At the risk of sounding like a broken record: Leave the program in a better condition than which you found it. This guy will do that, he looks like a great hire.
Regarding what matters most, this is a young man's reputation we are talking about here, let's all be mindful of that. On a football level, I'm more okay with this than I thought I would be given what we saw out of Smith.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32737893/lincoln-riley-leaving-oklahoma-become-usc-head-football-coach-sources-say
Lincoln Riley to Southern Cal. And so it begins.