Riley Blames Himself; Won't Step Down

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  1. Hunter

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    A night after an embarrassing 104-95 home loss to previously winless Seattle, Heat coach Pat Riley blamed himself and his players but suggested he would hold off on the ''massive shakeup'' at which he had hinted.</p>

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    ''I have to raise my level of coaching. Maybe I'm the massive change here,'' Riley said, laughing. 'Anybody else at 1-7, you'd be saying, `Let's get this guy out of here.' I've been here 13 years and I'm as culpable as anybody else. I've put this team together. I'm just as hard on myself as anybody else.''</p>

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    (Riley made clear later, through a team spokesman, that he is not considering stepping down.) -- <font color="#000000">Miami Herald</font></p>

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  2. Shapecity

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"This is not about Shaquille," Riley said Thursday. "It is about what can he do to help us win, and what can everybody do to help us win. That, to me, is the common thing that goes through this team [is] everybody wants to blame Shaquille.</p>

    "He's 35-years old, he has played 16 years. He came in and helped us win a championship. He may be struggling right now but I take more of the responsibility than anybody else for not being able to get him the ball in the right places, not being able to teach these guys how to get him the ball, when to get him the ball. So I am frustrated as anybody."</div></p>

    Source: Sun Sentinel</p>

    Riley seems to have a difference of opinion from DWade calling out Shaq.</p>
     
  3. Petey

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    ... I think he meant he won't step down yet.</p>

    -Petey</p>
     

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