As the coach of this team I think it would be beneficial to get some therapy. Team play reflects the mental state of the coach. Notice how teams take on the demeanor of the coach. This team plays anxious, indecisive, and slow. The coach seems anxious, indecisive, and slow. Coach Groce has no idea what to do now. He doesn't trust himself to make decisions so everything is either very conservative or making changes just for the sake of change but with no real understanding of what he is seeking to do. That state of mind makes it nearly impossible for him to learn from his own mistakes.
I know therapy will never happen because men are supposed to be tough, you get paid all this money and stress is part of the deal, you fight through difficult times, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, drink a beer, rub some dirt on it, blah, blah blah. Watch any of these coaches as their team, program, career is threatened. Deer in headlights. Remember Coach Weber coming unglued, some of his comments as his team went down the drain, some of the guys he was recruiting at the end? And, compared to Coach Groce, he had many more years of experience but he had not dealt with the same level of pressure to produce like he encountered at Illinois, especially after 2005. Now, a few years removed from the situation, he actually is looking like a coach again.
If your a coach with a history of consistent success then weathering a rough period is infinitely easier, you don't question your ability to coach, you have a pretty good idea about how to right the ship. A young coach like Groce who had experienced limited success as a head coach, was thrust into the spotlight, identified as the savior, had early success, had a string of bad luck complicated by some poor decision-making, he's screwed. At this point he's just trying to look like he's not a basket case, hoping for some miracle to save the season.
Collectively Coach Groce and his staff probably have well over 100 years of basketball experience. Any strategies offered by anyone on this board would not be a revelation to them. The team would likely not be a FF contender regardless of who the coach is, but they are certainly talented enough to be competitive every game and win their fair share. And yet the coaches and the team seem completely lost and offer platitudes like playing with pride, clean up some stuff, whatever. Rant over. Carry on.