‘”It’s sweeter, there’s no doubt about it,” Reed said last week, reflecting on his entrance after such a long and sometimes frustrating wait. “If it would have happened four or five years ago, it would have been sweet. But I think the longer you wait, believe it or not, I think it’s better because you really appreciate it, to a certain point, what it means. It really means more after all these years, because it seems like it’s even more deserving when you wait that long.”‘