Oregon Coach Gives UConn No Credit

[Candyman]

He didn’t say anything bad at all. He talked about his team only. Nothing wrong with that. He’s right Newton struggled to shoot but caught fire and like all of us he was surprised. Their D sucks and their guards suck. His coaching sucked. No reason to be in a zone after we hitting like that. They have 3 big guys and were that scared of Adama?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

It’s a holiday weekend. Why do we need to deal with faux outrage? Why in the world would you care what an opposing coach says after getting destroyed?

I think the poster was a little miffed not by what he said, but by what he didn’t say. Losing coaches in a tournament usually do say something mildly congratulatory, but not this guy. Did a good impression of Roy Williams.

 

[Hoophound]

If the coach doesn’t know Newton is a good player despite shooting poorly from 3 so far, it’s on him. You don’t game plan for a 17 ppg guy to play poorly because his shot has been off for a few games.

 

[ctchamps]

I’ve reduced the amount of my posting considerably. Lot of people with great contributions to this forum so very little need for it.

But even if I wanted to take some time away from my other endeavors this would not be something I feel I would waste any time on.

So No Comment!

 

[Waquoit]

I'm pretty sure Clingon was a surprise.

 

[martyn]

Here is the sum total of the comments from Oregon coach Dana Altman from The Oregonian after last night's game:


“We didn’t respond very well,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “Bigs really just didn’t get out and cover a number of times. Our perimeter defense wasn’t good and they hit shots. Newton coming in the game 4 for 17 and goes 5 for 6 the first half. We let him get a couple of easy ones early and he got on a roll. We didn’t help ourselves out with our turnovers, missed some free throws that first half, which could have kept us a little closer. But obviously just didn’t guard.”

“Our passing and catching isn’t what it should be,” Altman said. “We had five turnovers to start the second half which didn’t even enable us to get back in the game. They were bad turnovers, just passing and catching.”

About forward Quincy Guerrier:
“We need him to free up and get going,” Altman said. “He’s a little more comfortable with a bigger guy on him. Playing the 3 has been an adjustment for him, a little bit more ball-handling, a little bit more responsibilities defensively. But we do need him to get going. We know he can play. He’s struggling.”


“Our guys are down,” Altman said. “We came into the season with big expectations and Brennan gets hurt, Keeshawn’s hurt now, Jermaine’s hurt, guys we were depending on and we haven’t adjusted well. We haven’t adjusted well as a coaching staff. We haven’t adjusted well playing.


“Our ball handling is real suspect now. People know that; they get after Will and made it really difficult on Will tonight. We’re basically out there with four forwards or three forwards and a center. We’re going to have to continue to adjust and hope like heck we get some guys healthy here pretty quick.”

That's it -- not a word of credit to the UConn team or any individual UConn player.

His remarks only make the his team's loss look worse. You don't get stomped on like they were stomped on by a team not significantly better than you are. Turns out from his post game reaction that UConn also has the classier coach.

 

[CL82]

It’s a holiday weekend. Why do we need to deal with faux outrage? Why in the world would you care what an opposing coach says after getting destroyed?

Holiday weekends are the perfect time for faux outrage especially with a late start tonight. There’s a lot of free time.

It’s like you don’t know us at all anymore.

 

[Palatine]

Oregon's problems are his concern and we exposed lots and lots of problems for him to address. Not surprised he was focused on his team and not the opponent. It was the kind of game you want to put in the rear view mirror and move on. Wants to forget it and probably wants the team tom forget it. Probably won't even watch the tape.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I agree with their coach's assessment. That team has a ton of issues right now, and UConn exploited them. I still think UConn beats a healthy Oregon team, but no way Oregon could guard our perimeter shooters with four bigs on the court. Add in the fatigue factor and UConn's depth at all positions. Sanogo goes out with three fouls and UConn doesn't miss a beat.

 

[jibsey]

If we were missing 3 key players it could have been different or at least closer.

 

[willie99]

If they make the dance, I'd pay for that

 

[Hoophound]

Clingan took over in the second half. He’s a game changer for us.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Ahh... big deal. He's got his own team and problems to worry about.

