The day after the New Mexico board of regents voted to eliminate the university's skiing program last July, Fredrik Landstedt took a job at Utah.
This would be a better story if it all really happened that suddenly, with Landstedt storming out of the fateful meeting and heading to Salt Lake City, vowing to win an NCAA title and make New Mexico regret his move.
The real-life version is almost as good, though. After applying for Utah's director of skiing vacancy in May, Landstedt arrived in his native Sweden for his father's 80th birthday party and received an email asking him to come for an interview.