Dana Altman about to be our new coach?

[buckmarkduck]

Took over a terrible Creighton program and over the last 10 years they won over 20 games until this last year winning 18. Also has big school experience coaching at KState, before taking over at Creighton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Altman

[woundedknees]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksb ... close.html

"His 21-year career record (with stints at Marshall and Kansas State) is 409-243 (.628)."

[maxduck]

Poor Joe G, he must be so dizzy from spinning “At every step, this name is one that has kept coming up,” Giansante said. “Some coaches (told Kilkenny) he was the best coach they’d ever coached against.” http://www2.registerguard.com/cms/index ... tball-job/

So Joe is saying Pat Kilkenny is incompetent. After all, what other explanation would explain waiting five weeks to talk to him?

It does look like a decent hire.

[ducksfosho]

After reading this I'm actually pretty excited for this hire and think he could do some great things... I really like the part about him
" The Bluejays ranked 12th nationally with 15,930 fans per home game, drawing a Valley-record 302,676 fans"

http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle. ... ID=1147975

[woundedknees]

I am sure that attendance figure entered into the equation...

[uostudent]

Could be a good hire, but I really don't like how he accepted the Arkansas job a few years ago, got cold feet, and then returned to Creighton. He may be a good hire, but can he recruit?

Can't find any active Creighton forums...

"I am sure that attendance figure entered into the equation..."
I really doubt it. Creighton is the only show in town. I would assume that a lot of their alumni live around the area.

Maybe he and Scott Frost will become hommies...

[gofightingducks]

I think this is a great hire. I know we all would have liked to have gotten the big name but even with a new arena and the backing of Nike, Oregon is not a premier destination for basketball........ not yet anyway, maybe Altman can start the process to change that!

[uostudent]

Don't see either of the Terrences coming here. It's just too late in the game. I'm guessing they kept Oregon on their lists to have one home town team there.

Assuming that Altman doesn't bail on us, he's going to have to bring in a few recruits. Maybe he'll go the JC route.

[greenyellow]

Don't see either of the Terrences coming here. It's just too late in the game. I'm guessing they kept Oregon on their lists to have one home town team there.

Assuming that Altman doesn't bail on us, he's going to have to bring in a few recruits. Maybe he'll go the JC route.

I wouldn't go the JC route since that would more than likely just add players to the JR class, which needs a little thinning out to spread out the classes.

[oregontrack]

It'll be interesting to see what he can do with this group. Outside of the Ridnour years, we often had a very, very low basketball IQ under Kent, the last two years really highlighting that point. Altman is known as a solid fundamentals guy, so can he save a group of talented, but slightly clueless basketball players? Here's hoping.

He hasn't made the Tournament the last three years, but in '09 he won 27 games and won the Mizzou Valley regular season title before falling in the conference tourney. So it's not like Creighton's been on some slow decline the past few years. His '09 team was very good, just had a bad game in the tourney.

[uostudent]

Don't see either of the Terrences coming here. It's just too late in the game. I'm guessing they kept Oregon on their lists to have one home town team there.

Assuming that Altman doesn't bail on us, he's going to have to bring in a few recruits. Maybe he'll go the JC route.

I wouldn't go the JC route since that would more than likely just add players to the JR class, which needs a little thinning out to spread out the classes.

Not necessarily. Armstead and Jacob were Sophomore transfers. I would go that route if there are any good talents out there.

[cordy02c]

mops also tweeted that altman is bringing all of his staff. Personally I think we need to keep Payne for his recruting prowess

[duckfan22]

mops also tweeted that altman is bringing all of his staff. Personally I think we need to keep Payne for his recruting prowess

if Altman comes Creighton may hire one of them as their new
coach leaving Payne still here. I went and did some looking at
Altman. Solid hire. i think he brings a toughness that we have
not had here in a long time. His teams like to get up and down
the court and they like the three but they also play d from end to
end. He is regarded as one of the top game time coaches in the
country.
Now that being said would i have liked Porter instead ? Maybe and
maybe Gregory also. pk has they said interviewed someone else today.
so who knows. but i wont be upset if its Altman. Think we will be
fine in the years to come. Who knows maybe the terrences will still
look here. but lets give Altman a chance and support if he comes.

[duckgrad99]

My first thought is that it's a decent hire, and we'll have to give Altman a few seasons to see how things go. If he can coach, it's all good for me. Anyone know how recruiting was at Creighton? Is he a name that many people are familiar with? I would love to learn more about him. All I know is that watching the tournament year after year, some of these mid majors are better than I thought. I bet Creighton would have beaten Oregon the last 2 seasons.

[buckmarkduck]

I know Bennett was the hot name, but if you compare both of there body of work in similar conferences, Altman has had a much better coaching career. My only complaint is why we didn't get this done 2 weeks ago after missing out on Dixon and Donavon.