Ask your west coast husker fans and you will get a positive response. USC wanted him twice. and UCLA wanted him after Rick. Once Stanford and Ucla improved, it became almost impossible for Oregon st. to survive. He knew that and had to leave.
I really like this hire. At the least, Nebraska will now have a staff that doesn't beat itself. We can all agree that if Nebraska had that trait in the last regime, they probably have a CC or two.