And the Award Goes To … The Indiana Pacers Midseason Awards
By William Furr
Most Likely to Argue Any Borderline Call: Frank Vogel
Let me start by saying this: Frank Vogel is an excellent NBA Coach.
The Pacers have performed admirably (for the most part) under him, and his sunshine and rainbows and love and trust persona and style seem to have been just what many of these guys actually needed.
However, I am fairly certain that a Pacers player could eject an opposing player out of the arena, Wiley-E Coyote Acme style, and Vogel would argue that the ejected player had been doing this all night, and the refs needed to start calling it both ways.
This was a problem that infested the team last season, though the technicals that felt like whining last year have admittedly seemed a bit more inspirational this year.
Nonetheless, Frank Vogel leads the NBA coaches in technical fouls this season, and seems (so far) to be completely incapable of believing that his guys could screw up.
I expect this award to be argued until a T is assessed, and Vogel has to be walked back to the bench by Dan Burke.
Next: MVP