Andrew Luck, and the superstar-to-executive pipeline

As the Stanford football GM, Andrew Luck oversees more than 100 players. The odds of any of them having a better college career than Luck are miniscule. In San Francisco, Buster Posey, president of baseball operations for the Giants, manages the 26-man roster and is responsible for a farm system that includes more than 150 prospects. There’s little chance anyone in the organization will enjoy a more successful career than he did. So why do they embark on this challenge? On "Section 415," Danny Emerman joins Kerry to discuss his profile of Andrew Luck, and the phenomenon of superstars who become executives in Bay Area sports.

00:00 Intro

00:28 Andrew Luck's uphill battle at Stanford

04:46 The duality of Andrew Luck

06:57 Buster Posey's difficulties running the Giants

11:41 Why role players often make better executives than superstars

19:24 Is the Bay Area uniquely full of athlete-executives?

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