The difference is that Poyet was a league one manager who hadn't managed anywhere else. Potter and his chums will get another job next season, at the very least at upper Championship level. And I would fully expect him to be a success- nobody was going to make a success of that Chelsea job this...
This is all very well, but in the highly, highly unlikely scenario they ended up with no jobs here once the new manager started, then I really can't see Boehly saying no if Potter decided he wanted them on his coaching team a couple of weeks after joining.
They can dress it up any way they...