"It'll be my fault in like three years." And therefore he's not going to be taking responsibility for it. "What ship do I captain?"

If you say Enterprise he might have a moment of dying of fanboyish glee, because that is one fucking awesome ship. And even if he was in the process of tearing through the Academy and then the ranks of Starfleet as fast as humanly possible, the likelihood that they were going to hand over the keys to what was going to be the new Federation flagship to some kid fresh out of the Academy were not great, so. He might be hoping it's that even if realistically it might be something else.