The Regime Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Pat Riley was at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday to scout the Big East Tournament. Riley briefly agreed to talk at halftime of the Connecticut-Georgetown game. Riley was asked what is currently wrong with the Heat. “Hey, look, tough times are good times for me. But don’t make me go there today. You know what’s going to happen if I do that? In New York, if I didn’t create a crisis with the Knicks, the crisis was created for us. In Miami, it needs me to help it along just by opening my mouth.” Riley was also asked about Erik Spoelstra's job security. “Write it off. Write it off. It’s the media being neurotic. It’s their need to make a story, create a story, and make that story come true. And that ain’t going to happen. Write it off. We’re just in a tough time right now, we’ll get through it.” Riley expects Miami to figure out to score late in games. “I know they’ll get it. But everyone has to overreact to things right now. We’re going through some tough times and we will get through it. It’s like anything else, like I always say, the playoffs will tell. Everything else now is just rhetoric. And we’re getting ready for that time. And I don’t really care what position we play from.” http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/212012/Riley_Publicly_Backs_Spoelstra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 who said anything about him gettin fired...he's just gonna be missing his family soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 What else is he supposed to say lol, is he gonna hire a new coach and implement a new system with 20 games left? I figure Riley probably didn't expect them to dominate from year one, assuming he was being realistic about the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 The only thing that could happen is Riley come down and give Spoelstra the boot, but I doubt it. I don't think even Riley wants to be set up to look like an idiot if he does that and they lose in the first or second round of the playoffs he'll look like an idiot. Spoelstra is here to stay for this year I believe at this point...the Heat will figure things out eventually in the next twenty games, they'll win at least a round in the playoffs, and if they lose in the second they'll re-tool and re-do some things in the off-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N/A Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 He's gonna hire a hit man to take him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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