Board Thread:Season 28 - Generations/@comment-7654138-20151009180247/@comment-24215409-20151012005858

'''Sam, you think the jury would have voted for me or molly only because we had these underdog stories? '''

I do believe the jury would have voted for you based on an underdog story, that wouldn’t be the only reason but I think it would be the main one. I could be wrong, the jury may not have but that’s how I felt. It takes a lot of skill to be an underdog who gets to the end. When I say that one of the two of you would have won because you were an underdog it is something I say out of respect. In my mind, being an underdog who can manage to make it to the end is one of the most deserving people to win a game. Maybe we have different definitions of what an underdog is, but in my mind it’s a very good thing.

My definition of an underdog is someone who has faced a lot of adversity to get to where they are and yet despite everything that went wrong, they still managed to work hard and come out on top. Had you and/or Molly made it to the end, you guys would have done that. An underdog is someone who works hard to get themselves from the bottom to the top. They utilize many different aspects of the game to do that and are some of the most skilled Survivor players. Not everyone can pull off being an underdog, it takes a lot of hard work. Some of the most deserving winners from the show were underdogs like Danni Boatwright, Natalie White, Mike Holloway, Chris Daugherty and Sandra Diaz-Twine. Both you and Molly managed to shake up the game and turn things around to better your positions in the game even though you were on the bottom. We were all scared of both of you. We knew that the two of you were very strong players and had you gone to the end no one would have expected you to be there but they would have been thrilled to see you there.

Mihai, from early on in the game you were not in a great position. You managed to use your social, strategic and physical games to get yourself much further than anyone thought you would go. I can’t speak for everyone but I was genuinely impressed with how well you did and how well you handled being in the minority for such a long period of time. If I was on the jury and you were sitting in the end, you would have my vote. Imagine if someone from the original Bariq made the end? That would have been amazing! And that’s what an underdog is, someone who can overcome anything bad that’s thrown at them and still do an amazing job. You never sat back and accepted your fate, you fought hard every single day of this game, same with Molly and for that I have a tremendous amount of respect for both of you and because of that both of you would have been deserving winners.