You can say that, but a couple of things. You’re assuming that Chris Beard would have had the exact same result had he been the coach. And you are completely discounting the fact that Rodney Terry had a big role in putting the team together. Maybe a bigger role than Beard, as the assistants do most of the recruiting work and scouting guys out of the portal. So if we lose tomorrow is that Chris beard’s fault? This team is largely the same as last year. Like where do you draw the line?
Rodney Terry doesn’t get the respect he deserves with Texas fans simply because he’s not Chris beard. I know there was this narrative that Chris beard was the home town hero and he was going to come home and bring Texas to glory. That didn’t work out and it wasn’t Chris Del Conte’s fault it wasn’t cancel culture, it wasn’t liberals or whatever other excuse you want to use. It was Chris Beards fault and he knows it I promise you. It’s time for Texas fans to more on. I don’t know what kind of tenure Rodney Terry will have, but I can tell you this.
In his first two seasons he has about the same record as Rick Barnes(Terry has won more tournament games) he had a better records than Shaka and a better record that Chris beard. Rather than putting * and yeah buts I prefer to judge people on what they’ve done. And so far Rodney Terry has done as good as anyone we could have reasonably gotten to replace Chris Beard.