In the short span of six days and three games, mild-mannered Boston Celtic Head Coach Brad Stevens has literally doubled his career total of regular-season Technical Fouls. (He’s had one in the pre-season, as well, believe it or not.) Each “outburst” occurred in Q4 of a close game – down by three at OKC, up by just one after the penalty the other night at home against Detroit.
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Now some of you out there may be concerned that Brad, who was never teed up during his tenure at Butler, might be succumbing to a form of stress that he’s never known during his near-ten years as a bench-leader – the pressure of Expectation, of being the “hunted” rather than the “hunter.