Ainge Retires - Stevens to Front Office - Celtics search for New Head Coach

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

heard from a Spurs contact of mine and was told that the Spurs are prepared to lose Becky and believe she has a really good shot at Celtics job.

I’m sure she would be good, would be interesting to see if she is a good fit here.

About 10 minutes before reading this I was thinking about an unlikely scenario where we want Lawson but concede she needs more experience so we make a godfather offer to Pop to coach out his last 2-3 years at Celtics with Lawson senior assistant and it explicitly stated she will succeed Pop.

So the start of your post got my heart racing for a minute, even though Becky is also excellent.

Didnt Scal say this as well

Possibly, I’m in Australia so only hear Scal during games.

[BFitzMoney]

We definitely need a black HC after the racism scandal. That's for sure.

Black white purple Asian who cares as long as it's the best person for the job.

Exactly. "racism scandal" ... give me a break.

[SmartWentCrazy]

We definitely need a black HC after the racism scandal. That's for sure.

Whats funny?

[SmartWentCrazy]

Well, think its safe to conclude that we’ll have one less racist poster on RealGM after tonight.

[chrisab123]

If the Celtics really passed on Sam Presti then this organization has bigger problems than we all imagined.

[chrisab123]

https://nesn.com/2021/06/celtics-reportedly-believe-brad-stevens-lost-locker-room-a-while-ago/

Brief report that Stevens “lost the locker room” - this is the kind of behind the scenes dirt I’m hoping Jackie or Zach Lowe write about soon..

Why do they need to wait? Why isn't this kind of info revealed at the time it is news.

Because it's made up speculation probably coming from Michael Felger.

If you look at the tape throughout the season it was pretty clear. Doesnt mean that Brad is a bad coach. The message just got old. Larry Bird said it best when he left coaching.

[Celts17Pride]

Why do they need to wait? Why isn't this kind of info revealed at the time it is news.

Because it's made up speculation probably coming from Michael Felger.

If you look at the tape throughout the season it was pretty clear. Doesnt mean that Brad is a bad coach. The message just got old. Larry Bird said it best when he left coaching.

It’s speculation from people looking to find a reason

[moonie_mcgee]

I was really hoping the Cs would hire a new gm if Stevens was going to be the pobo. The press conference kinda put the kibosh on that for now. I still don't see Stevens staying in this role very long. He's still very young and probably still wants to coach somewhere and at sometime. My guess is it's only a matter of time before the right opportunity opens up and he'll take it. I'm guessing one year in this role. That said, I don't love this GMing by committe tactic. I'd rather have a big boss man come in for the new coach search, draft, foreign ops, and getting the roster straightened out. Seems like we got all ready for the beach but didn't go in.

Edit: but at least we're at the beach and 2 out 3 ain't bad

[Feed Your Head]

We definitely need a black HC after the racism scandal. That's for sure.

Black white purple Asian who cares as long as it's the best person for the job.

Exactly. "racism scandal" ... give me a break.

You get to be the first example, congrats.

[SmartWentCrazy]

Black white purple Asian who cares as long as it's the best person for the job.

Exactly. "racism scandal" ... give me a break.

You get to be the first example, congrats.

Yay, now there will be two less racist/sexist/bigoted posters on our board after tonight.

Something tells me more will join them.

[SuperDeluxe]

I was really hoping the Cs would hire a new gm if Stevens was going to be the pobo. The press conference kinda put the kibosh on that for now. I still don't see Stevens staying in this role very long. He's still very young and probably still wants to coach somewhere and at sometime. My guess is it's only a matter of time before the right opportunity opens up and he'll take it. I'm guessing one year in this role. That said, I don't love this GMing by committe tactic. I'd rather have a big boss man come in for the new coach search, draft, foreign ops, and getting the roster straightened out. Seems like we got all ready for the beach but didn't go in.

Edit: but at least we're at the beach and 2 out 3 ain't bad

Stevens was an economics major and management fellow at the university. This position, considering his love of basketball, may be exactly what he's aspired to his entire life. He knows the organization, he knows the roster, the owners seem to love him, the players too... I don't think it's a temporary position (unless, of course, he blows the opportunity). Is he ready and has what it takes? Time will tell.

[Bad-Thoma]

Black white purple Asian who cares as long as it's the best person for the job.

Exactly. "racism scandal" ... give me a break.

You get to be the first example, congrats.

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

Exactly. "racism scandal" ... give me a break.

You get to be the first example, congrats.

Yay, now there will be two less racist/sexist/bigoted posters on our board after tonight.

Something tells me more will join them.

I mean hopefully I'm not getting lumped in with the person that quoted me. And for the record I disagree strongly with his remark.

[SmartWentCrazy]

You get to be the first example, congrats.

Yay, now there will be two less racist/sexist/bigoted posters on our board after tonight.

Something tells me more will join them.

I mean hopefully I'm not getting lumped in with the person that quoted me. And for the record I disagree strongly with his remark.

You are definitely not lumped in.

[Feed Your Head]

Yay, now there will be two less racist/sexist/bigoted posters on our board after tonight.

Something tells me more will join them.

I mean hopefully I'm not getting lumped in with the person that quoted me. And for the record I disagree strongly with his remark.

You are definitely not lumped in.

Not even close, we know you better than that.

[JHTruth]

Comedian did you suspend BFitzMoney?

[moonie_mcgee]

I was really hoping the Cs would hire a new gm if Stevens was going to be the pobo. The press conference kinda put the kibosh on that for now. I still don't see Stevens staying in this role very long. He's still very young and probably still wants to coach somewhere and at sometime. My guess is it's only a matter of time before the right opportunity opens up and he'll take it. I'm guessing one year in this role. That said, I don't love this GMing by committe tactic. I'd rather have a big boss man come in for the new coach search, draft, foreign ops, and getting the roster straightened out. Seems like we got all ready for the beach but didn't go in.

Edit: but at least we're at the beach and 2 out 3 ain't bad

Stevens was an economics major and management fellow at the university. This position, considering his love of basketball, may be exactly what he's aspired to his entire life. He knows the organization, he knows the roster, the owners seem to love him, the players too... I don't think it's a temporary position (unless, of course, he blows the opportunity). Is he ready and has what it takes? Time will tell.

Thanks SD fair enough. Just seems he's awfully young though to hang up the whistle. And aren't you a bit concerned with him in his new role rather than someone with a fresh new approach. It's reasonable to assume that Stevens played a major role in Ainge's moves over the year's such as Kemba, Teague, Edwards, and even the moves he didn't make due to perceived coachability factors. Ownership seems to like him a lot but maybe they didn't want to go with a real gm (pun intended) for risk adverse reasons.

[SmartWentCrazy]

We better not bring in Stotts for an interview after Portland moves on

[Feed Your Head]

Comedian did you suspend BFitzMoney?

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2087387

Yeah, I did. I know people have different viewpoints, but this board is not the place for those discussions. If people can’t respect that, then they will get banned.

You want to talk about those issues, go on the current affairs board.

[JHTruth]

We better not bring in Stotts for an interview after Portland moves on

Roughly same winning % as Brad with a lot more experience. Could do worse