With the release of former Nebraska AD Bill Moos’ new book, “Crab Creek Chronicles: From the Wheat Fieldsto the Ball Fields and Beyond,” some very interesting tales from his time in Lincoln have surfaced. It’s hard to know how much of Moos’s stories are accurate and how much are made to paint him as a hero. However, on Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen seemed to confirm one version of the story that almost had Nebraska pursue Dana Altman instead of Fred Hoiberg.
In the book, Moos claimed that when he searched for a Nebraska basketball coach to replace Tim Miles, he landed on an all-out pursuit of Altman.
The former Nebraska AD claimed he heard through an acquaintance that the former Creighton and current Oregon coach might be interested in the Nebraska job. However, Pillen (then an NU regent) and then-chancellor Ronnie Green made it clear Altman was not to be a target…