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Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

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I wasn’t going to tell everyone but screw it, if it’s wrong it’s wrong.  The search is over!! Brad will be the next coach.  Same guy that told me the Sampson buyout sent me a text and said Brad is HOM

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We started discussing those hurdles with his beautiful agent back in late January, early February. So everything was written up exactly how they wanted. So there’s not really much to be done. This has

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I will say that IU met with the Stevens family since January, maybe even end of December. It was a good fit we thought, we listened to everything they had to say, we met everything they wanted, they a

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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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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?

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 
 

 

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From yesterday from our favorite guy jeff goodman.

Also, Some good tidbit about Arch not really wanting the Indiana job but wanting OSU. While Goodman may be out of touch with the Brad Stevens deal, he is close with Sean and Archie. 

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1 minute ago, Adillac said:

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. 
 

 

I would say the timing is definitely not perfect, but it probably never gets any better. It's a "now or never" situation, which sucks for Stevens because he's in the middle of a season. Logically, if he truly is listening and considering, and IU has put up the money being rumored, then it would seem he'll be on the sideline in SSAH next year. 

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4 minutes ago, Adillac said:

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. 
 

 

Seems like there is a pretty good chance Boston fires him after this season. Seems like a no brainer

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