Like the article said, "Read between the lines."
"Hearing Mike Guentzel's reasons for resigning after 14 years as assistant coach of the Gophers men's hockey team, you would believe he has simply done it long enough. However, reading between the lines, you might conclude that leaving wasn't entirely his idea.
Guentzel said he met with coach Don Lucia in the middle of the week, "and this was the decision that was made that was best for me and everybody else."
He does not say he made the decision. If he had made the decision himself he would have said that he decided it was time.