Frank Vogel sounded like the head coach of The Bad News Bears on Sunday.
The Los Angeles Lakers coach went viral for a really terrible speech he gave as his team was being trounced at home by the New Orleans Pelicans. Vogel was trying to get the Lakers to give better effort as the Pelicans’ lead ballooned to 30 points and used an interesting motvational tactic.
“Pretend we’re down … 15 right here,” said Vogel in a hilariously sad voice.
Frank Vogel to the Lakers in the huddle
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Imagine being so bad that you ask your team to pretend they are still getting blown out but only by a slightly lesser amount. Even worse is that the Lakers never even got the lead back down to 15, losing by the final of 123-95.
Morale is definitely low for the 27-33 Lakers right now. Vogel’s speech didn’t even do much to prevent his players from leaving early during the loss.
