Chester was certainly not a fan favorite for 3 of his 4 years here.
I don't think that is accurate. People loved him for the same reason people love Sencire Harris right now. Fans, well many fans, love the high effort guys.
I think the breadcrumbs are there to understand why Chester left. Hamer runs the defense, Tyler runs the offense, so what does Chester do? Anderson is the top recruiter, and all of Chester's guys get recruited over. Underwood has gone full transfer portal. Speaking of Harris, he took the RS because we brought in Domask and Harmon along with DGL. So was Harris going to see any real minutes? If we're looking to bring in Morez, and Booth, and a 5, I could absolutely see where Hansberry says wtf, I'm gone. We're recruiting over Butler before he even gets on campus. Epps didn't get along with Underwood and left, so I could easily see Chester saying what am I doing here? How is this building my resume? It would make sense that he feels undervalued.
Every opening is an opportunity. Bring in someone better and no one will care about the loss anymore.