Dylan: In my opinion, you sort of hid behind your 2 idols and just coasted for a long part of this game. IDK what strategic moves you tried to make other than the ones Cole, Austin, or Joey told you to make. At the Final 4, I think had it not been for Austin telling you to vote for Joey, you would have coasted again to vote me out 4th, again just doing what the other 2 told you to do. I think you also made a dumb strategic move bringing Austin here over me and you said yourself that was a personal choice. I’m struggling to find a reason to vote for you to win because you rested on your 2 idols instead of competing in competitions until the Final 5 and I don’t really see any move that you made that (1) was your idea or (2) was a smart strategic move to build your resume. Please tell me why I’m wrong, prove to me what you did in the game because it’s very unclear, and explain to me why you deserve to win over Austin.
Final 8 Cole and I devised the plan to keep Christian with Mich, and after Mich understandably didn't want to do it, I was able to shift blame onto you/Cole the most, which strategically set me up well to have a lot of working relationships with basically everyone in the game except for Louis, who Cole was working with. Final 7 was ALL my idea, I told Mich to play the idol, in an attempt to save him because we were close and I knew I could work with him better than you or Louis. Had Louis not self voted, you likely would have gone that tribal which was a plan Cole and I put into motion. I really don't think Cole told me to do this, as both of us came up with parts of the plan and I was the one able to use all my relationships to position the votes where I wanted them to go (except for Louis's self vote of course.) Final 5 I wanted to work with you/Mich, but because you weren't online I thought you had already put your vote likely on Mich and I didn't want to out myself at that vote. As for final 4, yes I likely would have voted you but I was shocked Austin was willing to turn on Joey, and the alternative was for me to have to draw a rock. I felt like I could have a good shot at the final immunity, and that I could try to convince Austin to take me so I didn't see the need to draw a rock when there was still a good chance I could get to the end with Austin anyway.
As for coasting, I get why you say that but I was building so many relationships in that time where I was working with Cole, Mich, you, Joey/Austin near the end game. I really don't believe anybody knew as much as me as far as the dynamics of the game were concerned, as people like Joey/Austin wanted Cole/Mich out, you/Mich wanted Cole/Joey/Austin out, and Cole wanted Mich/Joey/Austin out, but no one was after me because of the relationships I built, not the idols.