PE 9/11 Passed Up Again?

Sounds like a case of sour grapes to me.
ex> After being turned down for membership to the country club, Bill suffered from sour grapes.

Anyway, Joe set all the sale records in our office and was recruited by all the other top firms for two straight years.
* be recruited: to be sought after by a team or company
ex> After high school, Beau was recruited by three Major League Baseball teams.

I can't believe you're taking Klein's side instead of mine.
* take sides/take one's side: to go along with one person or idea over another
ex> I don't mean to take sides, but I think you were completely wrong to speak to her that way.

I'm not taking sides. I'm just offering you a dose of reality.
* a dose of reality: a painful truth that one must accept
ex> I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, I'm just giving you a needed dose of reality - nobody thinks you are funny!

I think the conference will be the perfect chance to resuscitate your career, before it ends up D.O.A.!
* resuscitate: 소생시키다
* D.O.A: abbreviation for "dead on arrival"; a way of saying that something has failed or ended before there was a chance to fix it
ex> After a three-year hiatus from boxing, the fighter's revived career was D.O.A. the first time he stepped back into the ring.