Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-26018514-20180117203813

KingFubuki92 wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: the other issue is Ozpin has little to no political capital right now... so Leo is his only supporter(former) who knows who he is in the area... and the only other candidates are himself and Qrow(or JNR... but any of those 3 becoming the new "youngest headsmaster"  is a huge stretch bordering the impossible). What's more likely to happen is the Council will apoint a new headmaster, they'll test to see how trustworthy he is, and if trustworthy enough, they'll let him in on the secret.

It's implied a similar thing happened to Ironwood, as he mentions they invited him, not appointed him. So at the moment, they just need to wait for a new headmaster to be appointed. but for that Qrow and Oscar at least would need to stay and monitor them forsome time... which they don't have if they are to secure the others