As stated above, Schwartz could easily have been attempting to leverage his position to be an HC again. Wouldn't everyone in his position do the same? No one walks up to their boss and says, "Aw shucks, I'd love for you to promote me but I'm totally cool with not being promoted too."
Basic logic. Whatever Schwartz said beforehand was hardly set in stone.
And yet, here we are, with folks dancing because of a single half.