He averaged 3 fouls in 20 minutes as a junior and a senior. Very hard to get minutes if he keeps up that foul rate—which was worse this year.
Hurley had him high hedging like Whaley. Thats where he picked up fouls. Kelvin doesn’t run that D. Sanogo got burned in high hedge too. I like that D a ton with Whaley type playing it. Most 5’s are exposed though.
He had a ton of fouls a minute under KO. In fact had fewer under Hurley the first two years. I'm willing to say that the high number of fouls may be due to his inconsistent minutes.
Danny needs to adjust his defense, having Bigs playing mismatches off of switches 25 feet out is a foul graveyard.
Yes, good point. However, Kelvin Sampson wants to coach Josh, and I'm quite sure he knows Josh's strengths and weaknesses. What I'm getting at is that Sampson is going to use Josh differently than Hurley did. All that perimeter hedging was tough on Josh; I think Josh is in a spot where he could use some different coaching, and Sampson will put him in a position to succeed. We'll see, I think he will do well. Offensively his post moves were looking quicker overall, but Hurley wasn't using him.
he was a freshman under KO - freshmen tend to foul more
I think that’s one of the adjustments moving from URI, which realistically won’t get good Big men, to UConn, where you can get good Bigs. Danny’s defensive scheme is one of a mid major not a top team with talented interior Bigs. I hope he makes that adjustment very soon.
Don't be shy. Once you're fully vaccinated, take him to lunch.
Had my first shot today (Pfizer). Second one on 4/27.
Good place for him. He is AAC talent and was recruited as an AAC players.
He. has averaged a double double per 40 minutes his last 3 years
I like Josh but he also fouled like crazy playing under Ollie's system when we were barely playing defense anymore. He had 4 years to figure out how to cut down on stupid reach-ins and offensive fouls where he just ran people over. He never figured it out but obviously is a tremendous offensive rebounder. I hope he plays well and gets big minutes at Houston but Adama is a major upgrade even as a freshman and literally everyone but you can see it
Agreed. It's a 1-year bandaid to a roster with a lot of turnover (Gorham, Gresham, and White all seniors this year, not sure who if any come back). Sampson tends to prefer a more mobile big for defense.