 

[Huskygamble19]

We were technically short handed the first 3 games as well- that’s why you recruit talented backups. Credit to the UConn coaching staff for assembling this deep roster. Altman should take notes.

He can't take notes. he didn't even know who he was playing. It was some phantom team that he was disappointed in losing to.

 

[Improviser]

Maybe after the game, Walton told him to meditate on the outcome as a way to gain inner peace, or to go to a retreat somewhere to get perspective, so after hearing that, Dana was in no mood to compliment his opponent.

Just a theory.

 

[Kitaman]

It shows he's butt hurt from the Husky whipping his team got. To me that's better than a Coach issuing effusive praise to the victors.

Which Coach feels the most pain?

 

[huskypantz]

Classy guaranteed HOF Coach per Stoner Bill Walton…

"Wow, this is the best I've seen Donovan Clingan play"
"Have you seen him play before?"
"Well, no"

 

[Huskyforlife]

That read more like he was blaming his players than talking down on us.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Here is the sum total of the comments from Oregon coach Dana Altman from The Oregonian after last night's game:


“We didn’t respond very well,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “Bigs really just didn’t get out and cover a number of times. Our perimeter defense wasn’t good and they hit shots. Newton coming in the game 4 for 17 and goes 5 for 6 the first half. We let him get a couple of easy ones early and he got on a roll. We didn’t help ourselves out with our turnovers, missed some free throws that first half, which could have kept us a little closer. But obviously just didn’t guard.”

“Our passing and catching isn’t what it should be,” Altman said. “We had five turnovers to start the second half which didn’t even enable us to get back in the game. They were bad turnovers, just passing and catching.”

About forward Quincy Guerrier:
“We need him to free up and get going,” Altman said. “He’s a little more comfortable with a bigger guy on him. Playing the 3 has been an adjustment for him, a little bit more ball-handling, a little bit more responsibilities defensively. But we do need him to get going. We know he can play. He’s struggling.”


“Our guys are down,” Altman said. “We came into the season with big expectations and Brennan gets hurt, Keeshawn’s hurt now, Jermaine’s hurt, guys we were depending on and we haven’t adjusted well. We haven’t adjusted well as a coaching staff. We haven’t adjusted well playing.


“Our ball handling is real suspect now. People know that; they get after Will and made it really difficult on Will tonight. We’re basically out there with four forwards or three forwards and a center. We’re going to have to continue to adjust and hope like heck we get some guys healthy here pretty quick.”

That's it -- not a word of credit to the UConn team or any individual UConn player.

Couldnt care less tbh. Im more concerned with Bama and how we will deal with their absolute stud freshmen Brandon Miller. I think Ajax is going to be key to guarding him tonight.

 

[ucp990411]

The worst sour grapes from a coach for me came after UConn spotted Sparty 20 points at MSG and crushed 'em anyway. Said Izzo, "They made free throws".

We were never down 20 in that game

 

[Bomber36]

Honesty who cares. I was saying to @husky429 I have no sympathy for teams who are shorthanded because of injuries. How many times under Ollie/Dan Hurley have we been in the same situation? At least under Dan Hurley, we have won games, or been competitive. We beat the crap out of them. Move on.

Altman is feeling heat because his team is 2-3, and they haven't even played a road game yet.

This guys kicked our butts in Maui a few years ago under similar circumstances. (We were missing Larrier and Gilbert) I agreee…move on. They were getting beat even at full strength.

 

[Chief00]

Wow not a word on the Huskies. Whining and excuses screw him hope they miss out on the NIT as well Dana.

This was a showcase for Nike and Phil Knight and the home school that gets lots of $’s and Nike NIL $’s for players struck out. Not good for the coach’s tenure there.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “We didn’t help ourselves out with our turnovers, missed some free throws that first half, which could have kept us a little closer.”

Altman's team went 8-11 from the line in the first half. UConn was 2-4. He was just kitchen sinking everything he didn't like about his current team.

I'm really just here to say that Bill Walton is foolish in thinking that Altman's 33 year, .659 winning percentage coaching record - with 2 Sweet 16 losses, 1 Elite 8 loss, and 1 Final 4 loss - has made him overdue for enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame.