalsh826]

@@MrCchh7 dude no one cares about the LeBubble Ring… fair or unfairly no one cares about that….

[@timmaz24s]

People are surprised? Look how they threat Jerry West

[@baronvg]

I was incredibly impressed with how they referenced up-to-date plot details from the Winning Time tv show 🤣

[@stephenwhite7283]

Where is Eisen talking about Shefter???

[@geeky_225]

You’ve never seen a coach get fired? Wow

[@eliezercruz3679]

No surprise looking at sports media today.

[@leonardsr.1389]

Wonder if his source knew he would tweet that

[@jamesdep8128]

Yes

[@sog1272]

The team didn't "inform" Woj. He got the info from "ESPN Sources". Big difference. Shows how bad the Lakers are run for this to leak so soon.

[@bobbbobb4663]

America’s coach. Love me some Frank Vogel.

[@djjr9803]

It just tells you why you shouldn't talk to anybody in the press prior to an official release.

[@matthewdigiacomo2580]

Rumor has it that Vogel was the first person to 'LIKE' the tweet from Woj ... LOL

[@EddiXP]

Lebron owes him an apology.

[@ajkareem5685]

Lebron will NEVER be accountable for his failures. Never.

[@keophong9598]

Dude a coach killer

[@raiderdave4874]

Thanks Rich!! Great perspective

[@grant21999]

Vogel handled this extremely well. 👏 I'm not sure most people would have in that situation.

[@ElliottNest39]

What a classy organization…

[@jeddacath]

The rambii (singular: rambus)

[@philipbrister]

I feel really bad for Joe from Impractical Jokers.

[@obarbeito]

The NBA has increasingly become a Diva league...

[@musicman76enator]

Lakers winning the 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027 NBA Finals brought me here. Holy Jeannie Bust.

[@dune-one]

Woj can't keep his mouth shut.

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

Yeah, he has no respect or decency.

[@TheGenieLover]

It appears that the Lakers are taking management advice from the Cleveland Browns organization.😎

[@austinlewis5869]

You're not even going to tell your championship winning coach he's fired... what an organization

[@adamwang5091]

What sane coach would come to a team where he doesn’t have the authority to bench his players?

[@Enzo575]

Ah, you still got ya ring Frank.

[@Obrian81]

Hello!! It's all LeBron James fault!!! He gets coaches fired all the time, he makes the calls!!

[@markbeaver5010]

Bring back Jerry West as Personnel Director or GM to fix this mess!!!

[@tonybayarea]

Jerry is working for the Clippers right now. Lakers won't pay him the $ he wants, and Jerry will want part of ownership as well. Jeannie Buss already said she's not giving up any part ownership of the Lakers.

[@johnbarnett8221]

They took his season tickets away from him lol

[@markbeaver5010]

@@johnbarnett8221 silly to do that to a Laker Legend huh?

[@herbal776]

Jerry west has publicly stated that the relationship with the lakers is beyond repair

[@markbeaver5010]

@@herbal776 things can change over time....

[@werquantum]

Stay classy, Los Angeles.

[@destingerr]

Isn't it funny no one is even mentioning a certain ex Laker who seems to always be in the middle of controversy as the leaker.

[@KahudMom]

If I were the young team, I would protest his firing!

[@fauxbro1983]

Lol this firing seems like how an agent would fore someone

[@shogun0127]

Jeannie told Linda, she told Kurt and he leaked to Woj.

[@michaelgallagher3575]

So sad. Why is it Frank Vogel's fault.

[@brucegelman5582]

The world is effed up.People are more deranged by the minute

[@derricdueker64]

I just watched a morning shoot around with Riley and Winters running the show. Times have definetly changed. I guess I'm a dinosaur.

[@KuKuMcKuFace]

The LeBum effect...

[@williamoleary9330]

That’s the bs by the Lakers! No class whatsoever. Dr. Buss is rolling over with this bs!

[@mike-te7qd]

Probably Rob Pelinka.

[@jmbzrx1200]

Classless move by the Lakers and Woj….

[@dark_winter8238]

Woj has never had any class. Just listen to former colleagues

[@MatsThyWit]

"I've never seen anything like this " is basically Rich Eisen's catch phrase now. Everything he ever sees is something completely new to Rich.

