Letters to sports: don’t blame Frank Vogel for Lakers woes

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Poor Frank Vogel, a very knowledgeable and intelligent trainer who through no fault of his own was exiled to the Island of Unsuitable Toys. It has long been recognized that a recipe for winning NBA teams includes strong defense, performing a high percentage of free throws and minimizing turnovers. The Lakers’ management has cobbled together a group of players whose one thing in common is that they are largely deficient in these aspects of the game. There are reasons why Rondo, Ellington, Bazemore, Jordan, Howard and Anthony all played in. more cities than Bruce Springsteen. Is there anyone in the league Rondo can keep?

Playing a good defense is a combination of wisdom born from experience and the desire to compete. If you were to ask most of the Lakers what it takes to play a good defense I’m sure they would say, I don’t know and I don’t care.

Scott GrieveCarpinteria

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I read that the Lakers were interested in Ben Simmons. Oh good? Want another energetic guy who can’t shoot? In this case, they would be better off with Richard Simmons. At least he would sweat with the old folks.

Paul Feinsinger Agoura Hills

Satisfied by the Riley’s hype

Judging by the extent of the Times coverage of the new USC trainer: his eating habits, his dog, his parents, which leg goes first when he puts on his pants in the morning, the Trojans should be the ones. pre-season favorites to win the national championship. next season. I haven’t seen this much hype since, well, last season with the Dodgers.

Phillip Gold Westlake Village

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On the contrary, Mr. Kates, regarding your letter last week: USC football players are talented. It was the incompetent coaching staff that coached the 4-8 season. Fans of Troy will soon be smiling with Coach Riley.

David Marshall Santa Monica

Staley got it wrong

There is a huge difference between being aggressive and being stupid. Brandon Staley was stupid and it cost him and his team dearly. After a 75 yard kickoff return, you need points. A touchdown is great, but get all the points you can, especially on the fourth and five. His decision cost his team the game. If that wasn’t enough, if you can get up to a seven at the end of the half, you take it. But again, he made a bad choice. Instead of being in first place, with a virtually guaranteed playoff berth, the Chargers will have to fight for a playoff berth and quite possibly blow up the field for the playoffs if they make it.

Mike Lorraine Simi Valley

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Hey Staley, what part of FIELD GOAL doesn’t your analytical mind understand?

Arrogance takes you all the way to Urban Meyer.

Victor Waki ​​Anaheim

Failure

Yes, the college recruiting landscape is changing, but I can’t help but believe that UCLA’s Chip Kelly has been a lazy recruiter since he began his tenure, wasting USC Clay Helton’s dying years when the UCLA Could Have Taken Over From U Football In LA What’s Wrong With Transfer Portal Players And High School Graduates?

Coaching wise, Kelly is by far the biggest disappointment in Bruins’ sporting history and will now get overtime. UCLA administrators are as complicit as Kelly in keeping a poor schedule, compounding mistake after mistake with him.

Allan Kandel Los Angeles

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Ben Bolch explained Chip Kelly’s recruiting strategy to us: “Hey you, Mr. Big-shot, five stars… who cares? When you’ve had enough of that great college that worked so hard to recruit you, come to UCLA, where experience counts.

Mario valvo ventura

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The college football business boils down to this. Multi-millionaire coaches try to convince hopeful future millionaires to come and play for them now, for free. Lincoln Riley, check it out. In less than two full seasons as a coach, Deion Sanders has just signed the nation’s No.1 rookie. Chip Kelly, zero. The reason UCLA so desperately needed a transfer portal quarterback is because Kelly is a dud as a recruiter. After four full years, the pipeline is still empty. How UCLA can’t figure this out is amazing.

Jeff Heister Chatsworth

Kiffin would know

Lane Kiffin is annoyed by the transfer of players to where “they are going to be paid the most”.

Are you kidding?

Lane, who else is behaving like this? Let me think? Let me think? Should we ask Tennessee?

That coming from the least loyal coach in college football is rich.

George Sagadencky Encino

Give Bryce Young some respect

Was it just sour grapes because Mater Dei High’s Bryce Young won the 2021 Heisman Trophy but chose to attend Alabama over USC?

Whatever the reason, it’s a parody that The Times devotes the front page of the Sports Section (and two additional full pages) to covering Riley’s rise from Muleshoe, Texas to USC while relegating the accomplishments. de Young to a single column on page 6, without even a photo.

Is this how you honor a star in your hometown? I do not think so.

Denise FlanaganRiverside

Do better

You know women are not a minority, do you? You know we’re not a special interest group, right?

Women make up over 40% of all professional athletes, yet the Times sports journalists write only about men’s sports. Oh sure, a woman from here or elsewhere whether it’s a kicker on a men’s soccer team or cheerleader cousins, we see your hard work ladies! Female athletes are not unicorns, they are hardworking, motivated, competitive and talented women and we want to read and follow their accomplishments.

Can’t you write a story a day about female athletes? One story per week? Why am I writing more about female athletes in Letters to the Editor than you have been doing all week?

Liz Cangelosi Agoura Hills

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