[Old School Hound]

Clay lacks a true point guard which would really help with their head coaching liability.  They don’t rebound well or play very good defense which are very important this time of year so they’re out of contention for sure.  North, South, KC and Corbin are top 4 IMO.  Question is when will Gray step down at Clay?

They had a point guard in the previous 3 years and didn't accomplish anything.......Gray will step down after this season because he has already destroyed the program and has nothing left to accomplish.

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I'm not in the know as far as the Clay program goes, but I can't believe Coach Gray is as bad as some are saying.  What exactly are his coaching liabilities?  Again, you guys know more than I do.     How bad was Coach Gray when Clay steamrolled an excellent Boyle Co. team this year?  Did he just get lucky when he beat North three times last year?  Was he just lucky when he soundly defeated 11th Region Champion, Scott County? 

  I watched his kids claw back from a big fourth quarter deficit in the Falls Invitational at Corbin last year to beat an exceptionally talented Knoxville Catholic team. His kids never gave up. In fact, they pitched a shut out(14-0) in that fourth quarter against Catholic, who had two D-I players on the floor. The next night they gave an undefeated and top-ranked John Hardin all they wanted. Is Coach Gray only bad when Clay loses? I know Clay hasn't lived up to a lot of people's expectations, but I'm just not understanding how Coach Gray is as bad as they Clay contingent say he is. What seem to be the biggest issues in Clay not meeting expectations? Has player development been a problem? Players leaving the program? 

I stick by my prediction- the Tigers will give North all they can handle in the 49th district final

Yes they beat Boyle at home this year and that is their ONLY good win on the year.......they did beat north 3 times last year in which they should have....Clay had a really talented team last year and what was the results????  Clay has had the same talented team for the last 3 years and what was the results????  2 of those he didn't even get out of district and that never happens at places like Clay County.......Corbin talent wise has been down since Taylor left but they have one of the best coaches in the region in Coach P and that is why they are completive every year.   A good coach can take a team and completely blow Clay County out of the gym....not because of the players but because they have a coach that can not make in game adjustments PERIOD........Look at the North game this year....North likes to run and score and Clay comes out and tries to run and score with them and what happened????  A good coach would never try to run with North......Do you think Corbin would??  I base my opinions on stats and what I see.....and from both of them Gray is the worst coach Clay has ever had in their history.

So, Gray's goal was to destroy the program? I don't think the program is destroyed. Clay Co. was just so good for long that the rest of the region had to step it up or get stepped on. Guys like Billy Hicks, Steve Wright, Bill Swafford, and Mike Jones established strong programs of their own and that has continued with Pietrowski, Davis, Patterson , and Michael Jones.  I think it's more a case of everyone else catching up to Clay Co. than it is Clay Co. being terrible.  Clay has never been terrible. There are not too many legends. Keith was a legend. No one will ever fill the shoes of a legend like that.