Coach Orr's MLK Presser

So yesterday Coach Orr held this presser for the week.  Just got done watching it....I'll hit the high points and you can head to BGSUfalcons.com to see the whole thing.

The biggest piece of news is that Au'ston Calhoun is ineligible for this semester.  Coach didn't elaborate beyond that.

He talked about Scott Thomas and Dee Brown having big scoring games against Kent.  It was interesting.  He said that when Scott shoots poorly, he encourages him to review his shot selection and make sure he is taking good shots.  With Dee, who passes up shots, he tells him to take every open look he gets.

I thought that was pretty funny.  Anyway, those two guys are both sophomores and I think they have the potential to be really good players for the rest of this season, as well as their junior and senior seasons.

Coach also talked for a long time about hard the two players work in practice, especially on their shooting.  After explaining that for a couple minutes, someone asked about them "suddenly" emerging.

Uh, dude.  The whole point was that it wasn't sudden.  K?

There was also some really interesting conversation on the "art or science" of being a scorer.  To be a scorer, a player has to be able to find their way to their spot on the floor and get open on a consistent basis, as well as getting to the free throw line....which great scorers do.

Someone asked about how to get Otis back in the scoring groove.  Coach Orr reminded the people in attendance that you winning % should never be determined by your shooting %, and that holds as true for players as it does for the team.  Even when Otis isn't shooting well, by rebounding and by getting to the line.  He said that Otis and our inside players do create opportunities for Thomas and Brown and Jakubowski,   He said Otis wants to be a scorer and gets disappointed when he misses a shot, but he can and does help the team even when he is not scoring.

Finally, he did note that while BG was glad to score against Kent, the team is still giving up too many good 3FG looks, and that needs to be improved.  He does like how our team is "on the grind."

I'm really looking forward to the OU game this week to see if we can string together a couple solid wins in a row.

What a great time of year...