Steve Sullivan 'hyping' Altman up on 6 o'clock news

[razorbak]

God, it's absolutely ridiculous reading this board!

First, Altman has stayed at Creighton for 13 years, because a.) he's close to his family (mom and dad), b.) he's making almost $1M per year at Creighton, c.) Creighton sold over 12,000 season tickets last year and averaged 16,000 per game in a freakin' beautiful arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest_Center_Omaha), and d.) he gets pretty much whatever he wants.

Get this through your thick skulls -- he has not stayed at Creighton because no one else has wanted him or tried to lure him away. Every spring after the season is over, Creighton fans spend a month or two worrying their a**es off that he'll leave, because he's on almost every big-time school's list of potential coaches. Georgia offered, Illinois offered him before Bruce Weber, Iowa wants him right now, Minnesota wanted him (when they hired Dan Monson), I could go on and on.

And he and his staff can recruit. With the new arena, Creighton is starting to get higher-profile kids, and the Bluejays will have four Top 150 recruits on the roster next season. Now, keep in mind that that's at Creighton, not Arkansas. If he was at Arkansas, with the budget, and the facilities, and all the perks and attractions to get recruits there, you damn well better believe that he could get 5-star kids to come play for him. And I'd say, as far as recruiting goes, it's often more on the assistant coaches and the players that you have in your program to get the kids there.

His style is to have a deep bench, press and trap and force turnovers, and score lots of points in transition. When he's had the depth at Creighton, they've utilized a full-court press, or a three-quarter court press, and have forced lots of turnovers. He also likes to switch defenses during games and come up with looks that confuse the hell out of opposing teams. It's fun to watch. Unfortunately, Creighton has had too many injuries to key players the past two seasons, so they haven't been able to press quite as much.

Hopefully, that answers some questions about him...
He didn't "fail" at Kansas State. This is from Kansas State's media guide: "Although his four-year tenure as Kansas State's head coach only produced one NCAA Tournament appearance, Dana Altman will be remembered most for his uncanny ability to win close ball games, and for pulling off some of the biggest upsets in school history. Altman's teams were a remarkable 28-13 in games decided by six points or less, which included a 6-1 mark in one-point games. His 1992-93 club perpetuated a K-State tradition. Picked to finish last in the Big Eight, Altman's Cardiac 'Cats won 11 games in the final minute, earned the school's first Top 25 ranking in five seasons, finished 19-11, reached the championship game of the Big Eight Tournament and returned K-State to the NCAA Tournament for the 21st time. Altman's peers named him Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1993 and he capped the season by upsetting No. 6 Kansas 74-67 in the Big Eight Tournament semifinals. The following season, Altman made it two in a row over Kansas when he upset the No. 1 ranked Jayhawks 68-64 on ESPN in Lawrence. The 1993-94 squad finished the year with a 20-14 record and advanced to the NIT Final Four in New York City. Altman left in 1994 to become head coach at Creighton, where he is now in his 13th season at the helm of the Bluejays' program in his home state of Nebraska."

Believe me, Kansas State has regretted the decision not to renew his contract since the day he stepped off that campus. They finally hired a coach who can win there, in Bob Huggins. But they wish they had kept Altman...

And, by the way, Altman was responsible for getting Mitch Richmond to come to Manhattan, Kansas. If you've ever been to Manhattan, you know Dana Altman can recruit.

[JustoHogFan]

Very simple here.

If 10 days ago JFB had called a press conference and said, "We're going to fire Stan Heath and hire Dana Altman," what would your response have been? 

F*uck that SH#T

[Dugann]

well he wants the job of the voice..............Altman what a joke... do they ever take a negative stance vs u of a...how many media people do how man media people will stand up and say something neg if we do hire him vs the NEW hog coach........not too damn man.... sullivan what a joke of a broadcast.

[Dugann]

make sure u read the telaprompter right fly boy.

[Dugann]

oH YEA act freaking excited about it too and use your hands and arms ...joke.

[Dugann]

yea sorry guys i am pissed.

[Blue35]

God, it's absolutely ridiculous reading this board!

First, Altman has stayed at Creighton for 13 years, because a.) he's close to his family (mom and dad), b.) he's making almost $1M per year at Creighton, c.) Creighton sold over 12,000 season tickets last year and averaged 16,000 per game in a freakin' beautiful arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest_Center_Omaha), and d.) he gets pretty much whatever he wants.

Get this through your thick skulls -- he has not stayed at Creighton because no one else has wanted him or tried to lure him away. Every spring after the season is over, Creighton fans spend a month or two worrying their a**es off that he'll leave, because he's on almost every big-time school's list of potential coaches. Georgia offered, Illinois offered him before Bruce Weber, Iowa wants him right now, Minnesota wanted him (when they hired Dan Monson), I could go on and on.

And he and his staff can recruit. With the new arena, Creighton is starting to get higher-profile kids, and the Bluejays will have four Top 150 recruits on the roster next season. Now, keep in mind that that's at Creighton, not Arkansas. If he was at Arkansas, with the budget, and the facilities, and all the perks and attractions to get recruits there, you damn well better believe that he could get 5-star kids to come play for him. And I'd say, as far as recruiting goes, it's often more on the assistant coaches and the players that you have in your program to get the kids there.

His style is to have a deep bench, press and trap and force turnovers, and score lots of points in transition. When he's had the depth at Creighton, they've utilized a full-court press, or a three-quarter court press, and have forced lots of turnovers. He also likes to switch defenses during games and come up with looks that confuse the hell out of opposing teams. It's fun to watch. Unfortunately, Creighton has had too many injuries to key players the past two seasons, so they haven't been able to press quite as much.

Hopefully, that answers some questions about him...
He didn't "fail" at Kansas State. This is from Kansas State's media guide: "Although his four-year tenure as Kansas State’s head coach only produced one NCAA Tournament appearance, Dana Altman will be remembered most for his uncanny ability to win close ball games, and for pulling off some of the biggest upsets in school history. Altman’s teams were a remarkable 28-13 in games decided by six points or less, which included a 6-1 mark in one-point games. His 1992-93 club perpetuated a K-State tradition. Picked to finish last in the Big Eight, Altman’s Cardiac ‘Cats won 11 games in the final minute, earned the school’s first Top 25 ranking in five seasons, finished 19-11, reached the championship game of the Big Eight Tournament and returned K-State to the NCAA Tournament for the 21st time. Altman’s peers named him Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1993 and he capped the season by upsetting No. 6 Kansas 74-67 in the Big Eight Tournament semifinals. The following season, Altman made it two in a row over Kansas when he upset the No. 1 ranked Jayhawks 68-64 on ESPN in Lawrence. The 1993-94 squad finished the year with a 20-14 record and advanced to the NIT Final Four in New York City. Altman left in 1994 to become head coach at Creighton, where he is now in his 13th season at the helm of the Bluejays’ program in his home state of Nebraska."

Believe me, Kansas State has regretted the decision not to renew his contract since the day he stepped off that campus. They finally hired a coach who can win there, in Bob Huggins. But they wish they had kept Altman...

And, by the way, Altman was responsible for getting Mitch Richmond to come to Manhattan, Kansas. If you've ever been to Manhattan, you know Dana Altman can recruit.

That argument is just not convincing to me.  I vote no to this guy Altman. There is nothing substantive in his record to indicate that he can win in the SEC.

[dhornjr1]

To answer some questions, Creighton was 22-11 this year, and he's been there for 13 years, not 12. And the good news for all you Hoggies that don't want him is that he has a track record of being the top candidate at several big-time schools, only to pull his name out of consideration...

Boy. Did he ever pull his name out of consideration here. SHEESH!