Coaching Carousel: The Miami Heat have Erik Spoelstra's back

NBA coaches rise and fall every year. According to our very own Tom Ziller, the average tenure for an NBA coach is 2.4 seasons. That, quite literally, is much shorter than I ever would have guessed. Coaches like Erik Spoelstra, Gregg Popovich, and Rick Carlisle are, a.) insanely good at their jobs, and, b.) blessed to work for patient front offices.

With the firing of Frank Vogel (okay, okay, technically they "didn't renew his contract"), Erik Spoelstra opened up about the Miami Heat.

Erik Spoelstra says he'd probably have been fired twice by now if he worked for a less steady organization.

— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) May 5, 2016

That quote, more than anything else, shows why the Heat have been able to rebuild so quickly. A stable front office is a rare thing in the NBA.