Despite the rampant speculation that he was thinking of coaching the Heat next season, long-time Mimi icon and president of basketball operations, Pat Riley, is denying that he would fire current coach Stan Van Gundy and take over the Heat head coaching role.
"I would quit my job before I would dismiss Stan Van Gundy as the head coach simply because I wanted to coach. Period. That's not me," Riley said in a phone interview. "Anybody who knows me, knows that I wouldn't do that for the sake of me wanting to get back into the job."