Quoted from DefaultGen:I always thought he was taking the PHOF with him to the grave since he never wanted to hire a proper staff.
I still think this.
The lack of any real specifics in the article (timing, donating/selling or just turning over operations, what will he do next, etc.) makes me think that the "protege" thing was a mention that came up only in passing, and the author decided to run with that as the focus.