I think there's a third option, he believed the story Chelsea's hierarchy were selling at the time? They were new owners and their history in the US was of giving coaches time to embed their ideas.
I don't think Potter would regret his decision to leave us. He's an ambitious man and offers like that come about very rarely, but I do think he'll forever wonder what could have been if he'd stayed at Brighton. After a steadily improving first couple of seasons, it really felt like he'd cracked...
I just didn't think it was a case of reading the room or otherwise, just passing comment that it's sad to see Bruno booed. You're right though, the booing was real panto stuff and did a) spur us on and b) seemingly destroyed Cucurella.
Add this to the tiresome (and ever lengthening) list of people Albion fans don't think praise us enough. Naylor does a decent enough job, gets more right than he does wrong and sometimes gives a it back after generally suffering constant abuse from Brighton fans on Twitter. I often think that...