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If Riley ripped wade Last season I can't imagine what he'd do to Lebron if he were to mess up.
Ok, I've checked, and Duncan228 hasn't posted it
Bench duty doesn’t suit Riley – for now
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
MIAMI – Before the summer’s free-agent frenzy, Pat Riley issued a public bluff: If a superstar wanted him on the bench, Riley wouldn’t hesitate to push out Erik Spoelstra. The words hung over Riley’s young coach, the way Riley’s silence on supporting Stan Van Gundy did years ago. The preening was needless, because Riley wants the grind of coaching as little as Dwyane Wade(notes) wants the grind of playing for him again.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are still searching for some consistency on the court.
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“I don’t believe Pat’s going to choose to go downstairs anymore, but there could come a point when [owner] Micky [Arison] tells him, ‘Go down there and fix this,’ ” said one league source close to Riley and Wade. “And then, he may have no choice.”
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For all his public bluster over the summer, Riley has privately insisted that he’s grown too accustomed to the freedoms of the front office. Old Man Riles can play emperor these days, take his bows for the assemblage of talent and never the blame for why it isn’t working so seamlessly on the floor.
For all the breathless hyperbole – here and elsewhere – the Heat are 5-3 with a fantastic chance to creep closer to .500 on Thursday night with the Boston Celtics on the shores of Biscayne Bay. The flaws of these Heat can no longer be dismissed by unfamiliarity. Chris Bosh(notes) is struggling to play basketball under scrutiny and the team’s strength inside is nonexistent.
And don’t think for a moment that LeBron James’(notes) tempered praise of his own coach hasn’t gone unnoticed in the league. Once he praised the Hall of Fame status of Jerry Sloan, insisted that Sloan knew exactly what the Heat would run at the end of the overtime loss on Tuesday, the passive-aggressive act that Mike Brown knew all too well with the Cleveland Cavaliers returned.
The true judgment of Spoelstra won’t come until the postseason. Whatever issues these Heat have in the regular season, they’ll still have a lot of long winning streaks and blowout victories. They’ll still push past 60 victories. Spoelstra and Wade have a bond, history and a common goal beyond winning les: Keeping Riley upstairs, keeping themselves in power.
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When things don’t go well for the Heat, there’s one guarantee: James will never take responsibility. Here’s a man who quit in the middle of Game 5 to the Celtics a season ago, stopped playing in a conference semifinal and still wanted Brown and his supporting cast blamed like in the past. Here’s a man who needed Nike to make some kind of half-baked commercial apology that only came within the context of pushing his shoes. James knows only how to be about James, and he’ll sacrifice anyone to protect himself.
Ultimately, Spoelstra is an easy target for everyone. He’s a fine coach and he’s thrust into a tougher job than people want to admit. Without size, without much depth, he must win a le now. What’s more, the flaws that come with James as a leader – especially the focus that comes and goes – takes its toll on a team.
Perhaps James likes the idea of Riley’s cachet and privately hopes he’s his coach someday. Only he knows right now. Ultimately, James will dominate the organization. That’s coming with him, and they all know it. Unless the Heat play better, blame will come, and come in unprecedented ways. No regular season has ever been under so much examination, even with all the pompom coverage the Heat get in the media.
“LeBron doesn’t know Riley as a coach,” one league executive said. “LeBron has been coddled most of his life, and I just don’t see him embracing Pat’s style as a coach.”
For now, Riles is upstairs, still playing Ghttp://spurstalk.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=3odfather over these Heat. He likes his life there, and seems content to take the bouquets as the NBA’s executive of the year. Sooner or later, though, Riles could find himself summoned downstairs – against the will of everyone but the two owners of these Miami Heat: Micky Arison and LeBron James.
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If Riley ripped wade Last season I can't imagine what he'd do to Lebron if he were to mess up.
Riles is all business
Back in the showtime era, after a game in San Antonio, he trashed the locker room and gave his players an earful.
He was pissed because during a time out, they were checking out the cheerleaders instead of listening to him
Adrian WojnarowskiHeat also have just as good a chance to beat the Celtics and provide a STFU to all the doubters.– the Heat are 5-3 with a fantastic chance to creep closer to .500 on Thursday night with the Boston Celtics
The end of game chokage vs Utah was entirely unacceptable. If Spoelstra told them what to do and they didn't listen, it's on them. If he is the one who said allow Millsap to take all the uncontested treys he wants, I'd consider running Spoelstra here and now. He needs to get them to change either way.
Of course it's on the players
But the reality is the mangers/owners dont care and end up firing the coach
Shaq didnt really listen to SVG in Miami
Some guy who coached NJ in 95-96....nobody listened to him,, was fired...not his fault, NJ had a ty roster too
Wojnarowski is a great writer and reporter, and gets great scoops, but he really needs to slow the Heat hate roll. He's like a biased fan with that , now.
He is refreshing compared to the love fest over on ESPN.
now i know how Magic got the virus
Riley's going to have an easy time taking over whenever he wants. Miami looks abysmal. They look like Boston used to look when Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker were there. Lots of one on one, lots of isolation, lots of shots off the dribble instead of off the pass.
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