There's absolutely nothing to indicate that Dannyelle or Mariah Musselman had bad experiences in Fayetteville. They had tons of friends and were very active in the community.
With her daughter entering HS, Dannyelle does want to get back into media, and LA is one million times better for that than Fayetteville.
As an Arkansas fan, I loved Muss. But he did what he does. He burned out over 5 years. I wish he would've stayed, but I did have doubts about him having similar success at Arkansas in the future. 5 years ago, he was cutting edge when it came to the portal. Now, everyone does it. The group he brought in this year was the worst collection of personalities and mismatched talent I've seen in 5 years. He also absolutely burned through assistant coaches. I'll be interested to see who he can bring in at USC as an assistant.
But USC just made sense for him. We always knew he wanted to end up back in California. And he was never a small college town kind of guy. He gets to start over with a new contract and live where he wants to live. He's older than you think. About to turn 60. Arkansas was really the first time he made "real coaching money." We weren't going to extend his current deal and now he gets what may be his last big lick at USC. He will do good things there. May or may not last long, but I think he will be happy.