Not a lie at all. As a coach you can preach the right things to do every single day and incidents like this will still happen. Further, when incidents do happen it is always interesting to see how a coach will handle it.
Nunn - Was found guilty of his charge and Groce kicked him off the team as expected.
Tate - Waited for the legal process to play out and handled it as expected.
Black - Legal process played out and served him with a punishment of community service. Additionally, Groce punished him for the beginning of the season and gave him a chance to earn respect back. Furthermore, the way Groce handled this situation may have positively impacted Black's life more than he ever could have imagined as he seems to get the bigger picture in life.
When Groce talks in his press conferences its always "We need to do better or WE messed up" speaking on behalf of a team and he holds his guys to high standards.
Haven't seen Groce in the news about getting a DUI, having an affair, providing recruits strippers or giving out other impermissible benefits. Overall he seems to be straight edged and in it for making these young men grow as people and not just basketball players.
This is just a big lie. John Groce has brought more bad press to our beloved University than any previous U of I basketball coach. Several players have gotten into trouble, and now we're getting laughed off the court.