[@chadwellington2524]

sam mitchell raptors coach got fired one year after winning coach of the year award i think

[@riotmakr]

Lebron has gotten more coaches fired over his career than he's won championships.

[@ManFrancisco]

As a Pacers fan, I’m glad that Vogel got a ring but it’s a shame he gets the blame for front office issues. The Lakers have to change. You don’t fire a guy who got you a ring two seasons ago.

[@MrCchh7]

The problem is that guy also failed to make adjustments this entire season and not only this season but his lineups have BEEN an issue as fast back as the bubble… don’t get me if I had to list the lakers problems in order vogel wouldn’t be first however he IS AN ISSUE none the less

[@mitchy3438]

Need to fire GM player lebron james.

[@BakerZone760]

@@MrCchh7 we had a shitty team, what freaking line up would’ve worked?

[@MrCchh7]

@@mitchy3438 I mean I disagree abou Lebron being the “Gm” there is no proof to that however he like every other superstar has input and yes his input is listened to and considered more than others due to him being greater than others lol but sure fire him as Gm he did a bad job this yr but let’s also remember if your saying he is the Gm he also won multiple chips as Gm (unless your one of the people that only give credit for the bad yrs he has had as “Gm”)🤣

[@tracysharp1361]

You can't coach the team who has decided to tune you out! these old veteran players did not have no respect for Frank Vogel !he was set up from the beginning of the season to fail when they got rid of their younger roster and got these old geezers, senior citizen has been Superstars !he was doomed from the door! Westbrook was a big mistake that they should not have gotten !they traded too much for this roster and now they have almost nothing to rebuild with! They are stuck with aging Superstar LeBron and street clothes Anthony Davis who cannot stay healthy and Westbrook's 47 million contract which is going to be very hard for them to move! Nobody is going to give them what they want for that contract! 😱😤

[@staxmantim]

Magic quit when they signed The Queen. He already knew.

[@broncosstampede494]

Lakers Went From Lake Show To S#!+ Show.

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

What's up, Richard?

[@patrickhoisington5111]

That's so funny to me, I guess my Laker hate runs even deeper than I thought... "It's the Lakers..." exactly, as a coach stay away from this dumpster fire...

[@JoeMatarese1]

Rich pulling a Skip Bayless... "I've never seen anything like it!!"

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

You know it, and I know it!

[@noni5961]

But you know he means it 😂😂😂😂

[@JoeMatarese1]

@@GameTime-yj6qv Do I?.. I was there!!

[@mariohostios]

dude how happy is he to get off this sinking ship

[@howardcraigiv518]

I have been a Lakers fan my whole life and i do not understand this. This organization seems to be fumbling and falling and falling more and more under scrutiny with the decision’s the front office has made

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

Apparently there will never be enough examples to help society realize that women just flat-out aren't good decision-makers. 🤷‍♂️

[@Jhh983]

Maybe it’s time for buss family to sell

[@KahudMom]

I bet it was Magic that let it out

[@GenghisCohen257]

Hell, make Westbrook the coach. At least it would get him off the court.

[@ExhaustedElox]

With movement and player power, team legacy doesn't mean anything anymore. How many players and coaches are going to Boston because of their championships? How many players and coaches want to work for the Knicks because it's New York City? What about the Lakers as they are formed and operate today would make anyone want to go work for them?

[@philthornton1382]

The team owners need to get more lockstep then don’t they and turn the screw so they’re back running the asylum not the lunatics

[@sabbster1157]

As a Lakers fan since 1969. This is embarrassing. Getting Westbrick weather you like him or not was a huge mistake. Trade Legone, Westbrick and Street Clothes. Keep a few of the young guys who played hard and rebuild with picks. Good luck Frank

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

@LeBum he's definitely a casual. Way too cogent a point to come from a true Lakers fan. If he had thrown in something arrogant and comically delusional, I might have bought it!

[@MrShishi]

@@thelastmanonearth2631 lol, i actually agree with him, i think he's legit

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

The only thing that surprises me about the Lakers is that they were bubble champs in 2020. I didn't think LeBron would win any championships there, but at least they get that asterisk! Watching the Suns pound the Lakers by 20+ every game has been fun the last two years.

