I don't know how much the coach should be held to blame for something like this. When I played baseball in high school, there was a team in our league that was horrible - just absolutely terrible. There were situations where we scored a bunch of runs, but it wasn't like we were trying to run up the score..it just kind of happened.
I'd assume that's what happened here. I think, short of just dribbling around and letting the shot clock expire on every possession, there's not a whole lot more that could have been done.
That said - it sounds like the coach was fired in a public relations move because of his email, not because of what happened in the game.
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