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I wonder how much of that was because they thought the later, more powerful TF30s were still unsuitable (i.e. did they still have compressor stall issues), if they weren't 100% sure how the modified engines would work with the F-14s inlets (although I feel like the F-14's inlets had less issues because they weren't as restricted in airflow compared to the F-111 designs, which IIRC had changes made with each model to deal with the engine airflow issues), & how much was simply out of spite because they were still mad about McNamara trying to force the USN to use a reworked USAF design?