Seven weeks ago, Graham Potter left Brighton & Hove Albion for a team lower in the Premier League table.
Months after leading the Seagulls to their best-ever top-division finish -- ninth place in 2021-22, just five points away from qualifying for European competition, with late-season wins over Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United -- Potter's team had started the new season brilliantly, beating United again and walloping Leicester City 5-2 on the way to fourth in the table. Chelsea was only three points behind them in sixth, but had just fired Champions League winner Thomas Tuchel after a disastrous start to this season's European campaign.