People warmed up to Chan around training camp when he went after the Edwards hecklers and talked about one you go after one of us, you go after all of us deal.
I thought the OP was talking about Media coverage, not TSW posting which were pretty lukewarm on the hire as well.
Peter King was pretty harsh on the hire: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/01/19/mailbag/index.html
I recall the sentiment being much the same of, he got a raw deal in Dallas, but probably not a good choice from the media outlets.