Is this deemed a "safe" hire because he played football at Nebraska? There are plenty of reasons why this isn't a safe hire, no experience with a football program, let alone one with the issues NU currently has. No experience at a P5 school (which honestly I don't think is a big deal).
To me, I am not sure it is "safe," but I definitely like the hire. I like that Turd hasn't said shit about NU football and isn't always trying to get his opinion heard like other former players. I love what he's done for UNO athletics moving to D1. Yeah, he axed wrestling and football, and the wrestling program was done very, very dirty, but in the long run it has been the right move. Someone already posted above the success he has overseen at UNO.
He got them into a new conference, he's hired very competent coaches, and he's fundraised like a motherfucker which can't be easy when you are talking about a school like UNO which plays second fiddle to Pickle Smoochers in Omaha and third in the state once you add in NU. Add on top of that axing football and wrestling, well he was behind the 8-ball and found a way to recover and even excel.
I think he'll do well.