“I have a great deal of love for Indiana so I want to make sure everyone knows that but you can still so that and love where you are and do your job and be thankful for all this place has done for us.” Brad Stevens, March, 19, 2021 So Brad has told the Celtics […]
Dave Dameshek tweeted that Brad Stevens is leaving the Celtics. Brianna Pirre is tweeting that Brad Stevens called a private team meeting for the Celtics. Dameshek works for NFL.com has 198.6K followers, so people are taking him seriously. Pirre is from UStadium seems legit in that she did not tweet the news without a qualifier. […]
Yep. Indiana basketball fans are turning into those fans – the kind that examine every word in a quote to try to find a hint of truth as the search for a new coach is underway. Indiana fired Archie Miller Monday, and during the last 48 hours the smoke signals that wafted our way for three […]
Trent Williams has signed an extremely lucrative deal to remain the left tackle for the San Francisco 49ers, so that free agent option is off the table for the Indianapolis Colts. And that is a very good thing. Even with the $46 million general manager Chris Ballard has at his discretion, lavishing the extreme wealth […]
People are talking about Archie Miller being fired as Indiana’s basketball coach as though he has passed away and requires mourning. COVID did not get Archie. He is not the latest cautionary tale of a young man without underlying conditions who was ravaged by the newest mutation of the virus. He lost too many basketball games […]
As Indiana searches for its next basketball coach, do we dare utter the name of the perfect candidate above a whisper? You know the guy. The one that fits. The golden coach. Every time the Indiana Basketball coaching job comes open, which is happening more and more often, one name tops the list of candidates above […]
I’m not stunned very often, but Archie Miller being fired today qualifies. It seemed more likely Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson would wait for a new president prior to swallowing a $10.5 million buyout. What if the new president values $10.5 very large over whatever success a new coach might bring? Dolson decided such petty […]
Last year, a former Indiana coach made his long awaited return to Assembly Hall. The echoes of the loving cheers are still bouncing off the walls. Another former coach will return this Friday. If fans were allowed in the building, the noise would be as loud, but the tone quite different. You can question the […]
Here we go again. It’s hard today to write about Indiana basketball, but there are obvious and unpleasant things that need to be said. The first is that after five years of mediocrity, it’s ludicrous to make the case that a fifth year of Archie Miller as coach would spark hope of a renaissance. But, it’s […]
