John L Smith leaving Weber State, his alma mater, to take over there was probably one of the all time worst career moves. If he had some success at Weber may be he gets another chance at the Big Time. Now he is one and done, and he'll be lucky to be offered even an FCS job.
What I mean is he got greedy. He walked in to a **** storm and now he may never get a chance at a big time job again. So yeah, in his case it was a bad move, because nothing from this point forward will bring him back for a second year at Arkansas. Nothing.
He was never getting another chance. This was it