Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[beaver56 102]

Just now, Five Prime said:

Did this statement really seem genuine to anyone?  I thought it was odd and disingenuous at best.  Seemed like he was just pandering to the Boston fanbase. 

Exactly, it felt scripted.

[Hoosierfan1901 8,234]

Small 180 on this guy

 

[P92 547]

I’m thinking about how disappointed a certain Midwest nba team in 1984 Was when their top two choices were drafted before they got to pick, and then their deal to trade away the player they ended up with fell through. No Sam Bowie playing for them, just stuck with a some guy named Michael Jordan. You never know...

[Hardwood83 4,987]

1 minute ago, Five Prime said:

Did this statement really seem genuine to anyone?  I thought it was odd and disingenuous at best.  Seemed like he was just pandering to the Boston fanbase. 

Not sure if that is better or worse though. 

Pretending to be a mass-hole might be worse then being a masshole. 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,234]

1 minute ago, Five Prime said:

Did this statement really seem genuine to anyone?  I thought it was odd and disingenuous at best.  Seemed like he was just pandering to the Boston fanbase. 

If he said Patriots, I’ll buy it, but Massholes too? I had to look that up, felt odd to use both

[tyappleg 7,603]

1 minute ago, P92 said:

I’m thinking about how disappointed a certain Midwest nba team in 1984 Was when their top two choices were drafted before they got to pick, and then their deal to trade away the player they ended up with fell through. No Sam Bowie playing for them, just stuck with a some guy named Michael Jordan. You never know...

You know who guarded Michael Jordan in the tournament....

[Five Prime 1,152]

2 minutes ago, beaver56 said:

Exactly, it felt scripted.

I just don't see Stevens as the type of guy that would say that.  Maybe that's him.  Whatever it was, it felt weird.  

[ap2345 11,254]

4 minutes ago, beaver56 said:

Exactly, it felt scripted.

I would agree. It felt off. 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,234]

Maybe he had to deny the job, I could see the ownership pressuring him to stay, too bad we can’t see his contract because that would solve a lot of questions

[CyberHoosier 20]

9 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

Did this statement really seem genuine to anyone?  I thought it was odd and disingenuous at best.  Seemed like he was just pandering to the Boston fanbase. 

he definitely rehearsed it in the mirror this morning

[MikeRoberts 7,924]

16 minutes ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

The raise talk is simply people’s way of justifying IU getting rejected. There’s zero proof to it and no one here or with ties to IU would have that info in the first place. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter. IU is not a job Brad Stevens wants. It may not be a job any top teir coach wants. I said this about the Crean firing and echoed it again when the Archie firing was eminent...you don’t fire the guy you have until you have the guy you want. Egos have run amuck within the IU top brass...I fear this will be a very humbling process. 

I imagine you don’t manage anyone. People get fired all the time with the replacement tbd. That’s actually the norm

[akumanina 406]

13 minutes ago, Five Prime said:

Did this statement really seem genuine to anyone?  I thought it was odd and disingenuous at best.  Seemed like he was just pandering to the Boston fanbase. 

You could be right. It might've been his plea to all Massholes out there to get their support. But I think our love for Stevens kind of got out of control because we kept trying to read between the lines. We already had 'THE BRAD STEVENS' in our minds the way we would want him to be, but in fact, he was just an individual trying his best looking out for himself, which is right and fair. We just thought he would be some sort of a selfless person, and we shouldn't have. Or maybe it was just my problem. 

Edited March 20, 2021 by akumanina

[NashvilleHoosier 3,897]

One thing we haven’t even addressed which is really important....Dunkin Donuts is trash. Maybe if you’re from there and don’t know any better you like it. But no one lives the majority of their life somewhere else where there are respectable donut options and likes Dunkin’ Donuts. It was scripted.

[Hoosier1984 1,658]

As someone who grew up in Indiana but just lived in Mass for the last 4 years he is not a Masshole. You are born that way and he can breath without his mouth open and that’s one of the qualifications.

[Evariste Galois 592]

I listened to it... took me awhile to do it. But, I think he was just sincere. I think we overestimated our ability to entice him.

[Evariste Galois 592]

1 minute ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

One thing we haven’t even addressed which is really important....Dunkin Donuts is trash. Maybe if you’re from there and don’t know any better you like it. But no one lives the majority of their life somewhere else where there are respectable donut options and likes Dunkin’ Donuts. It was scripted.

That is  true!

[Capt. Crimson 3,983]

I’d love to believe there’s some big Oceans 11-esque plan to bring the heat back down while they work on an exit plan in the background... but don’t think I can do it. Lol.


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[beaver56 102]

4 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Maybe he had to deny the job, I could see the ownership pressuring him to stay, too bad we can’t see his contract because that would solve a lot of questions

I had the same thought. 

[Magnanimous 5,359]

2 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

One thing we haven’t even addressed which is really important....Dunkin Donuts is trash. Maybe if you’re from there and don’t know any better you like it. But no one lives the majority of their life somewhere else where there are respectable donut options and likes Dunkin’ Donuts. It was scripted.

If he wanted to appear like a true Bostonian he would’ve said J.P. Licks or Mike’s Pastry.

[IUCrazy2 2,862]

4 minutes ago, akumanina said:

You could be right. It might've been his plea to all Massholes out there to get their support. But I think our love for Stevens kind of got out of control because we kept trying to read between the lines. We already had 'THE BRAD STEVENS' in our minds the way we would want him to be, but in fact, he was just an individual trying his best looking out for himself, which is right and fair. We just thought he would be some sort of a selfless person, and we shouldn't have. Or maybe I was just my problem. 

Selfless?  He was reportedly being offered $7 million or more a year for 7 years, there was reportedly another list of things they wanted negotiated and worked out for them on top of that too.  I wasn't thinking anything selfless, Indiana was ready to offer him a **** ton of money to come coach here along with whatever else his demands were.