Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[BleedCubbieBlue 1,393]

7 minutes ago, Doctor Jones said:

Has there been any movement on the Vegas odds?  Has anyone here placed a bet?

I have not found a single place to bet on this.  Sportsline published the odds but no one is taking bets.  William Hill is the "Official Sports Book" of Sportsline and CBS and even they aren't taking the bet.

[iu-dl 1,417]

I just want this to happen so I can tell all my Purdue friends "We got our Jeff Brohm". 

Yes, this is a joke. As in Brohm is their "second coming" and they're going to dominate football for decades.

[BleedCubbieBlue 1,393]

5 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

I think now is as good as time as any to play "what ever happened to?", especially considering some old faces made a brief visit this week when HSN shut down.

For those of you newer to this site and community, most of us started on the old scout.com forum (which I believe became 24/7). We then moved to the original Hoosier Sports Nation board, which looked just like this. BtownBanners started up some time later and some folks gravitated there from HSN, and HSN went through a bit of a makeover. The old scout/HSN crew split in different directions between the two sites, with some obviously being present on both. I decided on BtownBanners primarily because of its familiarity to the old HSN layout. HSN was led by milehi, ColonialCrester, and HoosierFaithful seems to still be running things (remember him with his RFK avatar). CCGeneral and others were here. There is still the rivals crowd, which is the worst due to the cross-contamination of other schools' rivals forums. Not sure who is still on 24/7 (peegs), but I see some old handles on HSN like Badgervol, Parakeet Jones, Indykev, and the guy with the V for Vendetta avatar. 

Milehi, ColonialCrester and CCGeneral all passed away recently. I saw on rivals that Snowling also just unfortunately passed...

For a while we had GoColts (Old Friend) here, but I guess he got banned or is under another handle?

Going way back, does anyone know what happened to oggyiu? 

And another guy that I randomly remember was TakeMeBackto1987 who was a huge Maurice Creek fan. Is he still around or did he follow Creek to GW?

I have been lurking on IU boards forever.  I think I joined this board "officially" back in 2017 and haven't even posted until this week.  In addition to the people you have mentioned I remember a GovernmentCheese from one of the boards.

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

19 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Same.  I also miss the days of going into any game and feeling confident that we have the better coach. 

That's another reason I'm very high on Stevens. Dude has won in multiple ways. Has made it to the NC as a lower seed. At IU he can consistently get to the dance as a 4-5 seed or better. Add in his coaching acumen and we are a threat every year. That's all I can ask for. That's all any of us can ask for. 

[Hoosierfan1901 5,795]

Let’s see if there is any news during the VT-Florida game, a few people mentioned earlier that they should announce it before/ during the first game 

[Capt. Crimson 3,395]

That said, Brad’s “happy place” is their Lake Wawasee vacation home which they kept so that’s not nothing. 

Unless they bought a new one they sold that place a couple years back. I know some people who live close by and have seen the Celtics flag flying high on the dock.



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[dwtaylor1055 1,261]

I had $100 ready to put on Brad but everywhere I called weren’t officially taking bets a shame. Oh well. 
 

it’s Friday, March Madness all day and maybe Brad pops today! Yee yee!

[SteelerHoosier 2,586]

Luckily it's the Friday before spring break. Not a rigorous day for the students to begin with lol

[RaceToTheTop 23,590]

1 hour ago, Kodos said:

No Covid shots available, no news on Stevens. Why am I up?

 

Dude.....Steven’s IS the covid shot.

 

[Whoozhers 3,638]

Answer our CLASSIFIED want ad in the Boston Herald and Globe, Brad:

WANTED:
Smart, Young, Innovative, Proven Winning basketball Coach.
Hoosier roots are a MUST!
Start immediately!
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[RaceToTheTop 23,590]

I do worry what will happen here if it’s not Steven’s.  From everything I’ve heard, IU has done everything they can to bring him here.  But sometimes that’s not enough....and I’m in the camp of until he’s here, he’s not.

[Randy gross 8]

All this Brad Stevens to IU is fun to read. But I feel  as if im reading the National Enquirer. I know what I'm reading is BS, but for some reason I cannot stop reading.

[Feathery 3,926]

1 minute ago, brumdog45 said:

I do worry what will happen here if it’s not Steven’s.  From everything I’ve heard, IU has done everything they can to bring him here.  But sometimes that’s not enough....and I’m in the camp of until he’s here, he’s not.

Yeah. If Brad says no, the fanbase needs to rally behind who the next guy is. But until then, go get Brad F’n Stevens. 

[Mohepa 126]

2 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

I do worry what will happen here if it’s not Steven’s.  From everything I’ve heard, IU has done everything they can to bring him here.  But sometimes that’s not enough....and I’m in the camp of until he’s here, he’s not.

But at least it appears we are “trying everything possible”.  If it doesn’t work it’s not from not going for it.  I am thrilled that at least anecdotally, it seemed SD is fighting the good fight.  

[dwtaylor1055 1,261]

2 minutes ago, Feathery said:

Yeah. If Brad says no, the fanbase needs to rally behind who the next guy is. But until then, go get Brad F’n Stevens. 

I’ll still be happy with plan B and plan C if Brad changes his mind

[IUrocker 2,130]

Let’s say they do announce it today before the first game tips off....one of the national guys will prob throw a bomb on the net before it shows up on TV. 

[IUwins0708 2,666]

6 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

I’ll still be happy with plan B and plan C if Brad changes his mind

I’m not.  Don’t have to worry anyway!! I don’t know a timetable before anyone asks.

[jmsgws 2,030]

 

3 minutes ago, Feathery said:

Yeah. If Brad says no, the fanbase needs to rally behind who the next guy is. But until then, go get Brad F’n Stevens. 

It all depends on who it is.  The level of apathy in regards to IU BB is at an all time high. If the announcement comes out for anyone other than Stevens or someone that has won a championship already.  That apathy is going to continue until some consistent winning occurs. 

[jmsgws 2,030]

1 minute ago, IUwins0708 said:

I’m not.  Don’t have to worry anyway!! I don’t know a timetable before anyone asks.

I think this is the mindset for a large portion of the IU fanbase.

[dwtaylor1055 1,261]

Just now, IUwins0708 said:

I’m not.  Don’t have to worry anyway!! I don’t know a timetable before anyone asks.

Love your passion and enthusiasm through this process! Come home Brad, those gates on Kirkwood are purty nice!