The money must have been to good at Oregon....Stansbury gone

[UCF08]

I'm surprised at all the negative comments on my post. I was never trying to knock UCF or Orlando. I love Orlando and wouldn't have been actively reviewing this board for the last 8-9 years, if I had an agenda against our Knights.

I was just pondering about Todd's departure and thinking of other possible reasons for him to leave. I didn't think my suspicions were out of the realm of possibility. Orlando, on a climate and topographic comparison, is a polar opposite to East Oregon.

If he left Orlando for an AD position in Houston, I wouldn't mind the negative chatter (I really don't mind it on message boards, either way). Orlando and Oregon have different weather, different terrain, different culture, etc.... If someone were to put down all our differences on paper, that compilation might make "War and Piece" seem like a short story.

It's a P5 school that can pay more and working there is more prestigious. He's not a UCF grad nor does he have any sort of close connection to the school, so there's no need to look much further than him being offered a higher paying job at a more prestigious university. Whether or not he prefers the flora and fauna of the pacific northwest isn't really factoring in here,

 

[Ucfmikes]

He's being offered AT LEAST $550,000 yearly as the last AD at Oregon State made $562,000 in 2013. He may have been offered at least $600,000-$700,000. He made $375,000 at UCF. Why are we even talking geography????

 

[Knight_Light]

It's a P5 school that can pay more and working there is more prestigious. He's not a UCF grad nor does he have any sort of close connection to the school, so there's no need to look much further than him being offered a higher paying job at a more prestigious university. Whether or not he prefers the flora and fauna of the pacific northwest isn't really factoring in here,

Ding, Ding, Ding.

Let alone Oregon State is a place where he lived/worked for 8-9 years previously...and is now returning as a top dog.

No clue how "weather, topography, geography, etc"...came into this discussion.

 

[UCF08]

Ding, Ding, Ding.

Let alone Oregon State is a place where he lived/worked for 8-9 years previously...and is now returning as a top dog.

No clue how "weather, topography, geography, etc"...came into this discussion.

I mean, I'd get it if he was featured in Mountain Climbers monthly or gave some interview about how his heart is in the Pacific NW. However, this just seemed completely out of the blue and came off as a weird rationalization that simply isn't needed.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

It's all about the $$ and moving up the ladder.

 

[Jaredf29]

Except he moved back for a job, hence not moving back until after he got offered a better job. Come on, you're just looking silly.

You mean like I said in my earlier post about how he has roots there?

 

[Central Floridave]

With Oregon State Beavers, Todd Stansbury returns to friends
http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2015/06/with_oregon_state_beavers_todd.html