{"id":43469,"date":"2019-11-10T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/?post_type=product&p=43469"},"modified":"2020-02-02T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T16:59:46","slug":"butler-university-bulldogs-brad-stevens-years","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/product\/butler-university-bulldogs-brad-stevens-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler University Bulldogs: Brad Stevens “Years”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The making of Brad Stevens: Butler University to the Boston Celtics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Coach,<\/p>\n

Today I dive into one of the \u201cA List\u201d coaches that I follow closely\u2026<\/p>\n

Brad Stevens.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing, the media consistently portrays Stevens as a coach of the \u201cunderdog\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure I agree.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why\u2026<\/p>\n

How long can you consistently produce great results before people stop hanging the \u2018underdog\u2019 tag on you and just give you straight up kudos for being one of the best in the game?<\/p>\n

(my humble opinion)<\/p>\n

Great coaches do great work with whatever tools they have at their disposal.<\/p>\n

Such was the case when Coach Stevens was at Butler.<\/p>\n

I lump Butler into the same category as Gonzaga (I will acknowledge the underdog theme here!)<\/p>\n

People LOVE to see these two teams give the juggernaut teams fits.<\/p>\n

Am I right?<\/p>\n

People follow Butler closely\u2026waiting for that \u201cimprobable\u201d run at tournament time.<\/p>\n

And Stevens was the guy largely responsible for Butler\u2019s consistently strong runs\u2026taking them to two NCAA Championship Games during his brief six-year run there.<\/p>\n

Very impressive stuff.<\/p>\n

In Boston, he\u2019s made the injury-riddled Celtics a perennial playoff team\u2026<\/p>\n

Known for his creative play-calling, he\u2019s even been called an \u201cATO Genius\u201d.<\/p>\n

No argument here.<\/p>\n

Seeing as I\u2019m an obvious fan of the guy, I thought I would dig into how he got to be the coach he is.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done the research and put together an exhaustive playbook for you.<\/p>\n

I call it,\u00a0\u201cButler University Bulldogs: Brad Stevens Years\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how I came at it\u2026<\/p>\n

7 major sections\u2014each based upon a specific game.<\/p>\n

I went a little crazy\u2026so it came out to 130 pages.\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n