Is it? He's been compiling a list of new managers for so long he's down to Felix Magath!
He's not the only one, or the worst offender by any means.
Dan's attack on "all the people who are slowly but surely having to open their eyes and take their fingers out of their ears" is the kind of thing I'm talking about.
Whatever you might think, you don't have to have your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears to believe he would stay. We're not party to all the facts, so what exactly is wrong with evaluating the situation based on the information that we do have? How is it preferable to jump to conclusions weeks ahead of time, based on gut feeling, and then when, more by luck than judgement, you are proven right, lording it over the people who quite legitimately questioned you?
At least if you have to do it, come back when it's actually been confirmed.