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They're under estimating him and that means they're not paying attention.

But, they ranked him third most valuable. His tribe is paying attention.

But his tribe didn't get a chance to pick him. It was always Fang that got to choose a Kota. All they saw was a very skinny, old man. The fact that he was left standing on the third post, until nearly the end, means, what we knew all along, Fang's are playing Stupid Survivor.

It was a serious question - who should have picked Bob? Matty? Dan? Randy? Ken?

Taking things at face value, all they had to go on was the ranking of the tribe. In theory, Matty's choice of Ace (as highest person to pick) made sense. Now, did Dan skip Bob, in favour of Charlie because Marcus told him to? It's a strong possibility; alternatively, Dan skipped Bob because he just came from a dysfunctional tribe with not enough young, strong, men, and he felt a need to over-compensate? Randy, perhaps, could have chosen Bob, because he "appears" to be someone who would be weaker than himself, in terms of boot order. Equal ranking, for a reason, although we know it's for very different reasons, right? Crystal chose Jacque, but booted her... would Bob have been the boot if he'd been in Jacque's place? He was higher on the totem pole than her, yet she proved herself in the challenge. Ken, obviously, made the right choice. Is that the first time someone went against Ace's spoken wishes, lmao.

It's impossible to say what the outcome for any of them would have been if Bob had been picked sooner. So, yeah, Jeff's speaking from hindsight knowledge that Bob continues to be a productive member of his tribe, for awhile.

Probst maybe could argue that one of those people made the wrong decision, that they made a tribe so weak that it doesn't matter where they are positioned within it.

But Challenge wise, Ace and Jacque performed better than Bob at lacrosse (though, arguably, he didn't get a chance to prove anything because Team Marcus/Randy took over). And, Ken choosing Bob over Kelly would have been the downfall of his misfit alliance. (And they, for sure, would have ended up at TC, anyway.)

It may also be worth noting that the person who is third most valuable for the first couple of weeks in camp may not be so valuable later on. Bob was great roofing the house. Guess what? The house has a roof.

True, but I think he was extremely useful, beyond the roof. However, he is extremely thin; if he makes the merge, he could be a non-challenge threat.