Candidate Thread: Brad Stevens (Boston Celtics)

[IUHAHN81]

Brad sayin his guys need to be dying to win. Diving on the floor for loose balls. I thought to myself, has anyone in the NBA played like that since the 80s and early 90s? The way he talks about coaching, I dont see how he will last in the NBA. I'll admit I don't care about the NBA so maybe I'm wrong but the little I have seen, sure don't look like guys wanna dive on the floor. 

[cthomas]

13 minutes ago, cleeter said:

If it comes out that the raise Brad got is true, then who’s to say those sources weren’t right? Until (or if) the full story comes out, I myself, believe the sources of [mention]IUwins0708 [/mention] and [mention]Chris007 [/mention] were correct, just Boston throwing the raise there flipped everything. But we can agree to disagree.


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If the only reason he was considering the IU job was a massive pay raise, then, yes, when your current boss matches you stay put. If that's the case then it was just a financial deal. If Boston was determined to keep him, we were never going to outbid them. He made a decision and now we move on. I suspect that the information we received from people close to the situation was completely accurate. These things are complicated and subject to change in an instant. We will get a new coach and see where we go from there.

[akumanina]

3 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

He brought the Indiana questions on himself by playing footsie with Dolson for 3 months.  He could have stopped any talk from the first phone call.

In the rest, I have tried to type out my feeling on it several times and I cannot find the words to do justice to it.  The best I can say is that the chip on my shoulder when it comes to the area of the country that you and he live in is gigantic and touches on so much more than basketball.  And I feel like he plucked a nerve he didn't have to pluck.  That is the nicest way I can put it.

I wasn't from Indiana, but I went to IU, and after graduation I moved out of Indiana. But even I felt some of Stevens comments to be mildly insulting. Each of us has own heritage, roots, and culture that has made who we are. I know it could be a matter of personal preference; some say when in Rome, do as Romans do. But I have a different point of view. What I saw today was Stevens begging for love, desperately trying to fit into the Masshole culture instead of trying to be himself and do what he does best that is to coach basketball. Maybe he doesn't realize a lot of people in his home state have great pride in him. That's why I said in my previous post that he was just an individual trying to looking out for himself. As Stevens being a well known and respected figure in Indiana, I guess I wanted to see something better than that. 

[BGleas]

7 minutes ago, IUHAHN81 said:

Brad sayin his guys need to be dying to win. Diving on the floor for loose balls. I thought to myself, has anyone in the NBA played like that since the 80s and early 90s? The way he talks about coaching, I dont see how he will last in the NBA. I'll admit I don't care about the NBA so maybe I'm wrong but the little I have seen, sure don't look like guys wanna dive on the floor. 

Yeah, I think you're wrong. NBA players expend an incredible amount of energy. 

Since you've said you don't watch the NBA, you're probably just not seeing it. Take Stevens own team, Marcus Smart is constantly diving for loose balls. The guy puts his body on the line every time he steps on the floor. 

And, Stevens has already "lasted" in the NBA. Its rare that a coach remains with the same franchise for 9 years, and he's been one of the top coaches in the NBA over that time. 

[IUHAHN81]

5 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Yeah, I think you're wrong. NBA players expend an incredible amount of energy. 

Since you've said you don't watch the NBA, you're probably just not seeing it. Take Stevens own team, Marcus Smart is constantly diving for loose balls. The guy puts his body on the line every time he steps on the floor. 

And, Stevens has already "lasted" in the NBA. Its rare that a coach remains with the same franchise for 9 years, and he's been one of the top coaches in the NBA over that time. 

Gotcha, yeah thanks man. Like I said, NBA isn't my thing so not surprising I biffed that one. Thanks for the response. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

16 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

He brought the Indiana questions on himself by playing footsie with Dolson for 3 months.  He could have stopped any talk from the first phone call.

In the rest, I have tried to type out my feeling on it several times and I cannot find the words to do justice to it.  The best I can say is that the chip on my shoulder when it comes to the area of the country that you and he live in is gigantic and touches on so much more than basketball.  And I feel like he plucked a nerve he didn't have to pluck.  That is the nicest way I can put it.

We don’t really know that he was ‘playing footsie’ with Dolson for three months. And even if he was, that was something he was doing in private, not out in the public. I just kind of think people were setting themselves up for disappointment because they were convinced he was coming.

[IUCrazy2]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

We don’t really know that he was ‘playing footsie’ with Dolson for three months. And even if he was, that was something he was doing in private, not out in the public. I just kind of think people were setting themselves up for disappointment because they were convinced he was coming.

Cool, entitled to your opinion.

