Phillips and Fitz need to get their metaphors straight

[villox]

We all know that Fitz sees recruiting as an "engagement" and that you don't go around dating if you're engaged, which is why he drops recruits who have "committed" but take visits with other programs.

But then Jim Phillips comes along with this in regards to the B1G's new TV rights deal and the involvement of ABC/ESPN in it:

So...you should stay married, unless someone better comes along and offers something more? Which is it!

 

[NJCat]

We all know that Fitz sees recruiting as an "engagement" and that you don't go around dating if you're engaged, which is why he drops recruits who have "committed" but take visits with other programs.

But then Jim Phillips comes along with this in regards to the B1G's new TV rights deal and the involvement of ABC/ESPN in it:

So...you should stay married, unless someone better comes along and offers something more? Which is it!

Fitz is OK. Phillips is crazy to use the marriage metaphor for a business relationship. Just a dumb analogy.

 

[JournCat]

"We're at a different place and they're at a different place" seems like a pretty realistic view of why many marriages break up, no?

 

[villox]

"We're at a different place and they're at a different place" seems like a pretty realistic view of why many marriages break up, no?

Well, sure, but then it all breaks down when he says "We'd love to go to the altar and get married again, but right now we're just dating, and also maybe we can make it work and stay married instead of getting divorced". So are they divorced already but trying to reconnect and get re-married by dating? Or is the marriage on the rocks? I'm so confused!

Either way it was a terrible analogy.