Board Thread:Season 45 - Molise/@comment-28340190-20180222031416/@comment-24830549-20180222043120

Hey Jason!

Before I get directly into the questions, I wanna address some of the stuff you said in your speech. First of all, I don’t think I took credit for stuff I didn’t do. If you wanna name a specific thing that I took credit for that I didn’t do, let me know, because I’m genuinely confused about what you’re referring to. I played my idol, I leaked my confessional, and I decided to vote with Jordan for one last vote at six. Second of all, and here’s where I’m gonna get a little fiery, I did NOT ride the coattails of Eli and Jordan. Jordan’s speech will attest to the fact that I had a lot of legitimate, important, and smart strategic input. When I voted with Jordan and Eli there was always a good reason. At nine I presented you with a plan to get rid of Eli and it was YOU who turned it down. I think, in the sense of flying under the radar and being a wolf in sheeps clothing, I did everything that you praised in Declan’s game, just with a bit more strategy. Just because I wasn’t on the forefront for every vote in the early merge doesn’t mean I was riding coattails. Honestly, I find it a little hypocritical for you to fawn over Declan’s gameplay and then call me a disappointing coattail rider. Declan and my games were more similar than you might realize. I didn’t ride Jordan and Elias’ to the end, and they can probably attest to that. And guess what? While they looked like massive threats who needed to be eliminated before the final three, I was able to slip by. That was by design. I didn’t wanna come off as a huge threat, especially since people like you made it clear that they intended mainly to vote off the biggest jury threats. So maybe I flew under the radar and didn’t stay at the forefront, but I was by no means a coattail rider.

Now onto your main question, what was my biggest mistake. I know you want me to say something like voting off trey or aligning with Jordan and Elias but I actually think it was something different. I think my biggest mistake was not lobbying harder to keep Juliette in the game. Now obviously I was a bit intoxicated when that vote went down but I think Juliette staying around longer would’ve genuinely been beneficial to my game. I was pretty close to her, and Harrison, who we kept over her, voted differently than me for the next four votes. It’s nothing against you, Harrison, but if Juliette stayed in longer than the first vote, I don’t think Aaron would’ve gone at 10, or Jerry at 9, and this might’ve been a much different game. We might’ve actually been able to pull off the Fanon Final Three. Not what you wanted to hear I don’t think but I’m just gonna be straight up with you. That was my biggest mistake in this fame.

Again I’m not a coattail rider. There’s a difference between aligning with big threats to advance yourself further and being a coattail rider.

Aaron/Elias/Jordan, I’m not dodging your questions! Aaron I’m still thinking through your juror comparison question. Eli and Jordan I started writing out my answers to you on my computer and I’m on mobile currently. I’ll get to all three of you tomorrow!