Even when the team was in Charleston for training camp, Riley wanted things a certain way for his players. One particular night, he asked team officials to rent out Garibaldi’s, an upscale Italian restaurant near the club’s hotel, to hold a dinner for players, coaches, and trainers only. He gave specific instructions about how he wanted the room laid out. And upon inspecting the venue himself, Riley was just as particular, bending down to pick up a folded cloth napkin on one table. “Then he changed the configuration of the napkin, flagged someone down, and said he wanted them arranged that way
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