Passion...Excitement...Energy - Dana Altman

[kbmerz]

Oregon lost huh...well not in my eyes! Oregon won in many ways this season. But I want to point out one thing. If oregon would play with more passion, be more excited, have more energy like our coach Dana Altman does for our team we are on the verge of a few losses and in the NCAA tourny, probably still dancing. If you don't understand what I mean by this, watch the last 5 minutes of the game vs Washington tonight, you will see a Coach who has extreme passion, love, excitement for his team, he wanted it tonight more than our players did. Thats not a knock on our guys tonight, I love them and they played hard, however I am just looking for a little bit more. With that said, we lost by a mere 6 pts, if our effort was there matching coach Altmans energy and passion, we win this game.

Dana Altman is a hell of a coach and I look forward to having him for the next few years. Oregon has a TRUE WINNER in Altman

[OregonFan4Life]

I couldn't agree about the passion more. I loved it! I hate seeing a coach quit, that happened to me when I played basketball in high school. If the team ever got down by more than 20 in the second half, he just sat and watched. The players would follow and also quit, it was depressing. I love watching a coach who will never quit on his team. Gotta respect Altman for his energy while coaching tonight.

[TheMaehlMan]

I don't think a lack of passion lost this game, Washington just has more talent and got the breaks that they needed. If that loose ball doesn't fall into Wroten's hands for an easy two points, and if a few other calls go our way then maybe we win. I suppose that is just basketball..

As for Altman, I definitely enjoy his passion for the game.

[greenyellow]

I don't think a lack of passion lost this game, Washington just has more talent and got the breaks that they needed. If that loose ball doesn't fall into Wroten's hands for an easy two points, and if a few other calls go our way then maybe we win. I suppose that is just basketball..

As for Altman, I definitely enjoy his passion for the game.

It's nice seeing that from a coach since he's definitely trying to win the game. I saw Kent, during the last couple seasons, kind of seem resigned to losing once they got down by 20. Under Altman, there haven't been many games where Oregon has lost by more than 10 points, which shows a lack of quitting and a much more competent team.

[duckgrad99]

This is ridiculous. Just because a team loses by a few points it doesn't mean they didn't play with passion. You know that the players wanted to win the game as much as Altman.

[ncduck]

Altman was awesome! I was happy to see the players nearly fight their way out of a double digit hole.

This whole ride left me excited for the future of this program.

[briarduck]

I'm proud of our team and the passion of DA...great season I can't wait to watch next year and to care our BBall again.

[briarduck]

This is ridiculous. Just because a team loses by a few points it doesn't mean they didn't play with passion. You know that the players wanted to win the game as much as Altman.

I don't think that's what he meant, I think he was just feeling the passion of Dana Altman...our players played their hearts out it's just to bad Joseph had a off shooting night and we shot too many 3s at the end...but I would have probably tried them myself.

Man losing sucks but losing to the Huskies is just worst!

[soduck]

I am very happy with Altman our future is bright. He can coach the Xs and Os,. He preaches hard work and defense. See you later Jabari. And yes his passion and desire to win is great. He also appears to be able to recruit well. If we can bring in a couple good classes we will be a regular sweet 16 plus program. I only wish we had a neutral court with this last game let alone at home. Plus the couple of days extra was a big advantage to the Huskies and of course not having to travel helped them especially in the second half. We needed a break or two or at least not another horrible night shooting buy Joseph to win. But I look forward to many more 20 plus win seasons. Look at Altman's record already with all the turnover. Wait until he gets a whole team of his recruits. And has them for a few years.

[ducksvb6]

It would be interesting to compare these comments with the posts just following Altman's hiring. i think he has schooled all of us in Altman ball. The guy is a winner.

[SuperDuck]

It would be interesting to compare these comments with the posts just following Altman's hiring. i think he has schooled all of us in Altman ball. The guy is a winner.

Yes, he is. I have to admit that I wasn't sure about him. Still, the cupboard wasn't completely bare when he got here, so even though he's done a great job so far, I'll still have to reserve judgment until he's been here 4-5 years and has all of his own players.

That being said, it may be a challenge to keep him beyond this season. The openings at Nebraska and Illinois are out there looming (particularly the Nebraska job) and it may be difficult to keep him here.

It's got to come down to family (most important) and just how confident Altman feels he can have consistent success in the Big-10, especially at a school where football is clearly the #1 sport.

He's got to be aware of the four teams from the Big-10 that are currently in the Sweet Sixteen, not to mention other strong teams from that conference (Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, etc).

He's got to be aware that the odds of competing for and potentially winning championships are much greater here at Oregon than they would be at Nebraska.

By the way, Shaka Smart, who's been mentioned as a potential replacement at Nebraska, has just turned down Illinois to stay at VCU. Does that mean that he's DEFINITELY staying at VCU or that he just found something that he didn't like about that particular job?

Anyway, it's going to be a little bit stressful until we know for sure where his head (and heart) are at. I sincerely hope he stays at Oregon, but I'd understand if he left for Nebraska.

[soduck]

Just announced he is turning down the Nebraska job.