Jacque Vaughn fired by Orlando Magic.

Jacque Vaughn, head coach of the Orlando Magic, has been relieved of his duties after a 110-103 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on the road yesterday.

Vaughn, who was appointed head coach in 2012 after two years as an assistant coach with the Spurs, hasn’t had the smoothest couple of years in Orlando. His first season saw the Magic finish with a 20-62 record, the next saw them only improve by three games and end up 23-59, and he had only been able to muster up a 15-37 record so far this season.

With 30 games to go of the regular season, the Magic are now on a ten game losing streak, and face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday in Orlando. The Lakers, who are currently sitting at 13-36, could be the team that Orlando use to get out of this slump. They could also be the team that pull off the upset.

In a team that boasts the likes of Victor Oladipo, Nikola Vucevic and Tobias Harris, it’s hard to understand how such talent could post such regularly bad numbers.

Are the players bad? No. Is the team tanking? I doubt it. But whatever it is, it’s cost Vaughn his job.

The NBA can definitely be a cut throat business, especially as a head coach when every decision, good or bad, rests with you.

I use the Knicks as an example. The president is Phil Jackson. The “Zen Master” who has won a combined 13 NBA Championships, both as a player with the Knicks and as head coach of the famous 1990’s Chicago Bulls team that boasted the likes of Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippin, and a Lakers team that had the likes of Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher and Shaquille O’Neal.

The Knicks head coach is former Lakers and Thunder point guard Derek Fisher. President and head coach have 18 NBA titles between them, yet, bearing in mind the Knicks persuaded eight time All Star and double Olympic gold medal winner Carmelo Anthony to re-sign in the 2014 offseason, they have slumped to a paltry 10-39 and sit at the bottom of the Eastern Conference with 33 games to go, and unless then can put some kind of miracle in place, they won’t make the playoffs.

Some people are born winners. Some people work to become winners. Some are brilliant coaches but were never that good as a player, whereas others were brilliant players but just can’t seem to get the hang of coaching.

2015 will see a massive number of changes in the NBA, that I can guarantee.