I work for a company based in Springdale and have a number of zealous Razorback fans who are close friends of mine and close to the Springdale sports scene. Gus Malzahn only shared his true reasons for leaving with a few close friends and I know two of them.  My opinion is based primarily on facts that they and co-workers up there have shared with me.  There were some things that went on up there that many Hog fans found deplorable on the part of Coach Nutt.  Most tried to deny it early on but it became clear to even a Nutt fan such as myself that Coach Nutt himself was unscrupulous.  With the contract that he had when it became necessary for him to leave for the benefit of the program he would not leave. And, for a number of reasons the administration did not want to make it look like a firing so he basically was able to extort the money in exchange for "resigning".  Just another indication of the man's ethical standards.  For what it is worth he had earned some of the money he got; it was a ridiculous contract that Broyles (who by the way is gone too for some of the same reasons) had given him.