The old soul arises for another title run

August 23rd, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

After hemming, hawing, then hemming and hawing some more, Pat Riley officially announced his return as coach of the Heat today.

Which, I think, is nice.

What concerns me, though, is the dude’s health. He put off hip-replacement surgery this past season to coach the team and, I don’t know, he just sort of looks like he’s about to keel over and have a heart attack at any moment. And at 61, he isn’t getting any younger.

I think it’s a solid move for Miami, (although as president and coach, it wasn’t so much them coming after him, it was him making the decision on his own) keeping around a proven veteran coach with five NBA titles to his name.

So yes, this is a nice and all for D. Wade and crew as long as Riles doesn’t go into cardiac arrest out on the court.

(Oh, and, how sweet is that photo? Never played that game for Genesis, but now I really want to.)