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[Stuhoo 85,842]

Just now, Trish said:

I know someone on an NBA team who says Brad has the itch to coach again. 

Do you know Brad Stevens? Because Stevens himself has said that.

[BGleas 8,398]

Just now, Chris007 said:

That they met with us just to use us or from your side, they never even met with us at all?

That Brad Stevens was ever close to becoming the IU coach last time. I beleive Dolson reached out, he had too, but it was never happening. 

I also don't believe Stevens used IU to get his President of Basketball Ops role. Ainge was always leaving at the end of the season, and Stevens had been earmarked to move to the front office. 

I was surprised he left the sideline all together, thought it would be more in a Popovich role, but the wheels of Stevens becoming head of bball ops were in play before the IU job opened. 

[Chris007 56,143]

Just now, Scotty R said:

I guess you got me there. I might not believe everything you say but I think you here things but your choices might not be correct very often 

Nothing against @BGleasI think he really knows what he is talking about but for all we know he could be sitting in the ticket office :-)

[ap2345 10,367]

Rabby said on the radio today that if he was choosing between Pearl, May, and Beard or the field that he was taking the field fyi

[Scotty R 2,879]

2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Nothing against @BGleasI think he really knows what he is talking about but for all we know he could be sitting in the ticket office :-)

Could be

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,909]

Is Chris going to have to post a long message once a day in here to calm some of your guys nerves haha

[Stuhoo 85,842]

BGleas heard what he heard from his Celtics sources, and Chris heard what he heard from the IU side.

Both BGleas and Chris can be accurately stating what they heard, and either version or a middle ground version could be the reality.

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,909]

Just now, ap2345 said:

Rabby said on the radio today that if he was choosing between Pearl, May, and Beard or the field that he was taking the field fyi

Subtly didn’t include Stevens lol

[Scotty R 2,879]

1 minute ago, ap2345 said:

Rabby said on the radio today that if he was choosing between Pearl, May, and Beard or the field that he was taking the field fyi

He also said he thought May was a legitimate candidate as well

[Hoosierfan2017 23,498]

“Inside information” makes a forum fun. I have none of my own, so I enjoy reading what others say. But, like anything else, I try to analyze it based on all the information available. The Brad Stevens stuff has never passed the smell test to me. Nor has the Scott Dolson stuff. Doesn’t mean I’m right, it’s just my opinion.  

[Chris007 56,143]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Is Chris going to have to post a long message once a day in here to calm some of your guys nerves haha

I'm sorry but I don't have it in me to do it every day. Things will work out however they work out and we will get a good coach. But we have weeks we need to get through together as one BTB team :-)

[Stuhoo 85,842]

5 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

Rabby said on the radio today that if he was choosing between Pearl, May, and Beard or the field that he was taking the field fyi

Very different question for Rabby on the Hysterics podcast. During that podcast he basically said that both Pearl and Beard are 'no-way' candidates.

So on the Hysterics podcast he was asked "Brad, Dusty, and Mick versus the field?"

He answered that Brad, Dusty, or Mick was more likely than the field, though he paused before stating that..

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46 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

They could literally get to option 14 in this coaching cycle and IU will be in better position as a program then they have been the last 4 years.   Personally can not wait and I know Old Fart feels the same way to get back to a point to where we are followIng high school recruiting again.  This place will be busy  in the recruiting threads once again during the offseason which use to be just as fun on this board then it is during the regular season.   Lots of things to be excited about moving forward for the program we love.  

Add me to the list of people who will be excited to see the HS recruiting threads heating back up. So many (in my mind) missed opportunities. 

[ap2345 10,367]

5 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

He also said he thought May was a legitimate candidate as well

Because he is but that was interesting

 

[ap2345 10,367]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Very different question for Rabby on the Hysterics podcast. During that podcast he basically said that both Pearl and Beard are 'no-way' candidates.

So on the Hysterics podcast he was asked "Brad, Dusty, and Mick versus the field?"

He answered that Brad, Dusty, or Mick was more likely than the field, though he paused before stating that..

He's very careful when it comes to his wording on things that involve one specific candidate. I've been trying to bait him for weeks in the peegs chat on Monday nights lol 

[JerryYeagley23 4,960]

3 minutes ago, BGleas said:

That Brad Stevens was ever close to becoming the IU coach last time. I beleive Dolson reached out, he had too, but it was never happening. 

I also don't believe Stevens used IU to get his President of Basketball Ops role. Ainge was always leaving at the end of the season, and Stevens had been earmarked to move to the front office. 

I was surprised he left the sideline all together, thought it would be more in a Popovich role, but the wheels of Stevens becoming head of bball ops were in play before the IU job opened. 

All due respect, and we haven’t spoken directly on here or via messages. But it was widely reported in the media that BS turned down IU’s 7 year/$70m offer. So based on your sources, we weren’t far along in conversations before throwing a contract offer to him? I know you have connections in Boston, but my connections at IU would not discuss contract numbers unless we had both done due diligence and were preparing to negotiate. Not looking to argue, and respect what you’re saying. But in my opinion and according to my sources on the IU side, we were at the end stages of agreeing to hire BS last time until some things went wrong. 

[Juwan Moye 819]

15 minutes ago, Trish said:

I know someone on an NBA team who says Brad has the itch to coach again. 

Brad himself said he has the itch to coach. Didn’t specify at which level.

[Hornsby 3,253]

Just listened to RabJohn's on the radio and these were some things he talked about.

1) A lot of people wanted to move on from Woody after last year but a couple people didn't agree. Also said a lot of people around college basketball couldn't believe he got a 4th year

2) That Stevens and May will be the first to get a call.

3) Pearl is not involved 

4) Beard has a huge uphill battle. Said that the one incident that was reported is probably not the first incident involving Beard. Also said he tried to get his name into the UL and UM job and those two didn't want anything to do with him.

 

We all know who the couple of people were that gave us the 4th year fiasco.

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[OKHOOSIER 5,165]

18 minutes ago, 12345Brad said:

Dolson was in contact with him and Pearl last offseason.  IU could’ve hired either … then QB got involved - again. 

Yea I don’t doubt that, but that doesn’t answer my question of where this weird narrative that Dusty negotiated a smaller buyout to be able to bolt to IU after one season came from. Of all the stuff we throw around here, UL turning down his “buyout demand” is maybe the silliest. He pretty clearly chose Michigan over UL and Vandy—not Michigan was the only school willing to agree to a small IU buyout clause.  I can’t find anything to support that. 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild 249]

2 hours ago, yogisballin said:

I wish people would quit with this Stevens stuff, we’re not getting that guy. IU is nowhere near as desirable as it was say 15-20 years ago. There is no way Stevens is leaving his current cake job for this headache here in the B1G. Each post I read, if I see something regarding Stevens. I just move on and the quicker some of you let go of this pipe dream, the better. Zero chance people

Serious question have you ever coached basketball and then stopped? I have coached middle school basketball for over 10 years and this year had to give it up because of my sons select baseball schedule and every day I still think about coaching and how I can’t wait until my son gets in 5th grade so I can coach again. When you’re a coach you don’t just say oh I’m done and never doing it again unless you’re not a competitor and you hate it or you physically can’t do it anymore. You absolutely want back on the sideline and the itch gets bigger and bigger the further away you get.