[@scottregister200]

If they follow last year's offseason blueprint they might be bringing Juwan Howard in to play power foward 😆

[@thomasabraham3107]

Or bring back Kwame brown

[@brendanwalsh826]

@@thomasabraham3107 Kwame don’t wanna play with all that garbage… 😂

[@sabbster1157]

Now that's funny

[@tomitstube]

classless if true.

[@NH-wk9iq]

Guess that's how the Lakers do business. Prospective coaches will keep that in mind.

[@spuwho]

Vogel just didn't have a clause in his contract about termination disclosure. You can definitely know the next coach will have such a clause.

[@adamazabraji7086]

Why didn't Ty Lue get this same treatment when he was fired after leading his team to the Finals previous year?

[@jacquesmassard9226]

Vogel is free from that tire fire.

[@frankpesco7723]

Must suck coaching (for) Lebron.

[@louieechevarria5261]

Scandalous move by Woj and whoever leaked it out , Frank didn't deserve the way he found out

[@drewainge1059]

woj scoops for news and the earliest he can get the thing out there the better for his career. tell any confidential info to any reporters , it will be out in no time. so that's Woj's M.O.... i dont like why woj is so priviledged to get these kinds of info but it's his job to let the news get out. the ones who's at fault here is the stupid lakers insider who leaked it out to woj.

[@louieechevarria5261]

@@drewainge1059 ya get its his job just wrong to tell the world before he even knew you know he could of called him and said hey ima release this info just giving you a heads up thats all I mean by woj

[@melroze]

Blame the person who leaked it to Woj.

[@mookie449]

Eisen just might cry.

[@jimmykeepingit100always6]

Why bring up Schefter. He’s cancelled

[@dpm2515]

AND Thats why ESPN pays Adrian Woj ---> $7,000,000 A YEAR

[@johnisouth6636]

Lakers are a freak show. LeChina is more toxic than Jada. You can say The NBA is Will Smith and LeChina is Jada 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alanzheng7019]

I put money that is freaking Kurt Rambis.......

[@detnibul9361]

Lakers' front office has always been a mess. Does anyone remember them letting go most of their staff including scouts that have been with the team for forever duing the NBA lockout in 2011? That's how loyal that front office is. It's a poorly run franchise that has benefitted from being in the best market in the NBA

[@bryansmith1691]

Lol so how bad is clippers management. I think your confusing being nice w being competent.

[@lightninlarry8936]

​@@bryansmith1691 The Clippers are better run than the Lakers. Let's be real. The Lakers 2020 title was very lucky. Old man Lebron and brittle AD got four months of rest. Without that, they wouldn't have won the title. The Lakers have been terribly run since Jerry Buss died.

[@MichaelJordanBelfort]

@@lightninlarry8936 lmao if anything it would have been easier to win they would have had homecourt the whole playoffs

[@lightninlarry8936]

@@MichaelJordanBelfort the 4-month break allowed AD to rest and get healthy. If covid never happened, he would have broken something by the time the playoffs started.

[@detnibul9361]

@@bryansmith1691 Do you realize the Clippers have a 28-6 record over the Lakers since Sterling sold the team? Under Sterling the Clippers were a joke but that was 8 years ago. If the Lakers were in any other market, no high level free agent would ever look at them. The bubble championship has a big asterisk next to it

[@ericmiller93]

Mark Jackson, please!!!!

[@greghobbs1728]

It's the NBA. 1) It's not basketball. 2) Coaches who don't coddle prima donnas get canned.

[@coach714]

The Browns, Lakers, Commanders.... Where did these disaster owners/gm's come from?? Add to the list as I can't think of all the disasters

[@LiamborninDC]

I could have told Frank Vogel that he was done at the end of the season 2 months ago.

[@johnbarnett8221]

Vogel should have resigned at halftime

[@tmc31390]

Exactly. Tbh, a lot of Lakers fans were expecting Vogel to be gone during the All-Star break. So idk why people thought Woj dropping this news was shocking. Hell, even Vogel knew he was done.

[@jamesredbow6346]

Stop the cap, Jeanie.

[@michaelmontgomery5141]

Who will take the coaching job at Lakers? Especially after the last 5-10 seasons of poor executive management

[@chrisprice4373]

Imagine if it was a black coach omg