The point is that yeah, they basically did become tag alongs for Cirie. Both wanted to take her to the end (Which was especially retarded on Aras's part because against Cirie it would have been too close to call, whereas against Danielle he wins easily). IMO when someone is taking strategic direction from another person to the extent that their entire endgame is being run by that person they become a tag along. As happened to Aras/Danielle.