The fouls keep piling up for Samson Johnson. “It’s dumbfounding.”

[WhereistheDove?]

No excuse for his other fouls but that third foul called against him in the UNH game Samson walled up. The ref with a bad view made the call.

I won’t give too much grief to Samson for that play because he was put in a bad spot by Ross gambling and getting roasted, but that was 100% a foul. The baseline replay they showed made it seem like he walled up more, but it’s pretty clear in the live camera angle that he jumps into the offensive player. Might get away with that at times because his arms stayed vertical, but it was a foul.

 

[Dove]

It's not Dumbfounding - it's DumbFouling

 

[NickDanger]

You recall incorrectly. Only issue DC had at beginning of last year was getting in to game shape after a few nagging injuries. A healthy, conditioned DC did just fine managing his fouls.

No, you recall incorrectly!

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Defense is not just speed or vert or length. Not everyone has the defensive instincts to play at this level. I don't know what else to call it, but Johnson just doesn't have it. 9 fouls in 27 minutes in two blowout wins against Sacred Heart and UNH. These are stat-padder games where Johnson should go in with the mindset of getting 10 blocks, and he fouls out of one and almost fouls out of another.

Okafor was on the far extreme, but his defensive instincts and sense of space, timing and how to defend were amazing. There are better centers in the modern era, but there are probably not 5 college centers in the last 30 years with better defensive instincts than Okafor. There may not be 2 or 3. Johnson doesn't seem to have any defensive instincts at all.

 

[B1GEast]

I don't know why Borges is harping about this. All he's doing is creating a perception problem for Johnson.

Now he'll probably pick up more fouls cause that's the narrative, Johnson just can't help himself and constantly fouls.

Big guys get a lot of contact, that's part of the game and honestly calls are subjective and can go both ways. A lot is incidental, but thanks to dumb posts like this on Twitter, now Johnson might be a target. SMH

 

[pj]

The refs aren't going to change how they call Samson because of a post on Twitter.

 

[B1GEast]

The refs aren't going to change how they call Samson because of a post on Twitter.

Maybe not, but IMO the negative coverage of the amount of fouls on Johnson can have a negative impact on his performance if it gets into his head.

I think it's a bit absurd to worry about it. Let Hurley deal with it. Just my two cents