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Yup. And physical maturity/core strength. Better body control combined with experience will reduce his tendency to foul.Minutes…
Yup. And physical maturity/core strength. Better body control combined with experience will reduce his tendency to foul.Minutes…
Sidibe was the same wayI'm reminded of Leo Rautins who picked up a couple fouls a game by draping his arms over the offensive player. He was always incredulous that it was called and seemed absolutely sure he had his arms straight up. He should have watched some film because he almost never defended with his arms straight up.
Because ACC referees know if Jesse fouled out, it increases the chance that the opponent wins. So if Jesse shows a little aggression, they call foul. The exception is that SU against BC or Pitt. Then the calls will be neutral.Defense 101 - don’t reach - and go straight up when the guy you cover shoots. Especially with his height and length. He blocks a lot of shots which is great. You’re 7 feet tall they have to shoot over you. An altered shot without fouling is just as good as a block. Who is responsible for this improvement with Jesse? It should be a priority And easily correctable. More Jesse on the court = a higher possibility of SU winning.
The primary reason is that Jesse reaches and picks up some unnecessary fouls.
But it is also because of coach's penchant to squeeze everything he can out of a player while he can instead of planning to have that player at the end of the game. Case in point was the Wake game when Jesse picked up #4 with 10-12 minutes left (can;t remember) after getting #3 at the end of the 1st half. He did a great job going that long with 3. Perhaps with an earlier blow we get more minutes down the stretch? I've given up even being irritated at the way JB handles foul management. Any way you add it up I think he gets more minutes per player his way. And as much as we like to fret, it has rarely come back to haunt us over the years. Tonight I think he left him in with 4 because with the lead we had it didn't matter if he fouled out or not.
Agree, wholeheartedly, the zone has a huge part to do with this. We haven’t always had great defenders at center, but at the same time the zone forces the center to make up for others mistakes, which leads to a lot of fouls from that position.I think the zone handicaps us with fouls. If you watched Pitt play man, they had hands on SU players all game and pushed and poked SU players without a foul being called. Both Buddy and Swider were almost shoved out of bounds at the baseline multiple times with no fouls called. But SU plays D off the ball and when they rush to the offensive player, any contact or potential contact is called a foul.
I posted a thread about Sidibe's fouling that second year. You'd struggle to find a figure like that throughout history, accounting for a minimum of like 15' played per game.Just for apples to apples: Jesse is averaging 5.7 fouls per 40 this season.
(for years with more than minor minutes or non-injury season)
Sidibe: 7.6, 9.3, 6.8
Chukwu: 7.5, 4.6, 6.0
Coleman: 6.3, 5.6
Rak: 5.9, 4.8, 5.3, 3.9
BMK: 5.9, 6.1, 5.7, 6.3
Fab: 7.3, 4.5
AO: 5.1, 4.0, 3.5, 4.7
Mookie Watkins: 6.0, 4.2, 4.9
Forth: 5.5, 5.8, 4.8, 4.5
McNeil: 7.3, 7.6, 6.8, 7.4
And all of those guys played on defenses much better than this season's defense.
There was more than a foot of space between him and the player he supposedly fouled. Joke of a call.I think his fourth foul had absolutely no contact between the two players (I think it was #4). Ref anticipation is a factor in maybe 10-20% of his fouls.
Oh please, he’s a Junior! When is he no longer young? After he graduates? He needs to be smarter because he’s 20 years old on a D1 team playing a critical role. He fouled out of wake on a nothing play and found a way to get 5 fouls in one half against Pitt. This is major problem that he needs to fix.Young centers are notoriously picking up bad fouls. If JB would have given him more then a couple minutes a game last year (like he should have) he would be smarter about it this year.
The guy hasn’t played in the previous two seasons. He is like a freshman in game experience wise.Oh please, he’s a Junior! When is he no longer young? After he graduates? He needs to be smarter because he’s 20 years old on a D1 team playing a critical role. He fouled out of wake on a nothing play and found a way to get 5 fouls in one half against Pitt. This is major problem that he needs to fix.
Yeah but he is a junior in time with the program. He has 3 years of practice, 3 years of coaching, 3 years of watching other teams centers not foul out of every game. Do you really need 3 years as a starter to know not to get your fifth foul by hitting a guy on a fast break in a 2 point game? Pretty low basketball IQ move there.The guy hasn’t played in the previous two seasons. He is like a freshman in game experience wise.
When a big puts the ball on the court in the paint aren't one of the guards/forwards supposed to drop down and help Edwards?He has to protect the rim, deal with guys that the guards let thru, and run out to the corner; his defensive responsibilities are 3x that of the other guys.
No reason in the Pitt game Frank should not have played more than 5 minutes. Zero fouls at the half and lead expands and Frank can't get more minutes. IMO We win Wake game if JB goes with Frank when Jesse fouls out, what minutes he did play were acceptable.Minutes…