Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[OGIUAndy 808]

 

[HoosierBoiler 238]

So woody/Matta and fife or Lewis I’m way ok with this

[Stuhoo 84,383]

BOOM GOES THE MOTHER ******* DYNAMITE

[Henryville Hoosier 1,028]

2 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

 

Makes feel a little better. 

[Stuhoo 84,383]

I am a huge huge fan of Michael Lewis,.

Go get a 36-year-old recently retired NBA player as an assistant.

[HoosierTrav 8,014]

15 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

Lmao don't even tell me thats where this topic is going

Lmao. It was a question. Valid I think with him being 60 years old.

[GreatMcCracken’sGhost 106]

9 minutes ago, HoosierBoiler said:

Associate AD for basketball 

Really thought that might be Calbert

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I am a huge huge fan of Michael Lewis,.
Go get a 36-year-old recently retired NBA player as an assistant.

Is Lewis on the staff too


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[Capt. Crimson 3,615]

Matta news gives me hope. I'm still on board. Could still have some nice asst coach hires coming.

[bigrod 2,919]

So if Woodson hires a Lewis and retires in 5-6 years? Might be a good deal.

[Capt. Crimson 3,615]

1 minute ago, bigrod said:

So if Woodson hires a Lewis and retires in 5-6 years? Might be a good deal.

He could realistically still have another 10 years if he wanted to. 

[spe317 652]

It would appear my theory of how the Brad convo went down was correct. The Celtics must have said something after the meeting that ultimately dissuaded Brad from taking the job. Sucks. But is what it is. Also if I dropped 10 mil for Woodson I’m not sure how I feel about that...

[bigrod 2,919]

3 minutes ago, Capt. Crimson said:

He could realistically still have another 10 years if he wanted to. 

I know he could...

[maharkn 1,841]

Really thought that might be Calbert

I think you might see calbert as the next in line learning from these 2

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2 minutes ago, spe317 said:

It would appear my theory of how the Brad convo went down was correct. The Celtics must have said something after the meeting that ultimately dissuaded Brad from taking the job. Sucks. But is what it is. Also if I dropped 10 mil for Woodson I’m not sure how I feel about that...

The person who did that is most likely a retiree who wants nothing more than to relive IU’s mid-70s glory days. In other words, they are the direct audience that this hire is intended to please.

[OldBuddy67 291]

Gotta give it a chance!

[akumanina 352]

15 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

Im just happy it’s not Moser or Fife. Woodson can put together an absolutely star studded staff. So give him the benefit of the doubt before we start marching on Bloomington with pitchforks. I’m intrigued. 

If, for whatever reason, we can't get one of Stevens, Oats, or Beard, I would rather want to see Woodson than another mid major coach. One of the areas Archie failed at IU was his inability to handle star players and players' egos and jealousy, which is always detrimental to team chemistry. I'm 100% sure Woodson has abolutely no problem handling college kids if he was able to demand respect from Carmelo Anthony. Moser could work at IU, but he, just like Archie, never recruited high school star players and 5 stars of the world. I don't see any advantage guys like Moser have over Woodson. 

Woodson just needs excellent assistants who've been around college games for a long time and know how to recruit and manage college kids' lives on and off the court...perferably one of Fife or Lewis, and either one will be Woodson's successor when he retires. 

[Benziu 85]

This was obviously plan B..... but it’s an interesting plan b and I’m a Hoosier ride or die...

GO HOOSIERS!!!

[spe317 652]

2 minutes ago, GreatMcCracken’sGhost said:

The person who did that is most likely a retiree who wants nothing more than to relive IU’s mid-70s glory days. In other words, they are the direct audience that this hire is intended to please.

Can’t wait to see the 60 and 70 year olds he recruits on the court next year. 
 

I’m al for giving him support and a chance but sure seems like Dolson kept this in the old boys club after Stevens turned him down. Either Stevens led him on, Dolson drank the kool-aid without getting anything solid, or he rolled the dice with this as his backup plan all along.

[HoosierBoiler 238]

Woody-$1.5 million 

Matta-$2 million

Fife $750

what everyone’s guess?