“We can only do so much from the coaching chair, and we can only do so much from the management chair,” one of the executives explained. “Even though we have the authority to pull certain levers and push certain buttons, we don’t have the credibility of saying, ‘Hey, I’ve been there, I’ve done it.’ Players have. They’ve played with the best. He’s kept himself in shape. ‘Can you help teach these guys how to do that?’”