Larry Ryan: Should we let coach Klopp write his own ending?

Klopp has not always clear-eyed, but has guaranteed full hearts. Arguably part of his winning secret is an acceptance you could lose.

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Back we go to Friday Night Lights. The TV show that had it all. Tackled everything existential. The ending. Did it matter whether the touchdown pass was caught in the dying seconds of the championship game? The sequence suggests to us that it doesn’t, cuts away as the ball arcs towards the endzone. Into focus instead are shots of the crowd, faces of the players, all those invested, all the lives coach Taylor has touched. We never see the ball come down.

What difference will it make to the work he has done if some kid catches it or not? It’s no judgment on the bonds he has built, the characters he has shaped, the community he has united, the legacy he will leave. Clear eyes, full hearts, could still lose. That’s the message. The coach can’t control everything. Does what he does and relies on the odd Hail Mary being answered.