AUSTIN, Texas — The extremely unusual case of Rodney Terry successfully completing an on-job interview that lasted nearly three and a half months produced an unusual introductory press conference on Monday, as much about the devotion of the current players to the Texas Longhorns program’s new head coach as the program’s future.
The speed with which Terry’s contract was negotiated and signed less than 24 hours after Texas lost in the Elite Eight to Miami kept the former interim head coach from having the time to process the season and the team from having the time to process it, too.