I have gone on record saying that, even before the press conference in which Larry Bird dismissed Frank Vogel, the Indiana Pacers president of operations had been handling things poorly.
Another 8 Points, 9 Seconds editor, Ben Gibson, took umbrage with things that were said in the press conference.
Jeff Van Gundy felt similarly, noting that Larry Bird was disrespectful to the coach by telling him he no longer had a job in Indiana over the phone instead of face to face. “I completely disagreed with that decision,” said the former Knicks and Rockets coach on air during an ESPN broadcast.