A Hy-po-the-ti-cal
I want to qualify the following hypothetical situation by stating that this does not at all relate to me. Seriously.
Let's say that there is this guy. We'll call him 'Lou'. Lou has been dating Leslie for three years. Leslie is sweet, smart, and completely in love with Lou. Lou also has strong feelings for Leslie. There is definitely potential for these two lovebirds to take their relationship to the next level.
Unfortunately, there is one problem. Lou is still infatuated with Michelle, a girl that he has been crazy about since high school. Lou and Michelle never dated in the past, but they have always been close. Lou always wanted to date Michelle, but Michelle was never single. She has gone through a couple long-term relationships since those high school years.
About three years ago, shortly before Lou met Leslie, Michelle and boyfriend Boyd were on the rocks. Boyd was ready for a change in his life and just didn't seem to have the commitment and passion for Michelle that she deserved from her boyfriend. Lou sensed a potential opportunity. Even though Lou was dating someone else at the time, he started asking some of Michelle's friends about her relationship with Boyd and whether there was a chance she would leave Boyd for Lou. Sensing opportunity, Lou started spreading false rumors about Boyd to common friends. Needless to say, Boyd thought Lou was a slimy bastard.
Just a couple weeks ago, Michelle and Boyd broke up. They remain on very good terms, but they agreed that it was time to end their relationship. Not only is Michelle Lou's dream girl, but she is also a dream catch for many other suitors. Michelle is a monogamous girl, but she doesn't like to be single. Ever. Right after Boyd left her, Michelle was looking for other guys.
Lou faced a major dilemma. He has been dating Leslie, a wonderful girl, for a long time. Things are starting to get serious. Unfortunately, Michelle is his dream girl, and he is debating whether to break up with Leslie for a relationship with Michelle.
Sensing opportunity, Lou asks some of his high school friends to talk to Michelle's friends and find out if Michelle would be willing to date him. However, while this is going on, Lou does not want to end things with Leslie, just in case there is no hope with Michelle.
Lou finds out through friends that Michelle is interested in dating him. Michelle's friends think Lou is a great guy and would be a great boyfriend. Unfortunately, Michelle is still close with Boyd despite their breakup, and he constantly reminds Michelle that Lou is slimy, despite his charismatic front. Michelle decides that she wants to go out on one date before she makes up her mind, even though they have already had discussions about buying a house together. Lou decides that this is a fair request, so he makes plans for a date two days after he attends a wedding for Leslie's best friend.
Leslie gets wind of this planned date and is not very pleased. She makes an ultimatum to Lou and tells him that if they are not engaged and he does not cancel his date plans within 24 hours, their relationship is over. Fearing a situation where Lou could lose Leslie and Michelle and end up with nothing, he has his friends call Michelle to find out if this date next week is a formality or if there is a chance she could ultimately choose another guy. Michelle won't make any promises, but says that she might interested in making Lou her new boyfriend. Lou is conflicted. Does he take his current relationship to the next level or does he take a chance and give up what he has today and pursue his dream girl with no promises that it will actually work out?
What would you do if you were Lou? (other than take a shower to clean off the slime)
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Ok, so you probably figured that this is a thinly veiled analogy of the Les Miles-Michigan situation. It looks like he chose his current job over the dream job, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, how he went about playing his dream job to get the biggest pay day possible sits poorly with me. If Miles was truly serious about Michigan as opposed to getting a big fat raise, he would have stopped all back-channel negotiations until he was ready to have more formal discussions (in order to prevent media leaks). Given how this played out (as a money grab by Miles), I don't think Miles would have been a good fit as Michigan's head coach, even if he might have been Bill Martin's favorite. If Miles truly believed he could lose his job at LSU and lose out on the Michigan job if he approached this with more integrity, he would have easily landed on his feet at some other great football school. After all, he is a very highly regarded football coach.
Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press provided a great breakdown on what most-likely happened, if you couldn't already figure it out through my wonderful analogy above! I'm still not 100% sure that this is completely over, but it looks like Michigan is going to have to move on to other candidates unless something shocking happens this week.
Let's say that there is this guy. We'll call him 'Lou'. Lou has been dating Leslie for three years. Leslie is sweet, smart, and completely in love with Lou. Lou also has strong feelings for Leslie. There is definitely potential for these two lovebirds to take their relationship to the next level.
