If — and this is a mighty big if — the Pacers choose not to retain head coach Frank Vogel, the Knicks could be a perfect landing spot for the New Jersey product. That’s according to one man who formerly worked the Garden sidelines and gave Vogel his coaching start, Rick Pitino.
“Frank would be a perfect fit anywhere. He is so adaptable, so even keel. Frank never gets too high, never gets too low,” said Pitino, head coach at Louisville. “Frank could coach anywhere. He could coach Sacramento. He could coach New York.
“He’s a basketball junkie who puts everything he has into the game.