Pacers Reportedly Hire Rick Carlisle: Here's what Twitter Is Saying

The Indiana Pacers have hired Rick Carlisle to be their next head coach, ESPN's Tim MacMahon reported on Thursday (see Tweet below).

Sources: The Pacers are hiring Rick Carlisle as head coach. He will sign a 4-year, $29 million contract.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) June 24, 2021

The Pacers fired first-year head coach Nate Bjorkgren earlier in the month and now are returning to their roots and hiring the man who coached them from 2003-07.

Here is what the Twitter world is saying about the Pacers and Carlisle on Thursday.

I’m hype as hell ! The best Pacers coach in Pacers history is back. https://t.co/rECrxu3DGk
— Clint Breeze (@ClintBreeze) June 24, 2021

Breaking: The Pacers are hiring Rick Carlisle as head coach, sources tell @espn_macmahon.

Carlisle will sign a 4-year, $29 million contract, according to MacMahon. pic.twitter.com/4UTc8Taxzo
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 24, 2021

Rick Carlisle is back. Let’s go. #Pacers pic.twitter.com/Fuax59Jeak
— Vanessa Richardson (@SportsVanessa) June 24, 2021

It all comes back to Indiana. A week after resigning from the Mavs with two years left on his contract, Rick Carlisle is set to become the Pacers' next head coach.

A look at his journey ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/lZCutE9cSP
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) June 24, 2021

Carlisle’s deal with the Pacers will be 4 years, $29M, per @espn_macmahon https://t.co/v9y848cPqS
— Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) June 24, 2021

Rick Carlisle is joining the Indiana Pacers as their head coach, per @espn_macmahon pic.twitter.com/T9UzDHI3oa
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) June 24, 2021

Carlisle is the new head coach for the Indiana Pacers pic.twitter.com/P3Naxzw7XV
— NBA TV (@NBATV) June 24, 2021

Ben Affleck Pacers coach
and JLo Rick Carlisle
🤝
things that were relevant in 2003
that made a comeback in 2021 https://t.co/y6OdbQjhmE
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) June 24, 2021

Rick Carlisle has been hired as the new head coach of the Indiana Pacers, per multiple reports pic.twitter.com/poJ6GoaoLW
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 24, 2021

Pacers worked quietly and quickly to get a deal done with Rick Carlisle. Team had planned to start interviews with several candidates in Chicago this week. Carlisle was a top assistant to Larry Bird early in his coaching career with Pacers. https://t.co/Hf1POaqEFp
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 24, 2021

Pacers are hiring Rick Carlisle as their new head coach, per @espn_macmahon

He was their coach from '03-'07 pic.twitter.com/5VRor7WikW
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 24, 2021

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