Should Ben Johnson had the team foul at end of regulation?

Should Ben Johnson had the team foul at end of regulation?

  • Yes, should have fouled. This loss is on Johnson.

    Votes: 29 87.9%

  • No, he made the right call, just a tough shot.

    Votes: 4 12.1%
  • Total voters
    33
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I can't believe we didn't foul, especially after a timeout when we had time to talk through scenarios.
 


As soon as the clock goes under 5, yes. Even if somehow they’re in shooting motion, a kid going 3/3 at the line even if they’re an 80% shooter is still 50/50. If you’re not going to, you press the 3 pt line instead of the weird sag/stay away thing we did.
 

The guy that made it is a career 23% 3 point shooter and WSU shoots under 30% as a team
 



Its egregious simply because just 3 days ago he entered a free throw war having us foul up 3 with 15 seconds left.

absolutely insane to now have them not foul once ball hits around half court with like 7 or 8 seconds.

Guy is Matt eberflus level bad
 

Johnnyboy18 said:
The guy that made it is a career 23% 3 point shooter and WSU shoots under 30% as a team
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Why give them a 3 in 10 chance to win, when they had nearly zero chance if we foul?

But whatever, he just doesn't win games. Maybe he's the unluckiest coach in history or maybe he just isn't very good at it.
 

MUgopher32 said:
Its egregious simply because just 3 days ago he entered a free throw war having us foul up 3 with 15 seconds left.

absolutely insane to now have them not foul once ball hits around half court with like 7 or 8 seconds.

Guy is Matt eberflus level bad
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Right and I hated it there. The other night we fouled with like 10 seconds left and they ended up getting another possession.
 

Wichita ran like 3 dribble hand offs and we still didn't foul. Lmao. Just totally inept.
 





bga1 said:
Why give them a 3 in 10 chance to win, when they had nearly zero chance if we foul?

But whatever, he just doesn't win games. Maybe he's the unluckiest coach in history or maybe he just isn't very good at it.
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Right. They still needed some luck there....but a good coach mitigates that chance. Johnson and the players blew that.
 




It’s a bit of Dean Wurmer (sp?) advice: “Fat, drunk & stupid son is no way to go through life.” For Ben, it’s: awful injury luck & weird situational coaching which puts his job squarely in jeopardy. To lose Cochran (assuming he’s the asset as advertised as a tenacious defender)) for a team that can win only with sheer determination and hustle when you need to be stacking non-conference wins is the basketball gods punishing Minnesota yet again. Meanwhile, Ben just got in his own way in arguably some of the most crucial seconds of his Gopher tenure. This wouid have been a huge win under the circumstances—never mind the ugliness of the game.
 

The fact that the players who have left realized sooner than the AD and Ben that he is a shitty coach is telling.
 

Hindsight is 20/20, but I was hoping they’d foul. Apparently it’s the statistically smart thing. Be that as it may, the Gophers fought hard and actually did pretty well considering Garcia’s bad game.
 



Prolly need to wait another season or 3 to make a decision on Johnson.

He "deserves" it.
 

The guy who made the decision not to foul is the same guy making all major decisions for this team. You trust that guys judgment? He's just not a bright guy, period.
 

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