Following the Indiana Pacers‘ first-round exit on Sunday night, Larry Bird isn't sure who will be the head coach of the team in 2016-17.
Pacers president Larry Bird told the Indianapolis Star on Monday that he's uncertain if Frank Vogel will return as head coach next season, while re-iterating that the team needs to score more points:
“I don't know what's going to happen. We need to score more points. If Frank comes back, what can we do to get better offense? It's on all of us.”
In the Pacers' final game of the 2015-16 season, they scored just 84 points in a Game 7 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Indiana ranked 17th in the NBA in points per game during the regular season, while ranking 12th out of 16 teams in the same category during the playoffs.
Bird continued to speak as if there's a legit chance that Vogel will not return for a sixth season as Pacers head coach:
“What I don't want to do is leave Frank hanging. There's other jobs out there he could get.”
Indiana seems to have reached a ceiling with Vogel as head coach. After advancing to the conference finals during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, the Pacers missed the playoffs last year before losing in the first round this year.
The organization will have to make a decision on whether or not it's in the franchise's best interest to move on from Vogel.
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