Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[JSHoosier 20,202]

Now that I think of it, the WWE style video would be fun.  Lights go out, crow era Sting type music hits, spotlight hits Stevens at center court, rival fans wet their depends.

 

[trc1969 39]

I'm curious, once Brad Stevens is announced head coach how many kids might reconsider their commitments to other schools to take a look at IU with a new head coach?

[Ryno6284 2,660]

1 minute ago, trc1969 said:

I'm curious, once Brad Stevens is announced head coach how many kids might reconsider their commitments to other schools to take a look at IU with a new head coach?

Can kids get out of their loi’s or is the transfer rule for kids who have already been at their respective college?

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12 minutes ago, trc1969 said:

I'm curious, once Brad Stevens is announced head coach how many kids might reconsider their commitments to other schools to take a look at IU with a new head coach?

A lot...

Edit: COME HOME BRAD! 

Edited March 19, 2021 by Evariste Galois

[Kentuckysucks 2,259]

10 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said:

Best of both worlds...

If the national media reports on it this morning that it is a "done deal" with confirmation following from IU and Brad Stevens.

Tuesday of next week IU has official press conference announcing Brad as new coach.

 

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12 hours ago, Rookie33 said:

Who’s Archie?


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The leprechaun whose rainbow led to a pot of gold (Brad F****n Stevens)

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8 minutes ago, trc1969 said:

I'm curious, once Brad Stevens is announced head coach how many kids might reconsider their commitments to other schools to take a look at IU with a new head coach?

Probably close to none.

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[Bowhunter 2,693]

To the guys in the loop... Is it a done deal or is Brad still deciding? IMO, this could be the difference between good information and bad. Sounded like done deal yesterday, just checking to see if it is still believed that way. Thanks!


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[Artie86 1,906]

13 hours ago, Rookie33 said:

Who’s Archie?


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Hey, like it or not......If Archie didn't do such a "BANG UP" job these last four years, we are not talking about Brad right now. 

Such a blessing in disguise! When the "package" is finally delivered, in a weird kind of way we will be thanking Archie,...I guess, right?

[FightFor6 895]

I have 9 days to renew my license plate and I need to know if my IU plate is going to read CBFS or not. 

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17 minutes ago, trc1969 said:

I'm curious, once Brad Stevens is announced head coach how many kids might reconsider their commitments to other schools to take a look at IU with a new head coach?

That's when we hit em with this

 

[Kentuckysucks 2,259]

2 minutes ago, FightFor6 said:

I have 9 days to renew my license plate and I need to know if my IU plate is going to read CBFS or not. 

 

[Homer 20]

Wife has an appointment in Bloomington this afternoon for covid vaccine! Just thinking how great it would be if the announcement of BFS hiring is announced while we're there and we can celebrate in Bloomington. 

[IU Prof 861]

Was thinking back to the discussion yesterday about why Stevens is such a desirable candidate, and it hit me. He's basically Bobby Knight minus the temper issues. Not trying to stir up an RMK debate, but the next level coaching mind, focus on academics, etc. While no coach is perfect, Stevens is basically the perfect coach. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,219]

I forgot all about that poster...

I haven't. He was the most negative poster I've ever seen on here. He us the guy that always brought drop ceilings as one of the reasons IU has been bad.

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[IUrocker 2,185]

I’d like to think if it’s indeed Brad then there’s no need to wait here too long at all. He’s not in the NCAA tournament, so not hearing anything until the tournament is over would only lead to speculation that it’s a current coach in the tournament we are getting. If Boston knows he’s leaving it’s not like they have to worry about holding off to tell the players or anything because they can’t leave. Shoot, the only way I could see waiting until the tournament is over is to just try to throw the sly curveball in there making people think it’s someone in the tournament and then BOOM, the Brad news drops...but reason why that doesn’t make too much sense is why would the Celtics have Brad continue to coach all the way until the tournament is over if they know he’s out the door...that would just seem awkward for the player/coach aspect of it. 

[Chris007 44,065]

21 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

To the guys in the loop... Is it a done deal or is Brad still deciding? IMO, this could be the difference between good information and bad. Sounded like done deal yesterday, just checking to see if it is still believed that way. Thanks!


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It was told to me that it was done on the IU side. Rabby is saying Brad is deciding. I think he has to be a little more careful or that’s what he’s hearing. My info was we have talked to the agent for Brad for over a month, we were told what  it was going to take to get the deal done, and we’ve done all of that. 

[mdiu28 1,768]

2 minutes ago, IUrocker said:

I’d like to think if it’s indeed Brad then there’s no need to wait here too long at all. He’s not in the NCAA tournament, so not hearing anything until the tournament is over would only lead to speculation that it’s a current coach in the tournament we are getting. If Boston knows he’s leaving it’s not like they have to worry about holding off to tell the players or anything because they can’t leave. Shoot, the only way I could see waiting until the tournament is over is to just try to throw the sly curveball in there making people think it’s someone in the tournament and then BOOM, the Brad news drops...but reason why that doesn’t make too much sense is why would the Celtics have Brad continue to coach all the way until the tournament is over if they know he’s out the door...that would just seem awkward for the player/coach aspect of it. 

It seems like he wants to leave the C's in the best way possible. I mean, they're still in the playoff race. Although not where C's fans want them to be (check out twitter, it's brutal, they really hate Brad right now) but I'm sure Brad feels a sense of responsibility to leave in a positive way. 

If everything our insiders have said is accurate, I'd still expect this to happen sooner rather than later. I don't see Brad finishing the NBA season if he's coming here. 

[Adillac 953]

I have no info. But I just think it’s going to happen.
 

consider some things we are basically sure of:

- He will make more money at IU

-He loves IU, considers it a great job.

-Not going to win in Boston anytime soon

-Boston is not still in love with him. 

 

What would be the reason to say No to Indiana? He just doesn’t want to deal with moving? 
 

One of the biggest things that could be true would be he doesn’t want to do the college gig again- recruiting, kissing babies, etc...but we don’t know that’s how he feels. 
 

I don’t know, it just seems like it’s a good fit and it’s a good time for it.