Actually they could both be the bad guy. To use a wild comparison.... I think we can all agree that both Hitler and Goebbels were hideously bad people and yet Goebbels was subordinate to Hitler. Please note that I'm not trying to equate anyone at NDSU as Nazis. It is just an example.
Both Chapman and Taylor could have been in agreement on the matter, but now Taylor is answerable to the new prez.