‘”For me, I took it as a badge of honor,” Doan told me this week. “He was my mentor growing up and my idol, so he’s something that if you’re ever in the same conversation as him or your name’s used in the same breath as his, then it’s an honor for me and my siblings and my family. It’s something that I think a lot of people try and use it against you, but to me, at the end of the day it was always a compliment.”‘