The nature of sports and its many fandoms can be pretty funny at times. How one athlete can experience both the highest of highs and lowest of lows all within one particular franchise can be an interesting thing to watch. It doesn’t take much to go from being loved to being loathed. And vice versa.
In Orlando, for example, just two blocks east of where Orlando City now calls home, many of the same fans that root on the Major League Soccer club were part of what is well known as the “Dwightmare.” Dwight Howard, the same man that helped lead the Orlando Magic to an NBA Finals appearance in 2009, then two years later finished second in the MVP race, burned just about every bridge on his way out the door, and probably wouldn’t be welcome backed to town by more than a handful of loyal supporters should that scenario ever come out.