Don't confuse the devs who actually code (and thus create the future of ETC) with the wishful thinking of the peanut gallery (who are suggesting silly things like a hard fork to [muh favorite] PoW.

ETH is also "split about the way forward."

That puts ETC in the catbird seat, as we may wait and see if Casper3 PoC or whatever actually works.

And we know from prior experience (VeriCoin, DAO) that PoW only works until a significant number of coins are stolen.

Then the whole thing becomes a clusterfuck, as conflicting interests pit the anti-rollback/immutability types against the ostensible-utilitarian/expediency-minded crowd.

Prior examples indicate the temptation+imperative to rollback from theft is irresistible+overwhelming to Core Devs, no matter the particular project under consideration.