Huggins Shows Interest

[billemert11]

he's WVU and we have a coach..

 

[BlueHalo]

he's WVU and we have a coach..

PM Freak about getting that name changed. billeGOLF11 would suit you pretty well.

 

[VegasVol]

I tend to think that someone like Dana Altman may be the type of coach that will gain approval across the diverse factions of Vol Nation. I would love to see Knight or Huggins here, but I think too many Vol fans lack the stomach for any coach who is remotely controversial.

Knight can't recruit at all anymore, and his tourney record was bad at the end of his career.

 

[VegasVol]

How'd all your proclamations about West Virginia missing the 'AAs turn out for you?

Probably about as well as your predictions of Florida missing the 'AA's turned out for you.

 

[LawVol13]

Knight can't recruit at all anymore, and his tourney record was bad at the end of his career.

Separately, why would Altman come? He has a sweetheart 7-year/$2M a year deal with Oregon, which will be satisfied with Creighton-type results for quite some time in basketball.

Secondly, why is he a good choice? Altman's experiment at K. State was so-so; his record at Creighton was better in the first half than the 2nd half of his tenure there, failing to make the NCAA tourney 5 of his last 7 seasons there. He's not had a great season at Oregon. In fact, he hasn't won a NCAA tourney game in almost 10 years.

Finally, using the NCAA tourney as the standard, Altman's record is worse than Green's was when he canned him.

Altman's NCAA Tourney Record
NCAA Tourney: 7 out of 21 seasons
NCAAT Record: 2-8
Top-32: 2 out of 21 seasons
Sweet 16: 0 out of 21 seasons

You are responding to a post that was written 6 years ago.

 

[VegasVol]

You are responding to a post that was written 6 years ago.

See that; Altman would not have been a good choice at that juncture, either.

 

[tvolsfan]

He didn't exactly say Altman would be an outstanding hire, either.