I know he wasn't popular, but why leave? He's the HC of a big time P4 school, and to leave to go be an OC? Stay and get fired and get the payout.
They can't afford to fire him apparently
The pac 12 was bankrupt, I think it's safe to "assume" Oregon, with their sugar daddy, was the only school not in the red and honestly, those schools haven't any idea what is in store for them in the B1G!!