Geez...who could refuse $100M guaranteed
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He’d win a lot of games there. Just don’t know how long he’d be there. They are going to have to go outside of the family to make a hire this time though
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Besides 10 million a year at UNC or Miami I can't see why Brad would leave at 61 and with recruiting, support, etc rolling at Illinois...
IF he does ever decide to leave...my Option 1A, 1B, and 1C would be Sean Miller.
Really think he could take this program to the second weekend and beyond year after year with donor and AD backing.
Brad Stevens … His wife told me they’re not even remotely interested …
UNC list from what I’ve been told …
Oats … Otz … Brad … Dennis Gates …
Pretty much in that order … Apparently not interested in Wade, Beard, or Golden …
Everyone thinks McCasland stays at Tech unless Texas makes some crazy offer …
And I don’t think Otz leaves Iowa State …
If Kansas opens it’ll be Oats or Beard …
But from talking with agents … There’s some mutual interest between Brad and UNC … He would at least listen …
I think I'd want Beard before Miller, but that's probably recency bias. Would Illinois look at Brian Hodgson from Arky State? HUGE up-and-comer. I know. Putting the cart WAY before the horse, but it's fun to think about.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
I always thought it was funny that Indiana keeps thinking they are going to get him. Why would you leave an NBA executive level position to coach college basketball? He’s been out of college coaching for years and now he would have to deal with NIL and the portal. I understand money, but I’m sure he’s being paid nicely with the Celtics.
Indy might know, does he have young children? That’s another reason to pass!
I think the money is a smaller factor. Brad wants to win a natty and UNC, Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas are the most prestigious jobs for getting there. Unless you're like Drew or Hurley who have already won natties, it's hard to turn those jobs down
Bryan is an absolute
… Said it on this board for years … But he’d have to go somewhere else and prove it and kill it (which I know he would) before he’d come here …
If Oats does leave Bama … I think that’s very likely where Bryan would wind up … Bama people love him …
Agree … If UNC offered Brad the job … I think he’d take it …
I think he’d be pretty crazy not to at this stage of his career …
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Man… I would find it very hard to root for a coach who, in all likelihood, choked his significant other to the point where she felt the need to call the police for help.
And yeah, I know, she dropped the charges but come on… even the stink of a situation like that are reasons one, two and three to stay away.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Whoa....so if Oats says 'no' Brad is likely walking? I REALLY hate UNC even more if that happens.
I think we're a LONG ways off from that happening.
100% agree. I want to win as much as the next guy, but this would be a true selling your soul moment for the program. Hard pass from me.
See, I'm not completely crazy. After further discussion my boy said 100/6-7 to start
How many does JoeyBambino still have, though?
TwoElevenEastDaniel
- Cochrane's-Orchid-Tonic
Is Alan Huss a candidate to move up to a higher level?
His son Brady is a walk-on at ND ... He also has a daughter Kinsley and she is a really good soccer player ... Her HS is like #3 in the state and she plays on a really good travel team ...
Yes ... When McCollum moves on from Drake ... Huss will be a name for that job ...
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Most will say I have Orange and Blue glasses on but I see it the exact opposite in regards to this 'stage of his career' wise.
UNC is a blue blood but has been irrelevant for 2-3 years. Fell of a cliff after Davis' first year NCAA run.
Brad is 61...Visibly does not seem to have the fire he had even 3 years ago. Does he really want to leave what he's built to chase it at UNC?
I would think he has lost patience at this point and has a better chance Natty chasing here then UNC.
I was stationed near Chapel Hill...those fans will run you off if you don't produce. ESPECIALLY, if you're not part of their family. Brad misses in the portal, maybe has a couple injuries and he doesn't make it 3 seasons there.
Then its "We rEAllY hired this yankee who only made the 2nd weekend ONCE?!?"
UNC is a blue blood but has been irrelevant for 2-3 years. Fell of a cliff after Davis' first year NCAA run.
Brad is 61...Visibly does not seem to have the fire he had even 3 years ago. Does he really want to leave what he's built to chase it at UNC?
I would think he has lost patience at this point and has a better chance Natty chasing here then UNC.
I was stationed near Chapel Hill...those fans will run you off if you don't produce. ESPECIALLY, if you're not part of their family. Brad misses in the portal, maybe has a couple injuries and he doesn't make it 3 seasons there.
Then its "We rEAllY hired this yankee who only made the 2nd weekend ONCE?!?"
Boston is in another league, pun intended, wrt Bloomington. Boston is elite. Bloomington is what, where? Boston is way high on my list of favorite places I've lived.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
well, she lived through it. no autopsy, no foul?
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