Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[str8baller 5,234]

10 minutes ago, FightFor6 said:

I'm more surprised if a player at a school going through a coaching change isn't in the transfer portal. You have a one-time opportunity to make a change without repercussion and this allows players to take a coaching change into their own hands instead of relying on the University to make a good decision for their future.

Agree. But it’s also a reason this is a bad year to dismiss a coach and go into a protracted search. We’re probably not to “protracted “ status yet, but if these other coaches start getting snapped up before we have someone who knows what a kid might do. 

[IUwins0708 2,666]

Just now, str8baller said:

Agree. But it’s also a reason this is a bad year to dismiss a coach and go into a protracted search. We’re probably not to “protracted “ status yet, but if these other coaches start getting snapped up before we have someone who knows what a kid might do. 

As long as we get the right guy I’m ok for another bad year.  I have a feeling though that with the right guy we won’t have to worry about it 

[IUHAHN81 2,184]

Dolson must be confident in his hire enough to risk losing a few current guys. Knowing if he gets who he wants, plenty of great players will come in their place.

[Parakeet Jones 3,748]

1 minute ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Dolson must be confident in his hire enough to risk losing a few current guys. Knowing if he gets who he wants, plenty of great players will come in their place.

I think there is a good deal of truth here. Hoping there is anyway. 
 

Bobby Rahal probably agrees too. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

2 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Dolson must be confident in his hire enough to risk losing a few current guys. Knowing if he gets who he wants, plenty of great players will come in their place.

The only one we know we've lost is Al.  Entering the portal doesn't automatically mean a player will actually leave.

[OldBuddy67 255]

21 minutes ago, JudahRMK said:

All the players entering the portal is a telling sign in my opinion...SD is starting to feel some heat internally i bet

While you don't want a new Coach coming into a situation where he has no players, what in the world did our players ever win? I just don't see this as that big a deal. Our players aren't that good as much as we all love and support them. With transfers this year in particular the right Coach can bring in new guys and be competitive next year.

[Artie86 1,906]

Either the players really don’t have a clue who the next coach may be or just testing  this once in a lifetime free pass to transfer option.....Obviously they are getting anxious too. I hope TJD holds strong....

[cybergates 463]

2 hours ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsayWq7YxaA

Here is the video of Archie at Harrison. I'm not sure if Shoulders makes that comment or not in this video lol

Go to 33:45 mark...

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,307]

9 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Dolson must be confident in his hire enough to risk losing a few current guys. Knowing if he gets who he wants, plenty of great players will come in their place.

Can't worry about guys from a losing team leaving the program.

Get the right coach and we will be in a much better spot regardless of the transfers out.

[MikeRoberts 6,998]

10 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Dolson must be confident in his hire enough to risk losing a few current guys. Knowing if he gets who he wants, plenty of great players will come in their place.

That or he’s scrambling with no clear picture. Let’s hope it’s the former

[Bowhunter 2,693]

If the Plan was Beard and now Shaka leaving, could throw SD a major curve ball


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[str8baller 5,234]

8 minutes ago, OldBuddy67 said:

While you don't want a new Coach coming into a situation where he has no players, what in the world did our players ever win? I just don't see this as that big a deal. Our players aren't that good as much as we all love and support them. With transfers this year in particular the right Coach can bring in new guys and be competitive next year.

TJD is all B1G

Lander is a promising freshman

 Phin has the talent to be an all B1G guard if he gets his head right (maybe a new coach helps?). 
 

There’s just not much upside to a mass exodus of talent. 

[Dalton26 16,892]

Just adding a couple things in here. 
 

1. if you don’t like the info being brought in from some guys, just don’t read it. I can’t speak for anyone else, but the mod team knows where Chris gets his info. If he says he’s hearing something it’s because he’s actually hearing it. As we all know Dolson is playing it close to the vest, so some info could very well be part of the story but Dolson is the only one with the full story. Just be appreciative or ignore it. It’s up to you, but constantly calling out people who pass along info gets old. We are all adults, it’s everyone’s individual responsibility to either believe it or not. 
 

2. This is my biggest pet peeve and I’ve seen it a lot in recent days, and have called a few people on it. This is the final warning and the next person I see that does it is getting a 24 hr vacation. There will be NO telling other members they aren’t a real fan, and should find a new team. That’s childish and isn’t happening here. 
 

3. I now return you all to your regularly scheduled broadcast. 

[Kentuckysucks 2,259]

2 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

If the Plan was Beard and now Shaka leaving, could throw SD a major curve ball


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He's been out of the tournament all week.  If that was the plan the ink should be dry already if Dolson knows what he's doing. 

[HoosierTrav 7,886]

1 hour ago, Chris007 said:

I looked on Twitter just now and counted over 50 fire Brad Stevens posts in the last 24 hours. They didn't even play last night. 

It’s bad. I seen one a few days ago where the person said he “wanted to show up on his front door and cut his ******* head off.” I went back and tried to find it to show to a buddy and it’s gone! Must have been deleted or taken down. The vitriol is on another level. I seent it.

[Kentuckysucks 2,259]

2 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

It’s bad. I seen one a few days ago where the person said he “wanted to show up on his front door and cut his ******* head off.” I went back and tried to find it to show to a buddy and it’s gone! Must have been deleted or taken down. The vitriol is on another level. I seent it.

They're the Kentucky fans of the NBA.  

[HinnyHoosier 4,961]

4 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

It’s bad. I seen one a few days ago where the person said he “wanted to show up on his front door and cut his ******* head off.” I went back and tried to find it to show to a buddy and it’s gone! Must have been deleted or taken down. The vitriol is on another level. I seent it.

 

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

You think she held on to them? Tucked away into some corner of the Shoulders residence? Lol

[P92 120]

If it’s Stevens or Beard I would think we’d know by tomorrow. Otherwise, the target has to be someone still in the tourney, with  maybe Beilein and the IU guys as fallbacks if that doesn’t work.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,163]

Just now, P92 said:

If it’s Stevens or Beard I would think we’d know by tomorrow. Otherwise, the target has to be someone still in the tourney, with  maybe Beilein and the IU guys as fallbacks if that doesn’t work.

What is the significance of tomorrow? Other than the 27th has been "rumored" to be a day that MIGHT be important. 

Is that just some made up deadline?