Except they didn't want to stay in the pattern! What they intended was an IFR departure on Rwy 32L due performance restrictions. This was not possible as Rwy 14 was in use. So had to go VFR initially. I can't understand why the Tower controller did not know the full details of departure destination
So what were they looking at doing then? My guess is they had never flown VFR in the US before. Launching on right downwind departure at 220-230 kts seem to get you into a whole lot of trouble unless you have good local knowledge.
Have a look at skyvector.com