Talk about timing.

In an eye-opening move, Missouri athletic director Mack Rhoades is leaving Columbia to take the same position at Baylor. Rhoades replaces Ian McCaw, who recently resigned from his post.

In doing so, Rhoades is leaving one school after an eventful 14 months (more on that below) to take a position at another school that's still dealing with the fallout of a major rape scandal.

That's not exactly a great look for Mizzou, to say the least.

"The past year has taught me a great deal about who I am as a person and as a leader. I am very grateful to the people I've worked with and come to know throughout the state of Missouri. The experience has helped galvanize a commitment to my core values and to the values I want to infuse into an athletics program," Rhoades said in a Baylor release.

"I look forward to the opportunity to join Baylor University at this important time in its history. I am excited to support and develop programs of the highest caliber, in facilities that are second to none, alongside coaches who are among the best in the industry, all grounded in a Christian tradition and committed to academic excellence."

Gabe DeArmond of PowerMizzou.com first reported the move, and USA Today's Dan Wolken later confirmed the report.

What does the Rhoades-to-Baylor move mean? Here are three major takeaways.

1. Barry Odom has officially been hung out to dry. There's leaving your first-year football coach behind and then there's leaving your first-year football coach behind during the biggest offseason media event in college football.

That's what Rhoades did to coach Barry Odom. In fact, DeArmond's report broke just before Odom took the stage on the third day of SEC Media Days. However, according to CBS Sports' Jon Solomon, Odom actually found out Tuesday night that Rhoades was leaving.

"Mack and I had discussions last night. That was a long night. I wish him the best ... Life is about opportunities," Odom said, per CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd. "Now I'm going to make Mizzou the best place it can be."

Still, that's bad timing, and it's embarrassing for Odom, who has been put in a tough position to answer equally tough questions right away. Moving forward, no matter who Missouri hires to replace Rhoades, Odom will not be "his" hire. That's something to keep in mind if Odom's tenure gets off to a rough start in the first couple of years.

2. Rhoades leaves Missouri after the most eventful 14 months an AD could have. Say this for Rhoades: His time at Mizzou was short, but it was not short on drama. He succeeded Mike Alden by officially taking the job in March of 2015. That year, the football team announced it would boycott practices and games until president Tim Wolfe resigned in the wake of racial tensions on campus. Wolfe, along with chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, did eventually resign.

Then, longtime coach Gary Pinkel announced he was retiring in November. The reasons for Pinkel's retirement were health-related, as he had been diagnosed with lymphoma in May of that year.

On top of everything else, Rhoades lost one coach (baseball coach Tim Jamieson) and could have potentially fired two others (basketball coach Kim Anderson and softball coach Ehren Earleywine).

That's a lot to jam into less than a year and a half.

3. Baylor gets some stability back from an administrative point of view. When you don't have leadership, things get chaotic. In the wake of the sexual and physical assault scandal that ripped through the university, three prominent figures -- McCaw, along with coach Art Briles and president Ken Starr -- eventually lost their jobs. That left Baylor with even less leadership than before, making long-term decisions difficult to make. It would appear, in fact, that McCaw's final job was to assign an acting coach (Jim Grobe, formerly of Wake Forest).

With a standing athletic director now in the fold, though, Baylor can make longer-term decisions from an athletics standpoint and return to some sense of stability. And by many accounts, the Bears are getting a good AD with a solid reputation and experience:

Right now, reputation is something Baylor desperately needs to rebuild.