10 Fouls Is Not Enough

[jibsey]

When Reed and Johnson are racking them up at the rate they have been. No solution I know of other than Reed playing much smarter. He has to stay on the floor for 75% of our games.

 

[husky429]

I wonder if conditioning got to Reed today on the back-to-backs.

He's played 6 games as a Husky. Clingan did a lot of the same stuff as a freshman. And it really feels like Reed is a late-season freshman in experience and learning with just how badly he was coached.

I have to believe he'll be a different player by March.

 

[bendm]

10 fouls might not be enough for just Samson.

Not worried about Reed, he and Liam have been the only pleasant surprises so far. Plus a combined two good halves from stew and nowell

 

[Horatio]

There’s good, solid , fundamental defense and there’s aggressive defense. There is a difference. Our guys are going with the overly aggressive defense, every play. Look at it. Overly jumpy, always trying to make a block or steal. That’s easy for refs

 

[Jumpman62114]

There’s good, solid , fundamental defense and there’s aggressive defense. There is a difference. Our guys are going with the overly aggressive defense, every play. Look at it. Overly jumpy, always trying to make a block or steal. That’s easy for refs

100% and this year we don't have the rim protection to compensate for the overly aggressive defense.

 

[UCfor3]

In baseball you have to adjust to the strikezone of the umpire that day. Our players need to adjust to the refs whistle on any given day and that is not happening right now.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Pray for him to relax. And model the calm you wish to see in him. Then let it go.

Not a praying man. I’ll just hope. Cheers.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Johnson is a mess defensively and Reed is not great either, but the guards are turnstiles, which means the centers are having to help a lot on opposing players heading downhill. Okafor would have trouble staying in the game with UConn’s current backcourt.

 

[Icehawk]

It would be great to at least be able to use Singare for a few minutes at a time to give guys a breather, but it doesn't seem feasible.

I think a lot of us were hoping he was viable but today showed that isn't really the case. He was lucky not to get a couple additional fouls. Alex was probably tired today or I think Dan Hurley would have stuck with the smaller lineup.

 

[Stinger92860]

Singare only had a cameo, but in that one possession he bodied up and the Colorado center missed his shot. It was much better D than anyone else to that point, albeit in a very small sample. I think we need to see what Singare gives us in 5-10 minutes per game. What could possibly happen, we lose to an unranked opponent?

Someone made the comment that only Diarra can play D. That may be true, but from what I’ve seen the Team defense is horrible. Poor switching and really crappy recognition of where the next pass is going. I doubt a zone would help becuase there will be more pressure on the rotations and then having to run out to a shooter that is too far away. Our Defensive analytics are going to show how bad we are on that side of the floor.

Maybe, just maybe, letting all fouls go in practice may need a break for a bit, and we bring in refs to call a scrimmage or 2.

 

[jibsey]

Singare tipped some balls and disrupted. He belongs as an emergency break the glass fill in.

 

[Viet Vet]

100% and this year we don't have the rim protection to compensate for the overly aggressive defense.

Correct, which is why we should be playing fundamental (with your feet), not overly aggressive (with your hands), defense.