Though Riley revealed in his book that James asked him early in that 2010-11 season if he ever had the itch to coach again, Spoelstra said Riley “didn’t tell me” at the time. “Pat hates it when I say it,” Spoelstra said. “If I worked for a different organization and president, I would have been fired three or four different times. Pat just stays the course. He gets more resolved … when people force him to do something. That’s how his personality is.”