People keep saying that Terry sucked at Fresno, but that just isn't the case. First, Fresno is a loser of a basketball program. They have made 3 tournaments since 1985. One was with Terry. Another two by Jerry Tarkanian, but he also landed them on probation for committing NCAA violations.
Terry got them to 20 wins in 4 of his last 5 years. And he also left a decent roster for his successor who won 23 games with Terry's players. Now they have fallen back to 11 wins. I have very serious doubts that Royal Ivey could do better than that at Fresno.
As to recruiting, Fresno's median recruiting class was ranked 143 in the seven years prior to Terry. Terry's median class was ranked 83... and he also got them the 59th ranked class, by far their best class on record.
I loved Chris Beard, but the reality is that he didn't have a LONG track record of success anywhere. Yes, he got Texas Tech to the National Title game. He was also 36-24 in his last two years there. He proved he is a turnaround magician, but I don't think he is stable enough to run a program for 20 years.
Again, I think Terry needs to prove what he can do in March before I support hiring him full time.