Yeah, I don't think he's thrilled with being a grant-funded postdoc, and his department does not seem to appreciate him enough to make a position happen. It does seem likely if they do move that she'll be the one with more negotiating leverage, since she's the one with tenure already. IDK, it's complicated and sort of hard to guess at everything that's going on here.

There should be research! It sounds like fodder for a Chronicles of Higher Ed article, at any rate. Hmmmmmm.