[8bucks]

Well the good news is after his comments today hopefully we can agree he is no longer priority 1. Not now or if fired in 2 years. He is getting asked these questions by reporters not IU fans so if tired of the questions give a clear answer or get mad at the reporters not us. Dakich said something this week I disagreed with till today. He said mid week he was not sure we needed a guy like Steven’s who likes to talk down to us. No Steven’s for me.




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[HoosierMatty]

I would have preferred he told us to F off when we first put out feelers. Assuming all this was true. I much prefer that to being jerked around. If you set demands and we meet them and had donors put up big time money and you say no and get a raise from the Celtics there is a word for Brad. Its not Masshole but it ryhmes with it. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

If he does end up leaving Celtics, there will be 5 NBA jobs lined up for him. However, how will it turn it out is my question? What CrimsonCasts says.

 

[go iu bb]

21 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Yeah, I think you're wrong. NBA players expend an incredible amount of energy. 

Since you've said you don't watch the NBA, you're probably just not seeing it. Take Stevens own team, Marcus Smart is constantly diving for loose balls. The guy puts his body on the line every time he steps on the floor. 

And, Stevens has already "lasted" in the NBA. Its rare that a coach remains with the same franchise for 9 years, and he's been one of the top coaches in the NBA over that time. 

People are going to start nitpicking and criticizing Stevens now to feel better about being rejected. 

Their way of saying:

"He's not that good. We dodged a bullet."

"We didn't want him anyways."

It's all nonsense. He would've been a great hire.

[OGIUAndy]

7 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

People are going to start nitpicking and criticizing Stevens now to feel better about being rejected. 

Their way of saying:

"He's not that good. We dodged a bullet."

"We didn't want him anyways."

It's all nonsense. He would've been a great hire.

Don't disagree, but it's time to move on. It was a fun few days. Let's have some more fun and talk about who else might want to be our coach.

[Hoosierfan1901]

Apparently Celtic fans doxed BS, leaked his address.....tweet has been removed 

[ray]

I’m not upset with Stevens. He did what he felt was best for himself and his family. I’m only upset with myself for believing all the hype. I can only blame myself.

I have a second choice, but I’ll just wait for the AD to announce his hire rather than spend time seeking any tidbits of news to suggest an announcement is coming. I have a lot to do, and I gave up way too much of my time on one candidate already. I can’t help the AD with this decision anyways, nor can I persuade any candidate to accept the AD’s offer. I’m stepping away and tempering my expectations.

Enjoy your summer folks! I’ll check in on roster developments and such, and maybe I’ll weigh in AFTER a decision is made on the new coach. Until then, take care!

Oh, and I’ll just add...of all the things I read on here, the only thing I truly hope was never accurate is the phone call Roberts supposedly made to the unknown recruit about Stevens. That just looks bad, if it did indeed occur. 

[reconmkd]

1 minute ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Apparently Celtic fans doxed BS, leaked his address.....tweet has been removed 

And people thought we were crazy!

[Hoosierfan1901]

2 minutes ago, reconmkd said:

And people thought we were crazy!

So much for the “I love this community” part

[IUCrazy2]

10 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

So much for the “I love this community” part

It's cool.  He's a total Masshole now.  Those are his peeps.  He is not a kid anymore so they were probably just posting the location for the wine party.

[LamarCheeks]

1 hour ago, HoosierMatty said:

I would have preferred he told us to F off when we first put out feelers. Assuming all this was true. I much prefer that to being jerked around. If you set demands and we meet them and had donors put up big time money and you say no and get a raise from the Celtics there is a word for Brad. Its not Masshole but it ryhmes with it. 

This. 

I get if you don't want to coach at IU. That's fine. It's your prerogative. But if what posters here have reported is true about the timeline of negotiations, why waste so much of our time? You could've just said no at the start. 

Just seems weird that you have one fan base that adores you and another who seemingly can't stand you -- and you chose the latter. Okey doke.  

[Hoosierfan1901]

13 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

This. 

I get if you don't want to coach at IU. That's fine. It's your prerogative. But if what posters here have reported is true about the timeline of negotiations, why waste so much of our time? You could've just said no at the start. 

Just seems weird that you have one fan base that adores you and another who seemingly can't stand you -- and you chose the latter. Okey doke.  

Things did not add up at all, but I think the Celtics Ownership was HEAVILY involved on the final day, since Friday morning everyone was cheering and then got blindsided. Even for the couple of hours before his press conference I thought we had our guy and BAM. At least we know Dolson isn’t slouch unlike Glass who called once and gave up. 

[Travis Scott]

Just remember this moment when  (insert coach here) turns us into a powerhouse again.