Yeah I feel that. I heard the same story and was kinda saddened, because the bit works when you believe it is some old dude just going off, it wouldn't work if it were just some randos. So I decided to look into it and even found an interview with the guys "helping him" (this was years ago, no idea where to look for it again) where they more or less admitted they got brought on after a while and slowly took over more and more as the Sheik aged more and more.