It’s a funny thing to bask in another person’s self-reflection, to note their reactions as stories of them are recounted and videos of their peak moments are shown and set to music, instances in which they excelled precisely at what they set out to do. In sports these memories do at least residually belong to you, too, having watched and lived them in your own way as younger versions of yourself. While it is that athlete who truly knows those achievements, can feel the sense of time and effort they spanned, and is undertaking the personal journey of appreciating them and moving on to a new chapter, the fan experience is not so tethered to such existential realities, and each of us must conclude as best we can what it means to cement the conclusion of both one great career and the dynasty it helped make up.
This is what follows serendipity
