[bearhunter]

This can be blamed on the coach. Down by 25 with 5 minutes to go in the 4th in a game that you've struggled to get first downs in. There was no reason for John Vernon to even be in the game. I feel sorry for the basketball team more than anything. They have a chance to be something special this year, and without JV its going to be a more difficult battle.

You can't blame a coach for a fluke injury and no coach is going to pull a kid and show the rest of the team that they have given up. Furthermore claim was driving and and coold have cut the lead to 9 at this point in the game.
As far as Clay basketball being something special, it is hard to be special when you can't score over 45 per game.