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Originally Posted by Dirkadirkastan
Of course Riley won't yet. The core will be around a while so he's got plenty of time. I figured before the season started that he would wait one full season so he would have enough presentable reasons to justify taking over. Even back then their chances at a title this year looked dim, but now it's obvious the Heat won't do much damage this year. Heck, he may even have two seasons before he thinks he's risking some other coach getting the glory. But rest assured, he'll be back on that bench sooner or later.
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Not that your "cause I said so" argument isn't compelling, but Riley doesn't want to coach. He has nothing left to prove in that area. You were probably convinced that Barry Sanders would be back because that all time rushing leader slot was high on his priority list. Who wouldn't want that, eh? Why let Emmit steal all the glory?
He wasn't just flapping his gums yammering about the 60's Celtics. He isn't being questioned on his coaching ability, all the people predicting his imminent return to the bench and be the savior prove that.
But coaching has never been his only goal. He left the Knicks because of it and he turned the Heat over to SVG because he wanted to prove that he was able to master other difficult challenges. Just because Shaq laid a turd in the punchbowl and interrupted his plan doesn't mean he's eager to go 0 for 2 in the hand picked successor route. Rest assured you're wrong.