I hear ya, it’s definitely a mercenary type of move. He made $1.75m at UNLV and Ryan Walters made $4.1m at Purdue.
If you hang around one year too long, lose a senior QB, lose a veteran or two defensively, and your team takes a step back record wise, then you are no longer a hot commodity on the coaching carousel. Purdue isn’t a very good job, but it’s not as bad as Walters made it look. I expect Odom will make them look competent next year and then solid the year after that, and he will be in line for another payday.