Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[goonaha 2,972]

Just now, bird4par said:

Just my opinion. This all seems to be leading to Alford being hired.  Beard/ Wight & Bennet are probably more unrealistic than BS.  Musselman would be an interesting choice; however, with a few successful seasons in the limelight, I could see him wanting to go back to the nba.

Alford won't be hired or even considered. Not sure how many times people need to be told that.

[TadQueasy 867]

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Just now, goonaha said:

Alford won't be hired or even considered. Not sure how many times people need to be told that.

1,000 times apparently. 

[Hoosierfan1901 6,446]

1 minute ago, bird4par said:

Just my opinion. This all seems to be leading to Alford being hired.  Beard/ Wight & Bennet are probably more unrealistic than BS.  Musselman would be an interesting choice; however, with a few successful seasons in the limelight, I could see him wanting to go back to the nba.

I think he wants to stay at Nevada 

[goonaha 2,972]

1 minute ago, FritzIam4IU said:

Things have indeed gotten eerily quiet.

Things have gotten quiet because it's the Saturday of the first round of the tournament. There are multiple coaching candidates that are still in the tournament. We aren't getting a new coach for at least a week, probably more like 3-4 weeks.

[mdiu28 1,900]

1 minute ago, goonaha said:

Alford won't be hired or even considered. Not sure how many times people need to be told that.

Apparently more. 

Remove the fact that he went to IU and no one would even know who he is. Same goes for any other "IU guy" 

[ap2345 8,566]

3 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

Why? Everything that has been "heard" has been bullSh1t. It's obvious Dolson runs a tight lipped ship. It would be very unprofessional to leak talks with a current tournament coach.

 

As for Stevens, not going to hate on the guy, but  his pressers leading on IU fans and then his unnecessary comments yesterday are a bit disappointing.

There’s always rumors on Twitter about every coaching search as well as message boards. The only real Brad Stevens rumors came from message boards and there’s been nothing but speculation on Twitter. It’s been more quiet than even your run of the mill mid major job for crying out loud outside of the Brad rumors which once again hasn’t been substantiated. Not discrediting the insiders because I know they get good intel.

[Golfman25 5,809]

Just now, Hooserfan1901 said:

I think he wants to stay at Nevada 

What Nevadan for Masshole?  

[FightFor6 896]

3 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

I think he wants to stay at Nevada 

Yes, that's the barrier.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,979]

2 minutes ago, TadQueasy said:

Long time lurker, first time poster.  Just want to say how much I have enjoyed this board over the last few days.  I also appreciate the insiders here who have given info.  Don’t let anyone’s frustration get to you. Know many appreciate your contributions. I look forward to seeing how this saga ends!  

Welcome Tad and thank you for expressing your appreciation to a couple of our posters who've been unfairly criticized by a small minority.  Hope to see you as a frequent poster.

[FritzIam4IU 349]

9 minutes ago, goonaha said:

Things have gotten quiet because it's the Saturday of the first round of the tournament. There are multiple coaching candidates that are still in the tournament. We aren't getting a new coach for at least a week, probably more like 3-4 weeks.

Back channeling and negotiations amongst agents/schools just doesn't stop because the tourney is going on. I don't think anybody expects a major announcement from the national media, but I'm sure people are still talking behind the scene.

[AZ Hoosier 7,898]

20 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said:

Things have indeed gotten eerily quiet.

Yeah, it's the proverbial "quiet before the storm"... like that eerie silence just before the tornado strikes.

[Nonymouse 115]

1 hour ago, ap2345 said:

So over on the Butler board the rumor is Brad and Dolson couldn’t come to terms on the size of the buyout in case another big program came calling. Brad wants more money in his salary so now Dolson is calling and tying to raise more money. That supposedly came from a donor that the guy on the Butler board knows or something. Could be something or could be nothing. Could also be why IU still hasn’t been connected to anyone else. 

The guy who posted what you’re referring to here was straight up messing around. He even wrote that in a subsequent post. 
 

Relatedly: Brad was never seriously considering the job, no matter what any posters here were told.  I believe they believed it. I’m not calling them liars. But it just wasn’t happening. 

Edited March 20, 2021 by Nonymouse

[Hoosierfan1901 6,446]

1 minute ago, Nonymouse said:

The guy who posted that was straight up messing around. He even wrote that in a subsequent post. 
 

Brad was never seriously considering the job, no matter what any posters here were told.  I believe they believed it. I’m not calling them liars. But it just wasn’t happening. 

What Butler forum was the rumor on?

[pumpfake 3,966]

3 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

What Butler forum was the rumor on?

Butler has a forum?

[Hoosierfan1901 6,446]

3 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

Butler has a forum?

That is supposedly were the rumor originated from

[IUwins0708 2,666]

I think the real rumor is that there is a Butler Forum...

[IUwins0708 2,666]

11 minutes ago, Nonymouse said:

The guy who posted what you’re referring to here was straight up messing around. He even wrote that in a subsequent post. 
 

Relatedly: Brad was never seriously considering the job, no matter what any posters here were told.  I believe they believed it. I’m not calling them liars. But it just wasn’t happening. 

Yeah, ok.....

[Nonymouse 115]

3 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

That is supposedly were the rumor originated from

Just the rumor AP was talking about in his post above. 

[str8baller 5,665]

57 minutes ago, IUCane said:

Why is it absurd for IU to want a $50mm buyout if another program would try to hire Stevens?  If IU is Brad's "dream job" and IU is going to make a commitment to Brad by paying out a $10mm buyout to a current coach and pay Brad a contract in the TOP 2 of all of college basketball why shouldn't IU want to recoup some of that investment and the cost of replacing him if he were to bail??   Maybe you structure so that the buyout is only that large if another college team, and a lower buyout if another NBA program came calling so IF he decides college REALLY isn't for him even at his dream school he can more easily transition back??

Crazy to blow up a deal over that. But I can’t say I believe that. Don’t think Dolson would let that be the stickler. 
 

Who would ultimately care anyhow? Say he comes here for six years and wins a title restoring IU to greatness. The Lakers then want to hire him. It’d be awful to lose him to the pros but it’s a net positive for IU, either way. Seems like internet nonsense.