I think maybe Elliot really wants to stay in Green Bay and leveraged SF for a step in obtaining the GM job here.
Or he wasn't going to get it and pulled out of the running.
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And apparently got more money in GB... another reason to look elsewhere. Leverage.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"