HouseDivided06 said:
So I am a Survivor newbie but my wife loves the show. I am hooked. Pretty freakin fun. Curious the boards' thoughts on Rizo's play last night by not telling Ozzy. I get the thought process. He finds out that Ozzy and Cirie have a pact, he's hurt and wants to become Cirie's ride or die. But, Cirie ain't gonna be happy here. In my opinion, the smarter play would have been to work to get Joe out. He had an opportunity to get Ozzy to play the idol and get that out of the way while eliminating a big threat. Knocks out 2 birds in one night that way. Get Jonathan, Aubry, and Joe to think they are blindsiding Ozzy, tell Ozzy to play the idol, Rizo and Ozzy vote Joe. Gets an idol off the table, Joe is gone, Cirie is happy, and Rizo then has the opportunity next week or the week after to focus on Ozzy and partner up with Jonathan or Tiff or someone to start working to get the other threats out. I get wanting to get Ozzy out given his connection to Cirie and his ability in challenges, but I think there could have been more opportunity long term with blindsiding Joe, who can't strategize or keep his mouth shut to save his life.
I think you made a lot of great points, but I also think at this point, everyone left knows they can beat Joe on a jury vote. The only person who might vote for his "playing the game the right way" mentality on the jury is Coach.
Both seasons he's been on, once Rizo stops running his mouth, you see that he is a phenomenal strategist, I'd go as far as saying one of the best of all time on the show. He has virtually no shot at ever winning immunity, but he is rarely in danger at tribal. Plus, he was on Season 49 and is still around. Savannah - albeit a winner - was gone 2-3 episodes in.
I think his main reason for not telling Ozzy was that if he did that, Jonathan and Aubry, two of the players still in the game really trying to control the narrative, both don't trust you. And seeing as you also have an idol, that's bad news for you.
