Why aren't we surprised that Pat Riley has resigned as Head Coach of the Miami Heat? Riley has completely revealed himself and confirmed that the entire Organization quit early on in the season when they claimed Wade was too hurt to play.
Riley flat-out stole the team from Stan Van Gundy a few years ago when he decided the coast was clear to coach again because Heat basketball was on it's way up. Ultimately, he stole a NBA Championship. We all watched this season as the embarassment that became the Miami Heat went from elite status to bottom feeders. I watched closely to see some resolve and grit from the "greatness" in Wade, Shaq and Riley. I wanted them to prove to us that they could handle a little adversity.
What did we see? We saw Wade crying on the court numerous games, snapping out on his team-mates and basically looking like a defeated player on the court. Coach Riley basically quit on the team in the middle of the season, insulting the fans by showing them it was more important to scout college games than to coach a losing team.
Last time I checked, Pat Riley was supposed to be one of the best handful of coaches to ever coach in the league. It's now clear to me that Riley felt like this team was beneath him and wasn't worth his time. There are 30 teams in the NBA and, correct me if i'm wrong, you're suppose to coach whether your team is good or bad. You'd expect him to stay in the foxhole with his troops, get his Larry Brown on, and coach up his players.
I expected Riley to show he's a great coach and teacher in any circumstance. Instead he rolled all the way over and resigned. Pat, where's your Integrity? The long time NBA fans want to know.
He is such a snake. You know when the heat is good again he is going to come back
Good piece Omar. A lot of these coaches are treating teams like Baby Mama's. Dont want the responsibility but can try to come back in when or hit it when they see the opportunity.
Damn...you know I got fired right
Wow... Avery they hollered at you huh? So they made a stupid trade... ironically traded the only player on the squad that posessed the type of quickness to even attempt to guard Chris Paul... he dominated. Also traded away your best low-post defender in Diop - of course you took the fall. Maybe you can now go fishing with "The Ad-mir-al"
Exactly Terry I was digusted watching these dudes fold in the face of just a hint of struggle. I'm thinking other teams been struggling forever but they still are coaching 100%, players still playing hurt etc God forbid he earned a check and took some lumps. Totally unacceptable. I don't know how it's playing out with the fans in MIA but I know a few cities where he'd be getting dogged on the sports talk radio stations.