Are you really dumb enough to think that the actions of players that Stevens never recruited or coached would impact his decision whether or not to accept the job at IU? Or the actions of coaches from two regimes ago?
Speculation about Stevens and the IU job is due to his upbringing. His dad played football at IU and graduated from there. Somewhere on the internet, there is a picture of an excited 8 year old Stevens sitting behind the IU bench when Knight is about to hurl the chair. He wasn't just a casual fan growing up - he was an obsessive, die hard fan. Boston scribes Bob Ryan, Dan Shaughnessy & Bill Simmons (among others) are all on record mentioning that IU is the one job that could be important enough to him for him to walk away from the Celtics. The opportunity to restore pride to IU basketball would most certainly mean enough to him for him to consider it if approached, which is more respect than he would be willing to show Kentucky.
Personally, I think it's highly unlikely that he'd be ready to make that move after this season. The timing is just bad - he'll only be halfway through his contract and he surely likes the progress that they've made so far. But it won't have a single thing to do with any of that ignorant, regurgitated drivel you posted.
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