He was a lot better than poor. As someone already pointed out:Great FBall coach. Poor AD.
He also hired Gary Pepin, the all-time winningest track and field coach in the history of the Big 12 and the former Big Eight Conference and who has also won 5 Big Ten championships.Had the moxey to hire TO, Francis Allen, Terry Pettit, Danny Nee and John Sanders. All without holding a blank check in hand from the University brass.
And most importantly, he hired Tom Osborne. Without Devaney there is no 40 years of football dominance.
Devaney is definitely the best Nebraska hire.