Pat Riley out; Erik Spoelstra in

Rover found this 4/28/2008 on dimemag.com [flag]

D-Wade’s got a new coach. The Miami Heat just announced that, to no one’s surprise, Pat Riley has stepped down as head coach. They also announced that, to a lot of people’s surprise, assistant Erik Spoelstra will take over. First off, did anyone not see this coming from Riley? This has been his patern every since Dwyane [...] [link]

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