Trent Johnson leaves Stanford for LSU

In somewhat of a bizarre move, Stanford head coach Trent Johnson has agreed in principle to a new deal at LSU. Johnson has been at Stanford as the head coach for 4 years now, but was an assistant when he first started coaching. It seems to be an odd decision, except for the fact that LSU will pay him more and he won't have to deal with the academic restrictions Stanford has. Still, leaving Stanford for LSU seems a bit of a step down, as Stanford is always a Pac-10 contender and LSU is much of an afterthought in basketball. Your thoughts?