Didn’t he? When I saw your Twitter feed about "Riley Audio," I was hoping to hear something like what Fanhouse posted yesterday about Riles not officially keeping the door closed on a potential return to the sidelines as coach. You can’t put up all the good stuff on the first day though, right? I’ll look forward to the clips to come in the next day or so. I also liked what he said about being a running team.

I found particularly interesting his comments about Mario and Michael. I like Diamond Rio better coming off the bench with very little ballhandling responsibilities and looking to score. It looks like Riles will be watching Beasley’s offseason work ethic, which he definitely should do. To be sure Michael absolutely will or will not work for this team, Riley may have to come back and coach the kid himself.

I understand our beloved president’s affinity to trading and signing proven talent. Other than D-Wade and Caron Butler, the draft picks have been less than stellar to this point. He mentioned drafting in the middle to late rounds as a disadvantage, but I would like to see more put into scouting. Teams like the Lakers and Spurs always draft just as late as we do, but they usually find either a great steal or better yet, someone who fits their system and complements their stars (a la George Hill).

And Riley just up’ed the ante. Opening the door for a possibility for him to return to the bench is huge. I could see a lot of players wanting to play for Riley and that could influence their decision and he will do “anything that is needed” to help this team get on the track to a dynasty. Do you think Wade said something privately to Riley about coming back? That could be an interesting story line.

I was very very critical of our offense. But that was 07-08 when we were assaulted by injuries. I also know Riles works the hell out of his guys so I’d love to see that