Once you hit 40 and the pages flip faster down the calendar, you’ve likely found yourself watching a sporting event next to a younger person. Be it at a bar or a buddy’s house, you turn to the younger fella and say about a given player, “I remember when his dad played.”
You get that look back from the youngster, a mixed gaze of confusion and sympathy. A look that implies, “Man, you’re old.”
So when you hear the New York Giants are close to hiring Pat Shurmur, that thought bubble pops up, thinking you know his old man.