Unfortunately, there is one problem. Lou is still infatuated with Michelle, a girl that he has been crazy about since high school. Lou and Michelle never dated in the past, but they have always been close. Lou always wanted to date Michelle, but Michelle was never single. She has gone through a couple long-term relationships since those high school years.
About three years ago, shortly before Lou met Leslie, Michelle and boyfriend Boyd were on the rocks. Boyd was ready for a change in his life and just didn't seem to have the commitment and passion for Michelle that she deserved from her boyfriend. Lou sensed a potential opportunity. Even though Lou was dating someone else at the time, he started asking some of Michelle's friends about her relationship with Boyd and whether there was a chance she would leave Boyd for Lou. Sensing opportunity, Lou started spreading false rumors about Boyd to common friends. Needless to say, Boyd thought Lou was a slimy bastard.
Just a couple weeks ago, Michelle and Boyd broke up. They remain on very good terms, but they agreed that it was time to end their relationship. Not only is Michelle Lou's dream girl, but she is also a dream catch for many other suitors. Michelle is a monogamous girl, but she doesn't like to be single. Ever. Right after Boyd left her, Michelle was looking for other guys.
Lou faced a major dilemma. He has been dating Leslie, a wonderful girl, for a long time. Things are starting to get serious. Unfortunately, Michelle is his dream girl, and he is debating whether to break up with Leslie for a relationship with Michelle.
Sensing opportunity, Lou asks some of his high school friends to talk to Michelle's friends and find out if Michelle would be willing to date him. However, while this is going on, Lou does not want to end things with Leslie, just in case there is no hope with Michelle.
Lou finds out through friends that Michelle is interested in dating him. Michelle's friends think Lou is a great guy and would be a great boyfriend. Unfortunately, Michelle is still close with Boyd despite their breakup, and he constantly reminds Michelle that Lou is slimy, despite his charismatic front. Michelle decides that she wants to go out on one date before she makes up her mind, even though they have already had discussions about buying a house together. Lou decides that this is a fair request, so he makes plans for a date two days after he attends a wedding for Leslie's best friend.
Leslie gets wind of this planned date and is not very pleased. She makes an ultimatum to Lou and tells him that if they are not engaged and he does not cancel his date plans within 24 hours, their relationship is over. Fearing a situation where Lou could lose Leslie and Michelle and end up with nothing, he has his friends call Michelle to find out if this date next week is a formality or if there is a chance she could ultimately choose another guy. Michelle won't make any promises, but says that she might interested in making Lou her new boyfriend. Lou is conflicted. Does he take his current relationship to the next level or does he take a chance and give up what he has today and pursue his dream girl with no promises that it will actually work out?
What would you do if you were Lou? (other than take a shower to clean off the slime)
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Ok, so you probably figured that this is a thinly veiled analogy of the Les Miles-Michigan situation. It looks like he chose his current job over the dream job, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, how he went about playing his dream job to get the biggest pay day possible sits poorly with me. If Miles was truly serious about Michigan as opposed to getting a big fat raise, he would have stopped all back-channel negotiations until he was ready to have more formal discussions (in order to prevent media leaks). Given how this played out (as a money grab by Miles), I don't think Miles would have been a good fit as Michigan's head coach, even if he might have been Bill Martin's favorite. If Miles truly believed he could lose his job at LSU and lose out on the Michigan job if he approached this with more integrity, he would have easily landed on his feet at some other great football school. After all, he is a very highly regarded football coach.
Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press provided a great breakdown on what most-likely happened, if you couldn't already figure it out through my wonderful analogy above! I'm still not 100% sure that this is completely over, but it looks like Michigan is going to have to move on to other candidates unless something shocking happens this week.
posted by GaryGinew at 2:58 PM
3 Comments:
did you seriously spend like, all afternoon making that up? because I just spend at least 5 minutes reading that and trying to make sense of it thinking you really did need advice for a friend. Now I feel cheated and abused, and like I want my 5 minutes back.
I'm glad for Leslie that Lou decided to stick around, after her previous guy left her for Mia, ruined Mia completely, and then ditched her for Alice. Lou's MUCH better than that guy.
If only every girl could find a guy in it for long haul like Penny found.
Ha! I also thought gary needed some serious advice. Too funny! Look out, Gary, or when you really need some advice, we'll think you're crying "wolf"! (no joke)
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