Jim Foster Recruits Kurt Warner, Explained：elephant in the room

What's really going on

Foster isn't selling a team; he's selling a second chance. He opens by naming the thing nobody wants to talk about — 'elephant in the room, I am sorry about the draft' — because he knows Kurt's wound is the rejection itself. Then he flatters the talent: 'But you got it all, kid. The whole package.' It's the pitch of a man who needs a quarterback as badly as Kurt needs a job. Kurt won't bite, though. 'I am gonna play football, and I'm gonna play it in the NFL,' he says, and calls arena ball something for guys 'circling the drain.' Brenda's the one who deflates it — 'It's like a circus' — which is exactly what Foster turns into a selling point.

Theme

このチャプターで学べること

• Circling the drain describes something failing and nearly finished.
• What if I told you turns an offer into a hook.
• The whole package means every quality is already there.
• Elephant in the room is the subject everyone avoids.

発音のポイント

• Think you'd — Blend think you'd into one run; it can sound like thin-kyoud.
• been looking — The end of been often fades, so it can sound like bin looking.
• what if I — Link what if I together; it can sound like wuh-di-fai.