New Magic coach Frank Vogel learned a lot from David Letterman

Did you know new Orlando Magic coach Frank Vogel, at age 12, appeared on Late Night With David Letterman in 1986 to perform in a segment called "Stupid Human Tricks"?

Vogel's trick was to spin a basketball on one end of a toothbrush while brushing his teeth with the other end -- a stunt that got him a rousing round of applause from the studio audience and a "Very Nice!" exclamation from Dave himself.

When I asked Vogel where he learned the trick the other day, he cracked: "I just thought everybody brushed their teeth that way."

He then turned serious and said the genesis of the trick helped mold his philosophy of coaching. The trick taught him to not just do what's expected, but to go the…