Been saying that to myself and reading it on here for over 20 years.
lol
Excuse my pessimism....I truly to want Stevens.
Losing my mind wondering who it
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Been saying that to myself and reading it on here for over 20 years.
lol
Excuse my pessimism....I truly to want Stevens.
Okay....hear me out. I think the reason all of this is taking so long is the number of pieces in play. The Stevens stuff is all a big smoke screen. TPTB are angling for something MUCH bigger. We are going to go innovative, yet old school. Scientific, yet biblical. A triumvirate of coaches, of the holy variety. We are not only going to hire Scott Drew, but also Steve Alford and Bryce Drew as Associate Head Coaches!!! They will be known as the Holy Trinity 2.0!!! It checks off all the boxes and several boxes we didn't even know we needed!
He of the 15 second sexual encounter type? Clearly he has no staying power in any situation.
Doesn't count.
That's what gives me so much hope. This program has every resource at its disposal. All it takes is the right coach.
Celtics have two fantastic young pieces in Brown i and Tatum that Boston management has absolutely failed to build around. That’s on Ainge and a lot of it is out of BS control. That being said, at the end of the day BS is paid to win basketball games. It’s a business. I still think it’s a long shot for IU to land BS but not because of his comments the other night. I just don’t see the timing working out. I do however think BS time in Boston will be coming to an end sooner than later.
Couldn’t tell you that because honestly don’t know if it’s ever happened. That being said, Steven’s isn’t a dumb guy...far from it, and he’s got to know his seat is getting warmer by the game. Next couple weeks will be telling, trade deadline is approaching and you’ll know one way or the other the direction the Celtics are going.
Just sit back and watch the NCAA tourney. It’s going to be an exciting one!
Sums up how I have felt over the last 3 days. I think I may just have to go off the grid until I hear from someone else who it is.
8 years is a lifetime for one job in the NBA. I think he's now one of the longest tenured coaches in the league.
You may need a sedative if his team is in the NCAA Tourney.
Sums up how I have felt over the last 3 days. I think I may just have to go off the grid until I hear from someone else who it is.
Thanks...we were hoping someone from "U" (lol) Louisville would come and tell everyone what is up.
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Yeah, that's what I meant about not blaming Stevens. I think he's done a good job winning as much as he has while developing those guys...but they aren't enough and I don't like the roster around them. I think where they'll get to is are the powers that be satisfied with letting just BS go, or will they retool and let both he and Ainge go. Ainge isn't dumb either and I think he'd get behind BS leaving, hoping an interim will come in and give them a bump, save his job and give him some time to make some deals and tweak the roster.
hell no, I'd take either option at this point. At least we're not talking about hiring Pitino, Alford or Fife.
That Rutgers loss was only last Thursday but suddenly feels like 10 yrs ago.
Dan Patrick just mentioned his sources say Stevens ain't coming. He also said they are not pursuing Scott Drew. Potentially Beard as he has Knight connections. Also Dane Fife as a dark horse. Patrick's sources are better than anyone on this board.
Larry Bird has said many times that NBA players start tuning out their coach after 3 yrs. Brad knows that his time in Boston is coming to an end. Those players need a new voice. BS to IU gets more real the longer we don’t hear a definitive BS statement rejecting it.
Patrick’s sources in general would be good. For this particular matter, I would not necessarily assume so. Does he have an in to Dolson? Doubt it. Brad Stevens? They would be keeping this extremely tight.
Media like to guess and they have a 50/50 chance of being wrong. Shall I go look up all the times that Patrick has been wrong with his guesses?
Possibly but he is well connected. I do think we are going after a big name. He mentioned Tony Bennett, his Dad was close to Knight. I highly doubt Bennett makes his way to Bloomington.
Until he says so without being asked or provoked, there’s still hope. All he’s gotta do is start a presser saying there’s no way I’m leaving. That’s not happened. Tell me a coach who hasn’t denied it when on a call or with media. They deny it 100% of the time. Then we all know what happens.
I agree Steven's is a smart guy. He's also intelligent enough to realize he won't be the coach in Boston much longer. The decision is whether he wants to work at IU or for some other NBA team.
I think you misinterpreted what he said. He didn't say his source said he wasn't coming. He was mentioning how Stevens has said he's "not" coming to local media in Boston. (which means absolutely nothing)
We need a month to complete the ncaa tournament and 3 months to complete the nba.
I do not know if this affects the timeline bit perhaps we should prepare for a long wait.
I do not know if this affects the timeline bit perhaps we should prepare for a long wait.
Didn't Pitino quit? He may have been fired or quit knowing he would be fired., can't recall
Edit: Yeah duh, someone above reminded me that Doc Rivers did quit recently
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That's an interesting, if off-base, take on the Alabama comparison. Bryant's last year was 1982. Saban was hired in January of 2007. Twenty-five years between the two. Almost as much time has passed since Knight was here. I think that is where the similarities end, though.
Every coach at Alabama since Bryant, all six of them before Saban, won ten games in a season at least once. And Stallings won the national title in 1992. Indiana hasn't had near that level of success. Also, contrary to popular opinion they only ended up firing two of their coaches, DuBose and Shula. Indiana fires every coach, including Knight.
Personally, feel that the Nebraska football job is more like the Indiana basketball job than Alabama. But hey, that could all change with a Stevens hire.
And it’s obvious he knows nothing of he thinks Bennett would take the job.
Tell me the last time a Celtics coach was offered a meaningful amount of more money and more job security from the college in their home state that the coach grew up idolizing? Yeah - didn’t think so.
so you're trusting him on the "Stevens not coming" tidbit but not that TB might be a candidate?
TB was my first choice when we hired Archie. My reasoning being that at UVA he was always going to have to contend with UNC and Duke, and it would be very hard to overtake them and their dominant position, whereas at iU he could build that dominant program. But, at this point, he's pretty well equalled or overtaken Duke and UNC and is now faced with the opportunity that both will likely be replacing their legendary coaches in the next few years, so his outlook has changed immensely. Unless he's way underpaid or unhappy with his situation, I see no reason why he'd consider us. But for those same reasons about being the lesser school to the bigger fish in his conference is exactly who Beard or Musselman might be interested in IU. And I'm just kicking tires here, but my first hope now is obviously Brad Stevens.
I've followed IU basketball for 40 years and most of my friends are IU fans..
Why is it more compelling if he’s not asked or provoked? Does that somehow indicate a greater degree of honesty?
I don't think it's some far fetched idea for Stevens to walk away from the Celtics. Now, if he had a legitimate title-contending team, it would be a different story. However, it's beyond clear there are internal issues with this Celtics team along with the fact that Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Miami and Philadelphia are more legitimate title contenders out of the east.
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