Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[IUCane 221]

[KzooHoosier82 973]

1 minute ago, DylanBeach33 said:

I get everyone is upset but idk what you guys thought he would say. I doubt brad would have come out and say yes to Goodman’s question right before coaching a game for the Celtics. 

“I don’t know why you guys keep asking me this. My answer is the same. I’m the head basketball coach of the Boston Celtics and my focus is to turn this season...nothing else”

[IU Scott 2,375]

3 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

It was dead when they decided to keep Mike Davis after his first season. 

Yet we were 10 minutes away from a championship with Davis

[Bowhunter 3,090]

I fell for this crap all over again


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[thehelgo 90]

'done deal'. please. never was a done deal, and that was more than a denial.

[Uspshoosier 53,449]

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

I agree but should never say that anything is a done deal

It’s a free board if posters want to say that that’s fine.   It’s up to each poster to either listen to them or gather as much information from all places and make their own decision 

[Hippopotamo 707]

These kind of reactions are honestly embarrassing IMO. Chris and 0807 offer free insider info and we should all be excited that Dolson did a full court press on an elite coach. Even if we don’t get Stevens we’ll end up with a great coach. The future is bright in Bloomington. 

[HoosierBoiler 334]

If I can’t have Stevens Give me Fife and Lewis.

[IUCane 221]

Just now, Hippopotamo said:

These kind of reactions are honestly embarrassing IMO. Chris and 0807 offer free insider info and we should all be excited that Dolson did a full court press on an elite coach. Even if we don’t get Stevens we’ll end up with a great coach. The future is bright in Bloomington. 

Is it though??  We paid 10mm and don't know who are coach is/will be??  Tough to say that with certainty

[IU Scott 2,375]

4 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

If what we've seen over the past few minutes is true and he's staying in Boston, don't jump all over Chris and IUwins0708. 

They're just relaying best info they had. 

It appears Dolson put the full-court press on Brad -- and Ainge and the Celtics broke it. 

Again, if true -- we're all disappointed. No need to get snarky. 

 

just don't say it was a done deal then

[Banksyrules 5,327]

If there is a glimmer of hope here is that if Brad was indeed interested he would not show his hand to the Boston media. Along with NY they are a brutal bunch. 

[Hippopotamo 707]

Just now, IUCane said:

Is it though??  We paid 10mm and don't know who are coach is/will be??  Tough to say that with certainty

I mean IU fired Archie like 4 days ago. Would you rather have a 5th year with Archie? 

[Dolson’s Bag Man 23]

Can we stop using the term “insider” and “inside information” on a free board again? Stevens was the only option bring IU back to any sort of decency. The only guy who scares Painter. More irrelevancy coming our way. Can’t wait to see who is announced LOL 

[bleedhoosier 3,627]

I think some of you dudes need to head on back to HSN. Don't ruin the best IU board ever. We were all having a nice time a few days ago..

 

 

[DylanBeach33 83]

1 minute ago, HoosierBoiler said:

If I can’t have Stevens Give me Fife and Lewis.

If we fired Archie for that it could somehow be a downgrade 

[ap2345 11,254]

You guys act like coaches never lie 

[TheDarkKnight69 328]

1 minute ago, LookatthestonesonDolson said:

I am white hot pissed for falling for this again. I wish the a$$ utter failure the rest of his career. 

I can’t blame him for wanting to stay in Boston. I hope he wins a title this year. 

[Bigred3588 1,535]

I’m just watching that thinking “damn, I wish I were in a position to turn down a $30M raise.”

Also disappointed but not that surprised the “insider info” appears to be incorrect.

[IU Prof 2,194]

If you think this stings now, just wait until the Celtics fire him in two years and he agrees to replace Coach K at Duke...

[IUCrazy2 2,845]

1 minute ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

“I don’t know why you guys keep asking me this. My answer is the same. I’m the head basketball coach of the Boston Celtics and my focus is to turn this season...nothing else”

It may be over, but that is almost Nick Saban verbatim before taking the Alabama job.

I will say this though, if we missed out on him, Indiana's AD needs to get a lid on the rumor mill because this would account for two times when a rumor got out of hand and if this holds, it really throws a cloud on whomever gets picked for the job.

That being said, we have not hired anyone and denials like this have been issued before.  So we chill out and see what happens.