Carle on Media Day....The Words of Orr

Jack Carle writes on the media day stuff. This ought to get your orange blood flowing...

These are excerpts from Jack Carle's article on MAC Media Day...gotta say, the words below are music to the ears of the Falcon Nation.

“They have really had to adjust because we play a totally different style from what they have done in the past under coach (Dan) Dakich,” said BG first-year head coach Louis Orr during the Mid-American Conference preseason media day Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena. “That’s not necessarily an easy adjustment … It’s just about developing an up-tempo mentality.”

While the Falcons will pick up the pace on offense, the key is defense and rebounding.
“He’s been stressing defense before offense,” Clements said. “Everybody is comfortable with it.”
“Rebounding is a big area that we have to improve,” Orr said.

And running the floor is not about being the fastest or the quickest, Orr said.
“Who doesn’t want to run?” Orr said. “Running and being good at running are sometimes two different things. Most young players want to get up and down the floor, but you just can’t be running up and down the floor and not be productive and efficient.

“You don’t want to turn the ball over and you want to get high-percentage shots,” he added. “We just want to try to get some easy baskets and not have to work for every point that we score.”

BG will also play more inside-out than outside-in as Orr hopes to develop play at the low post, in the lane and also scoring off dribble penetration.

The Falcons were picked to finish sixth in the MAC East in the preseason media voting.

“I’ve never been a head coach of a team picked to finish first. In most cases we weren’t picked to finish in the top half of the league,” Orr continued. “I don’t pay a lot of attention to it … We’re going to determine our success.

“Joe Jakubowski can be a big part because he can really push the basketball and he’s very creative in the open court,” Orr said. “He’s still a freshman, but his instincts to push and make plays in the open court are very good … He could definitely be an asset for us to play up-and-down basketball.”