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Interview: Pat Riley Explains His Organization Philosophy

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Interview: Pat Riley Explains His Organization Philosophy 

Post#1 » by CablexDeadpool » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:40 am

http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/f ... =1&start=5

It's long, so here's some excerpts

Players see the continuity. And you can sell family. You can sell the fact that the culture is one of people who don’t want to leave. They get promoted. The two head coaches that I’ve had since I’ve been here were assistant coaches for me. They worked a long time just laboring away. Then one day I called their name, and they were the next in line to be the head coach. Continuity goes a long way in being successful as an organization.


I believe in what’s called the “one-voice” management philosophy. There’s a single voice. And the single voice is a big circle. The middle of that circle has to do with your philosophy as an organization and your culture. So we have one voice. That voice is [team owner] Micky Arison. That is my voice. That is Erik Spoelstra’s voice. It’s the voice of the players. There’s a universal way that we do things. But it’s the same philosophy. We all want the same thing. But Erik becomes the spokesperson.


We don’t like to build through the draft. If you’re going to do that, then you’re probably going to have to lose for two or three or four years in a row, and get high lottery picks. In my 19 years here, we’ve been in the lottery three times. We ended up getting three good players out of that.
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Post#2 » by WD » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:44 am

"one voice"
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Post#3 » by BFRESH44 » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:58 am

Good read. Thanks.
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Post#4 » by ssenbonzakura » Sat Jan 4, 2014 5:42 am

That's a really good read. I particularly like the end when he talks about adding a key piece every year. Talked about Beasley being the 4th most talented guy on the team.
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Post#5 » by cbosh4mvp » Sat Jan 4, 2014 6:45 am

Leadership is key to success. Ive said it before and will say it again. If the organization is not performing well, the problem is coming from the leader. Tim and Ujiri are good leaders and have instilled a new vision in all of the Raptors organization as did Pat Riley with the addition of a leader in Lebron.
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Post#6 » by shanedude » Sat Jan 4, 2014 7:29 am

Had no idea that Lakers team went to the finals 9 out of 12 years and won 5 times. WUT.
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Post#7 » by Laazard » Sat Jan 4, 2014 11:01 am

shanedude wrote:Had no idea that Lakers team went to the finals 9 out of 12 years and won 5 times. WUT.


I know about 7 LA finals, not 9...
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Post#8 » by CablexDeadpool » Sat Jan 4, 2014 2:42 pm

shanedude wrote:Had no idea that Lakers team went to the finals 9 out of 12 years and won 5 times. WUT.



If Magic would have won 7 out of 9, he would be GOAT.


Lakers with Magic was going to the Finals like every year.
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Post#9 » by BIRDMAN BIRDMAN » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:06 pm

Thanks for posting! Great to see Beas getting some love from Riles. And I enjoyed these parts too:

When I retired as a coach, I had been president and head coach. I had a lot of control over what was said and how we did things. I had to give up some of that control, which is hard at times. But it wasn’t that hard to let go of it, because the voice really never changed. The philosophy really never changed.

What I'm so impressed with about Erik is that I feel I made the right choice in selecting him because he’s a young coach. He’s achievement oriented. He’s ambitious. He’s analytic. He’s technological. He’s an X-and-O master. He’s not as loud a motivator as I was, but he motivates in a different way. And the team respects him for that.

Riley (cont'd): So I don’t get in his way. We meet every day. We talk every day. I will make X-and-O suggestions and things like that. But I trust that what he’s set up for this team is a winning formula. That’s on both ends of the court, and also in the locker room.


It’s whatever your needs are. We spent four years planning the 2010 free agency [that brought Lebron James and Chris Bosh to the team, and re-signed Dwayne Wade]. All we wanted to do was make sure our team had enough money, to be able to go out and sign three marquee free agents, because we knew these free agents were going to become available in 2010. So we pointed toward 2010 as a goal, to be able to really build our team.

But prior to that, we wanted to stay competitive too, and we did. We were a playoff team for two of those seasons. Our fans understood that there was a long-term goal here. But we put the best team that we could out on the court. We gave them short-term contracts because we didn’t want any contracts to go into 2010. That was a definite organizational decision to move in that direction.
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Post#10 » by whitehops » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:28 pm

crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3
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Post#11 » by RexBoyWonder » Sat Jan 4, 2014 3:47 pm

whitehops wrote:crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3


There's no doubt Riley planed ahead and wanted to keep cap space for the summer of 2010 but I think some people overstate the details, I don't think he (Or anyone) could have known in the prior years that we'll land Both Lebron and Bosh, it just worked out perfectly for Pat and for us. If Lebron wins a title with Cavs in 2008 or 2009, he probably never leaves. Bosh then could've chosen the Bulls.

But in sports like in life, sometimes you make your own luck. By being smart and thinking ahead Pat put us in a good position, and the basketball gods rewarded him with the big 3.

Despite the new CBA that is designed to hurt teams like ours, Im optimistic about the next stage of the big 3 because Pat is as proven as it gets.
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Post#12 » by BIRDMAN BIRDMAN » Sat Jan 4, 2014 4:16 pm

whitehops wrote:crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3


Good thing Ira's not our GM. I remember him wanting to ditch the 2010 plan to get Michael Redd and Kirilenko :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

EDIT: If you want some lulz

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-0 ... chael-redd
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Post#13 » by kyphi » Sat Jan 4, 2014 4:45 pm

whitehops wrote:crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3


I think he set it in motion when he traded Shaq for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks in 2008
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Post#14 » by Ratchet_Rio » Sat Jan 4, 2014 5:11 pm

BIRDMAN BIRDMAN wrote:
whitehops wrote:crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3


Good thing Ira's not our GM. I remember him wanting to ditch the 2010 plan to get Michael Redd and Kirilenko :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

EDIT: If you want some lulz

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-0 ... chael-redd

I think I need to send this in to the "ask Ira" column and see what he thinks now
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Post#15 » by whitehops » Sat Jan 4, 2014 5:18 pm

RexBoyWonder wrote:
whitehops wrote:crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3


There's no doubt Riley planed ahead and wanted to keep cap space for the summer of 2010 but I think some people overstate the details, I don't think he (Or anyone) could have known in the prior years that we'll land Both Lebron and Bosh, it just worked out perfectly for Pat and for us. If Lebron wins a title with Cavs in 2008 or 2009, he probably never leaves. Bosh then could've chosen the Bulls.

But in sports like in life, sometimes you make your own luck. By being smart and thinking ahead Pat put us in a good position, and the basketball gods rewarded him with the big 3.

Despite the new CBA that is designed to hurt teams like ours, Im optimistic about the next stage of the big 3 because Pat is as proven as it gets.


I know there are a ton of factors but the fact that he picked a free agent class (the best one) and committed to it that far in advance kind of makes you realize how prepared some of these teams are. I know a lot of fans don't look ahead more than a year lol, even some of the more insightful ones.
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Post#16 » by Chosen01 » Sat Jan 4, 2014 5:44 pm

BIRDMAN BIRDMAN wrote:
whitehops wrote:crazy they had the vision to prepare four years in advance for the big 3


Good thing Ira's not our GM. I remember him wanting to ditch the 2010 plan to get Michael Redd and Kirilenko :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

EDIT: If you want some lulz

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-0 ... chael-redd

Lol what a moron, that would have been TERRIBLE!

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