I was actually going to include that but thought it was a little presumptuous considering no one I talk to has mentioned it. I think Rodney Terry would have been fine raising funds from white folks* but his program looks disorganized, his resume isnât there to tell a different story, and the performance of the team is underwhelming. I think all of those are more material than race in the NIL donor calculus.
Honestly, thatâs probably what gets him canned, not missing the tournament (although everything is connected). Kind of like Herman, CDC is going to see via donor disinterest that recruiting is going to be tough and itâs downhill from here.
*Iâll add that connecting to black parents and selling the âI can be a mentorâ in a more natural way because of race and cultural connection is partly why Rodney Terry was hired as an assistant. The template donors are used to is the head coach as the CEO and the assistants as big brothers, in part because thatâs how they run their orgs, and Terry being good at that part but not others kind of reinforces the idea that heâs peter principled as a head coach.