Of course it is all speculation, but I want to agree with this. It is not so much that RW wants to be sitting at the board having a discussion on all the options and granting permission, I just think that RW, like many of the team's fans, has bought into the hype one time too many, and got sold a duck when he wanted a swan (or perhaps a parrish when he wanted a swann, heh).
He wants to be in the loop on plans and directions the GM is GMing.