It's a whole lot easier to list the teams that should be clamoring to hire recently ousted Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel than it is to come up with superior replacements for his vacated position.
And that says a lot about Vogel's chops.
Team president Larry Bird declined to renew Vogel's contract anyway, per a team release: "I want to thank Frank for his time in Indiana," said Bird. "We know he'll be successful down the road and end up getting a job, but for us, I just feel it's time to move in a different direction.