He could have left apprehending criminals to the folks empowered to do so -- the police.
And so he could have left it to his son, could have left it to his granddaughter, but he chose to do so.
The French 21-year-old was going to be out of contract in the summer, meaning he could have left the club, although the Bulls would have been due a fee.
He had only 4 months left to be Treasury Secretary and he could have come off as a greater hero than he actually was handling the crises in a matter-of-fact pragmatic manner.
He alone could have ordered the laundry washed in private and left office with a reformed expenses culture behind him.
This is probably because he is worried that if left until later, it could have an impact on elections to Hong Kong's 60-member legislative council next year.
Tim Cook, who was made Apple's CEO after Mr Jobs stood down in August, said his predecessor had left behind "a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple".
Det Supt Steve Fulcher said he wanted to hear from anyone who could explain how her phone came to be in that area 32 minutes after she had left the club, a journey he believed could have only been made by car.
"I guess it could have been worse, " an elderly church member told him as he left the Sunday service.
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Motaeb could have nicked it at the end of normal time when he had a great chance on his left foot but hit the side-netting instead of the back of the net.
Powerful as it was in places, that manuscript, published pretty much as he had left it, was pitifully incomplete and nobody could really be sure how Pasolini would have brought it to completion.
The process could continue "until we won't have any hospitals left in the NHS", he said.
"We have four days left and in the second innings two or three players could make hundreds, " he argued.
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