As someone who proudly and fondly knew Deena, I'm sure she's at the very least heard of this thread or others and even if she did not, has probably received at least the whisperings of this kind of talk.
When you are that as good as she has been, you have also long learned how to manage this talk emotionally. It is a fact of the sport and you eventually realize none will ever be satisfied no matter what you do and so this doesn't really stir up, or bite quite as bad as some might hope....
..but on another note, if she IS reading this, I'll be the first to say that the twilight end of one's career at this level ends pretty well. At least it did for me. I went through a year of denial (injuries, age), then anger, then depression. Then I found REAL peace (no pressures). I disappeared from everyone about two years. Then when I reemerged a more typical citizen, everyone treated me like a superstar anyway. I was shocked when I ran a race and some kid smacked me down so hard and I ran almost two minutes slower in a 5k, then I was walking to my car and he and his family wanted to get a picture with me and he looked at me as if I had just won Boston in a course record. I saw that my career was continuing to inspire people long after it was dead.
Even better, once I assimulated into a real job, I found that I possessed beyond average mental skills from my career and I moved very quickly up the social mobility chain. I had a really easy time getting dates. Best of all, in my hometown community I make a real difference in their lives. Lots of hometown kids believe it can happen to them, too and I stop to really talk to people with all the caring in the world.
I realized I had learned humility, confidence, planning and unwillingness to surrender on a totally different level than most in my profession and my life totally rocks now.
So Deena, aside from the fact that you will retire a millionaire, life beyond all this that awaits you is grand!!! (..Grander! )