"Jim O'Brien was fired as the head coach of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday and assistant coach Frank Vogel, 37, was promoted to the top spot for the duration of the season. The Pacers are only 17-27 this season and two games out of the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference (ESPN)."
Jim O'Brien really hasn't done anything since joining the Pacers, so this isn't really much of a surprised (even though he didn't have a ton to work with). Along with a poor record the Pacers weren't happy with the treatment of some of their players. O'Brien has publicly been very harsh on Roy Hibbert, and really never found very much playing time for Tyler Hansbrough. This didn't sit well with Larry Bird...
"I never did that when I was a coach and I didn't like it when I was a player," Bird said. "If you look at some of our players, especially Roy, he looks like he's down. He's not running around, not having a good time like he was earlier. Obviously it's affecting him (ESPN)."
The Pacers are far off from being a good team, but they could squeak into the playoffs if they get some more inspired play from their players after this move.
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