As Rangers ownership conducts its search for a successor to Glen Sather, this hiring of a president gives Garden chairman Jim Dolan and the team the opportunity to expand and modernize the front-office infrastructure and bring the franchise to the cutting edge of the industry.
The Rangers may be limited per the collective-bargaining agreement on payroll, but they are not limited otherwise in how they invest their considerable resources and economic power in areas such as sports science, biometrics and analytics.
Sather on Thursday met with the team after he met with Dolan to inform the players of his decision to transition from the presidency he has held since June 2000 to the senior adviser role he will begin once a successor is hired.