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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3446583, member: 40"]
Louis Orr coached the forwards here, not the centers.

However, Etan was so raw, that Orr would work with him individually after each practice that freshman  year, to instill basic fundamentals that Etan was completely unaware of.  Orr being 6-9 was useful in that regard, because not only could he demonstrate the techniques, but he could also then defend against them as a similar-sized guy, or have Etan try to guard him while he was showing him a new tactic, to give a feel for what other bigs Etan would have to defend might look to do.

I'm not claiming that someone needs to actually have played center to coach bigs effectively.  I was only countering an earlier post attributing all of Etan's development to Bernie.  But in this lone example?  Sure -- it was useful to have a bigger coach work with the kid at that stage of his developmental curve, and probably much more impactful than Bernie standing there with a broom to simulate shot blocking.
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