The saga is over and so is Ange Postecoglou's reign as Tottenham Hotspur head coach.
A ruthless decision has been taken by chairman Daniel Levy and the board to sack the former Celtic boss, despite him delivering a first piece of silverware in 17 years.
Although, as it has been made crystal clear on the club's official website, this was not just Levy's decision.
"The board has unanimously concluded that it is in the best interests of the club for a change to take place," the statement read.
I find it hard to believe that such a decision would be unanimous, at least in the first instance. There may well have been some cajoling, some prodding, some 'you should really see it this way'.
This club of ours is not used to winning anything. In my 41 years on the planet I had only witnessed us win three major trophies prior to this season (I'm not counting the UEFA Cup in 1984 by virtue of having been four months old when it happened).
Of course, I agree that when making a decision of this nature you need to take emotion out of it, you need to think about the bigger picture, but that sure is hard after what happened just two weeks ago.
It felt like we had finally eradicated that awful Spursy tag. It felt like finally we had got that monkey off our back and we could stride forwards, heads held high and be what we have always wanted to be - winners.
Now, it is easy to feel like losers again.
Ange Postecoglou was not perfect, he will attest to that himself. He got things wrong, sometimes very wrong, but in exactly two years he delivered something higher profile names have failed to do in N17.
The players loved him. And he loved them and stood by them. He was always in their corner, always championing them, giving them the tools and the encouragement they needed to succeed. Many are probably hurting right now and it will be interesting to see who comes out and makes statements on their social media platforms and who, now he has gone, thinks about following him out of the door.
The football, at times, was thrill a minute. Just what Spurs fans needed after the set-up from previous managers. A ten-game unbeaten run to start his tenure was exciting and invigorating. That extraordinary 4-1 defeat with nine men against Chelsea was as entertaining as any victory I've enjoyed in my years supporting Tottenham.
He had a philosophy, a vision, a will to win and nothing was going to stand in his way. I enjoyed the stubbornness at times. It felt like he put two fingers up to the established football society in this country and said 'get stuffed'.
But there is an element of that lasting only so long. The Premier League is ever changing, you can't stand still, you have to adapt and change and roll with the punches and there were occasions when it felt like Ange was unwilling to do that.
There were extenuating circumstances, of that there can be no doubt. The horrific injury situation put us on the backfoot early on in the Premier League campaign this season and he was not helped by a transfer policy that focused on young talent for the future rather than the here and now.
He got on with it though. He played the hand he was dealt and when he knew any hope in the Premier League was gone, he focused on the Europa League. And boy did it pay off.
He changed his philosophy in Europe. Spurs became hard to beat away from home against Eintracht Frankfurt and Bodo/Glimt. It was all set up for a tilt at winning a trophy, something we have desperately craved for so long.
The final in Bilbao was one of the worst finals in living memory, but do any Spurs fans care? Not a jot.
We won. We lifted a trophy. We dared to dream.
The outpouring of emotion at the final whistle in Bilbao, in homes up and down the country and then on the open-top bus parade was incredible.
Yes the Premier League campaign was atrocious and some of the football we served up was shocking, but the focus was solely on the Europa League, you could see that. And you could see he was willing to adapt.
We needed to see him adapt in the Premier League and in my opinion I felt he had bought himself more time. At least a few months into the new season, with another transfer window behind him to bring in the players he needed for the here and now, to see what he could do. He deserved more time.
Alas, it is not to be and I'm sure he will go on and, as promised, win trophies elsewhere.
Thank you, Ange, for one of the greatest nights of my life. You will forever be a Tottenham Hotspur legend.