Miami Heat: We really need to calm down with this “fire Spo” talk

Word on the street is that “fire Spo” is a trending topic right now. My first reaction is to go all David Ruffin, “you ungrateful sons of,” and my second thought, tell you why you’re all wrong.

When thinking about the volatile season of the Miami Heat thus far, many different things come to mind, but the last one is to “blame the coach.” Emeril Lagasse couldn’t BAM! if he only had pasta and no sauce. Ming Tsai couldn’t wow you with only salt and pepper as ingredients could he?

The point is, even a world-class chef couldn’t cook you a five-star meal if he has limited grocery to do so. That’s the dilemma Head Coach Erik Spoelstra faces on a nightly basis. Furthermore, If one used “empty cupboards” to describe some of the Miami Heat’s performances this year, that would be an understatement.

When looking at this Heat lineup in totality, the fact is that Spo just has a mediocre roster to work with. As mentioned in a previous piece, the offensive prowess or firepower seems to be absent from this team. They don’t have a true “go-to” option or “number one” guy, while they also lack the necessary firepower from 3-point range to account for that lack of a true “bucket getter.”

Basically, players win games, and a coach without the necessary roster can only do so much.

Another question that comes to mind when hearing this nonsense about firing Spo is if any of you watched the team before this year? With an almost identical team, albeit, with a healthy Goran Dragic and a Dion Waiters shooting spree, this team went 44-38 with that mean run lodged in the middle. Some will call the “run” an anomaly, but it happened, and with Spo at the helm to get the most out of a little.

We are talking about the same guy who not only weathered the “Big 3” storm, something that was almost unheard of at the time, with how big players and their individual brands had become. LeBron James changed the league forever with that move, as he often times changes the coach of his team if he sees fit, and Spo also weathered a storm of that nature. Those who don’t know any better will say “that was easy,” but in fact, it’s never easy to coach LeBron, just ask Luke Walton, Mike Brown, Ty Lue, or David Blatt.

In continuing with the ridiculous theme of “firing Spo,” what would you have him to do differently? Furthering that thought, if the Miami Heat were to fire Spo, what would you have the next guy do differently?

It wouldn’t matter, because he wouldn’t be there that long, based on the notion that there are those who want Spo gone now, and no one could do any better than he is. Have you guys seen the New York Knickerbockers lately (Shoutout to Fizz)? How about the Orlando Magic? Oh, there’s more.

Do you want the turn style that has been coaches all over the league after pre-maturely firing a coach that didn’t deserve it? The Chicago Bulls have been a complete dumpster fire since relieving Tom Thibodeau, who has since been fired by the Minnesota Timberwolves, another classless and directionless organization. How about the coaching carousel that has been the Phoenix Suns? Is that what you really desire for this Miami Heat franchise? I didn’t think so.

The best thing to do for the Miami Heat right now is to ignore the noise, even if this is the source of some of it. The Miami Heat way isn’t just something that was made up and sounds cute like most other NBA team mantras. It’s real. Its name is Pat Riley and believe me, if Riley is the guy he has been for some time, Spoelstra will continue to be the GPS. That is the one leading these guys, the Miami Heat way.

OFF MY LAWN!