Just throw in the towel and leave? By that thinking, he'd have already acquiesced and not let the world know about this, and we wouldn't be having this discuss

Just throw in the towel and leave? By that thinking, he'd have already acquiesced and not let the world know about this, and we wouldn't be having this discussion. I say don't give in easily without trying to improve things... he might even stay and shake up the department for the better.