My take is something embarrassing has come up, which forced the University's leadership to issue the ultimatum.
It can't be that serious, or he would have been flat out fired.
So it has to be something less serious in nature, but given that this has happened so quickly, they don't want to deal with it publicly either.
I don't believe it would be good for the program to push Matt Davison into that role, even if that was the original setup Scott wanted.
Regardless, things now become political, because of the vacuum created, and like a game of Warzone, you just don't know how it's going to all end up, until the position is filled and things get settled in afterwards.
A part of me is also now worried about Nebraska's squeaky clean image.. I don't know why, but a part of me worries something may have happened that could put that in jeopardy. I hope not.
I'd like to see the University make another excellent hire, for the good of the program, and not just hire someone loyal to Scott Frost.
I also think they should take their time on this. No need to hire someone right away. They might need someone to do the dirty work at the end of the season if things don't go right.
Not sure if this puts more good pressure on Scott or if it creates bad distractions during the season.. I'd probably let the interim guy ride things for awhile and make a better long term decision for that position in Nov/Dec.