[Blue Baggie]

I see what you mean, Ska'd.
It would seem to be an unusual step - a demotion in fact - and I'm not sure that BD would've accepted, say, Head of Academy.
But it would be nice to think that that, or something similar, was offered.
I'm not sure that he wouldn't be respected in the same way though. I think he just has that quality in bucket loads.

Liverpool did it all the time, Busby / Ferguson at MU PlePleat at Spirs Taylor at Watford. As long as it's handled correctly it shouldn't be a problem.