After a hugely-disappointing showing in the Eurobasket tournament, the head coach of basketball-crazed Lithuania, Ramūnas Butautas, stepped down after their fifth and final loss.

At 0-5, Lithuania finished last in Group F and was eliminated two days before the final day of matches.

Even with the excuse that leaders Šarūnas Jasikevičius. Ramūnas Šiškauskas and Rimantas Kaukenas weren’t on the roster, Lithuania played so terribly in the tournament, losing five out of six games by an average margin of 13.2 points a game, that the absence of the veterans was hardly an excuse.

They pulled out one win, defeating Bulgaria 84-69 to barely sneak into the qualification round.

“We won one game only. We played very bad.” said Butautas at a press conference after losing to Serbia 89-79, “I must leave this team now, and I wish all the best to them.”

Not much of a surprise, many of the members in our forum already knew that Butautas was on his way out.