Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[Stuhoo 79,472]

1 minute ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Haha. I’d rather be Oprah

Violent Oprah?

[BleedCubbieBlue 1,395]

3 minutes ago, ISP said:

I don't know how the meeting went, my guy didn't even know the location. A separate guy (former player) randomly said expect and announcement tomorrow. But I don't ever trust former players lol.

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I'm hitting up my lines, trying to see what I can find, but I'll be surprised if I get anything tonight. I got the "flight/meeting"  text at 5am this morning and then didnt even see it till later i the afternoon. If anything about tomorrow is real, I'd expect a lot more chatter to come out from a lot of random places.

 

Is that the Dallas to Bloomington to White Plains flight?

[IU Scott 2,375]

3 minutes ago, bigrod said:

I feel like the Indiana fans I know appreciate fundamentally sound, well coached teams. I think most know this won’t be an immediate turnaround, and are willing to let the next coach build his success. Obviously I can’t speak for everyone, but I think most just want to see effort and improvement. Obviously at some point, we want another banner, but no one should be expecting it in the next couple years. Let’s make the tournament first!

If we get Brad I would think the fan base would have more patience because we have seen what he has done in the past.

[go iu bb 5,456]

1 hour ago, Treesh said:

Mark Cuban scooped up Scott today on the way to NYC.

I doubt Cuban is involved at all unless he wants to be accused of tampering.

[ISP 924]

Btw guys, probably my last post tonight - and probably wrong thread. But Drew has legit interest in the job. So if Stevens doesn't sign, we still have awesome options. I know some don't like Drew for the Hanner thing, but I can vouch that he is class.

[Hoosier Guy 7,518]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Violent Oprah?

I saw her violent on South Park once. Had a dude shooting from her ******

[bigrod 2,848]

1 minute ago, BleedCubbieBlue said:

Is that the Dallas to Bloomington to White Plains flight?

Can someone explain Isaiah’s role in this? Never really quite understood that.

[HoosierTrav 7,727]

12 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

This has been a wild week of speculation.  Loving it. 
 

My legit concern, almost more than getting Brad Stevens, is the unrealistic expectations our fanbase would have. 
 

I hope people will be reasonable.  
 

Feeling Brad Stevens feels up to the challenge.  

 

Honestly, I think the exact opposite ends up happening. Personally, I will feel relieved that I don’t have to worry about how highly ranked our recruiting classes are. He can win with guys that we’ve historically overlooked. If he’s able to get the guys that even the last few coaches were able to get, it’s a higher level of talent than he was afforded at Butler (outside of Hayward). Imagine Brad Stevens has the keys to the 2012-2013 team.. 

  I believe many will have patience with him bc WE KNOW he’s going to bring a smart brand of basketball. WE KNOW our teams will play great defense. WE KNOW our offense will have continuity. WE KNOW he’s going to be great after timeouts. 
 

I don’t expect to see immediate final fours and nattys. I expect to see a program that does things the right things and gives consistent effort at all times. They do this and I KNOW the results will eventually come. 

[Hoosier Guy 7,518]

1 minute ago, ISP said:

Btw guys, probably my last post tonight - and probably wrong thread. But Drew has legit interest in the job. So if Stevens doesn't sign, we still have awesome options. I know some don't like Drew for the Hanner thing, but I can vouch that he is class.

In retrospect, Drew was trying to do us a favor. If only we had listened

[hoosierbannerd 1,519]

21 minutes ago, Josh said:

It was a finalization/celebration.  Archie was the waitress

Nah, Pork Belly was the waitress.. he's got bigger t*ts...

[DChoosier 7,732]

24 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

This has been a wild week of speculation.  Loving it. 
 

My legit concern, almost more than getting Brad Stevens, is the unrealistic expectations our fanbase would have. 
 

I hope people will be reasonable.  
 

Feeling Brad Stevens feels up to the challenge.  

 

My brother is also concerned about expectations and asked me how I thought the fans would react if Brad lost to Northwestern at home, as an example, halfway through his third season.

I told him I would be ok with that loss because I have very realistic expectations and besides...I assume that half way through his third season he would already have 2 natty’s, and the loss would just drop his record to 86-1, so I’d be ok with a mis-step.

[brandct 610]

2 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I doubt Cuban is involved at all unless he wants to be accused of tampering.

No way that Cuban is involved in any sort of pitch or negotiations the NBA would crucify him.

[Chris007 43,485]

33 minutes ago, ISP said:

Indy Sports Partizan here.

First post - Dylan (OSUofficial) is legit. I know his source(s). Pay attention to what he says.

I don't know Chris, but I hear good things. Probably share a few buddies. Chris, you also hearing about an announcement tomorrow? This piece I got from a less reliable source, the news on a meeting today was a 100% reliable source.

 

Yes from a former player but I’m not sure how connected he is so I take it with a grain of salt. But I’m rooting for him to be correct.

[bigrod 2,848]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Yes from a former player but I’m not sure how connected he is so I take it with a grain of salt. But I’m rooting for him to be correct.

Me too!

[IUwins0708 2,666]

1 minute ago, brandct said:

No way that Cuban is involved in any sort of pitch or negotiations the NBA would crucify him.

Not if they don’t know! LOL

[mdiu28 1,752]

3 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

In retrospect, Drew was trying to do us a favor. If only we had listened

Hanner Perea - one of the greatest YouTube dunkers of all time. 

Unfortunately, that's about it.

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

Yes from a former player but I’m not sure how connected he is so I take it with a grain of salt. But I’m rooting for him to be correct.

If you are talking about AJ he has had Buckner and IT on his podcast.  I would think he has assess to them so he might have heard from them.

[Trish 11,497]

4 minutes ago, ISP said:

Btw guys, probably my last post tonight - and probably wrong thread. But Drew has legit interest in the job. So if Stevens doesn't sign, we still have awesome options. I know some don't like Drew for the Hanner thing, but I can vouch that he is class.

We don’t want him. CTC is better than Scott. Bring Tom home if Scott is our only option. 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,053]

Looks like IU sleeping giant is acknowledging about the announcement tomorrow on Reddit, said he doesn’t trust the source.

[LamarCheeks 17,883]

4 minutes ago, brandct said:

No way that Cuban is involved in any sort of pitch or negotiations the NBA would crucify him.

Indeed -- if he had anything to do with a coach leaving an NBA team for his alma mater, he'd be in deep doo-doo. I could see him getting a really, really, really big fine and suspension -- if not both -- for that. That's serious sh-t.