Well, Potter is a good manager within the comfort zone of a decent to good side at — with all due respect — a fairly small club. Am I alone in seeing nothing that makes me believe he can take over a big club, with the ambition of being champions in their domestic league from time to time, getting qualification for the CL pretty much every season, and having a good shot at winning it (having already done it twice in the last decade)? We'll see.
If he had owners who believed in building for the medium term — I'm not even talking about the long term, just three years grace in which it would be acceptable to qualify for the CL and win one or both of the domestic cups — then o.k., just possibly he can make the transition up from Brighton and Hove Albion to Chelsea. Does he have such owners? Again, all the signs are against it.
Nothing against the guy. I just think the pressures of managing a big club, pressures which Klopp and Pep handle exceptionally well, will be beyond him. But if I were him, I'd want to try, sure.