It can be argued that what he was most afraid of, he willed into existence by his actions, but he's not necessarily wrong with the first part of that statement. He was reluctant to take the job but Matt Davidson (old roomie) and Coach Osborne kept pressuring him to be the savior. When he accepted, his demeanor was more of an obligation to his hometown state than what he truly wanted.
His first season I saw a lot of similarities with CMC's first season here and thought it would follow the same trajectory for Nebraska. When head scratching losses kept happening over and over again, he didn't handle the adversity well as we all know. It is easier to blame/regret the past for your personal failures than to own up to the situation.