General Coach Candidate News

[Hoosierfanyuh 3,751]

Might be crazy to think but I think we’re going to make the tourney and have to wait even longer. Still on the team thinking it’s going to be worth the wait. 

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7 minutes ago, 68Hoosier said:

So, on announcement day can we get Dolson in a room with a table full of hats.  Each hat has a potential new coach's name on it and then he picks the winner.   Put it on peacock and generate more money to pay off the buyout.  At the end of the day, it will be the coach from IUS or some other out of left field name we were not expecting.  

Still jaded from the last cycle.

 

Love this idea but trust me you'll recognize the name lol

[Hoosier DaDa 3,492]

2 hours ago, Jet812 said:

Maybe, what are 30 year mortgage rates currently?  Credit score over 800…

I do mortgages for a living and you don’t want to know what the rates are.

[Chris007 54,643]

11 minutes ago, HoosierHuddle said:

I'm not suggesting there should be confirmation from Brad Stevens that he's taking the IU job or anything like that. I'm just wondering why there have not been any rumors or sourced information coming from the NBA or Boston Celtics insiders and everything concerning Brad Stevens has come from the IU side with the exception of the unconvincing Jeff Goodman tweet/story. I certainly would not be upset if he was the guy, far from it. Anyway, thanks for the information you share, as always!

I would say two reasons come to mind as someone else said the owner is the only person he answers to and if he's not leaving for another month why say anything?

Two, the Celtics are for sale right now, so probably trying to keep everything quiet. 

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16 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

The obvious reason for Stevens to wait, if it’s him, is old school coaching omertà. One of the things we all like about Stevens is his character and calm demeanor. It seems very plausible to me that he would want to keep things quiet out of respect to the current staff and roster. 

Also the nba waiver deadline is 3/1.  Perhaps he wants to solely work in his GM capacity until then?

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12 minutes ago, HoosierHuddle said:

I'm not suggesting there should be confirmation from Brad Stevens that he's taking the IU job or anything like that. I'm just wondering why there have not been any rumors or sourced information coming from the NBA or Boston Celtics insiders and everything concerning Brad Stevens has come from the IU side with the exception of the unconvincing Jeff Goodman tweet/story. I certainly would not be upset if he was the guy, far from it. Anyway, thanks for the information you share, as always!

Because they have bigger fish to fry like this or the Luka trade back in Feb? In the grand scheme of things is Bostons GM leaving for a college coaching job as big of a deal nationally to the NBA ? I don’t follow the NBA enough I guess . 
 

Also feel like Bill Belichek going UNC was a bigger deal than if Stevens comes to IU (Stevens never won a championship and has coach in college before) . Don’t remember that getting leaked ? Just saying to NBA guys maybe the rumors aren’t really worth their time 

[Hoosier DaDa 3,492]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I have not heard of any donors pushing Beard. The big-time donors are and have only pushed one person. 

I hope they didn’t pushed him too hard. Did he fall over?

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21 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Next Monday will be hoping... per Isaac... 3/2 at 3pm. /S

9th Green at 9pm. Be there

[OliviaPope40 7,099]

Just now, IUFB said:

9th Green at 9pm. Be there

Ah yes Happy Gilmore

[PartyintheVillas 494]

14 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

It’s on their premium board 

Do you have a link? I can't find their premium board, just this one: New (9+) Texas Texas Longhorns Message Board Forum

[Chris007 54,643]

8 minutes ago, Ctf9 said:

Two random thoughts about Brad, though I try not to daydream. 
 

1) I think the media underrates how much Brad might care about the IU job—it’s very plausible to me why he might want to “step down” a level. But I do think the rest of the Celtics don’t care much at all. They’re much more worried about the new owner. They have a strong bench of front office guys in Zarren and baby Ainge, etc. So I’m sure they’d prefer to keep Brad, but him leaving or staying is not as big a deal to them as it is to us. It’s easy to keep it quiet. 
 

2) The Celtics’ front office bench gets at another thing that confuses me. If we get Brad, why on earth do we care about Hulls or Zeller or whomever? If Brad wants them, that’s great—he’s the genius. But isn’t it just as plausible that he brings in young NBA or college types with no ties to IU? He has tons of connections, and any young coach would kill to work with him—see Shrewsburry, Norad, and so on. 
 

Not trying to cause any drama here, and I understand the attachment to former players. But if we get Brad, and I know we probably won’t, but if we do, I think he would be thinking bigger. 

I think Jordy & Cody are very well-liked in the AAU circles around the state. Both players are big with Indiana Elite

[MrBBall 509]

No Cody on IU’s staff. For certain. 

[Ctf9 134]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I think Jordy & Cody are very well-liked in the AAU circles around the state. Both players are big with Indiana Elite

Fair point. I like local connections, too, and Brad had a lot hires with local ties at Butler. But his Rolodex is bigger now. Seems like the potential for the perfect mix of old and new could happen!

Edited Monday at 07:26 PM by Ctf9

[WRSMick55 115]

1 hour ago, pumpfake said:

Us small-time donors are pushing for him too.

 

We’re pushtushing? 

[Hardwood83 4,834]

8 minutes ago, #1fanofafrin said:

thanks . . . i've spent last few minutes rewatching Hanner's HS highlights on youtube - if only we ran the open dunk system, would have been a legend

Here's the real question- who had worse hands Hanner or Justin Smith? I don't either ever caught a ball cleanly. I'm surprised they could even feed themselves as difunctional as their hands appeared to be.

Now back to General Coach Candidate News.....

[Hoosier DaDa 3,492]

52 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Exactly.  The Celtics are paying Brad $11M a year.  If he already had a foot out the door someone would know something and something would’ve leaked well before now.  He’s not staying in that position and taking that kind of money if he had already agreed in principle to take the Indiana job.  Just no way.

Source on 11 mil per year?

[Uspshoosier 50,409]

15 minutes ago, PartyintheVillas said:

Do you have a link? I can't find their premium board, just this one: New (9+) Texas Texas Longhorns Message Board Forum

You have be subscribed to the 247 premium board like a Peegs to see it.  If I send a link you be able to see anything 

[Kentuckysucks 3,341]

4 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

Source on 11 mil per year?

Jim Coyle.

[IUGRAD06 347]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

You have be subscribed to the 247 premium board like a Peegs to see it.  If I send a link you be able to see anything 

Discord said they are saying it’s done and not backing down.  Is that accurate?

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7 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

You have be subscribed to the 247 premium board like a Peegs to see it.  If I send a link you be able to see anything 

what thread? lol