John Carroll / the submarine man
12th Place

So early on at Jaburu, alliances were basically made within the first two or three rounds of the game.  By this time, I was aligned with Brad, Brandon and Todd, while I knew Brad and Brandon were also aligned with Ami and Shambo to keep them loyal.  Unfortunately with all of early scrambling, you were left out of the loop.  I think you really tried to be a big part of this team but at the same time I think a lot of the pre-existing friendships sort of alienated you right from the start.  It's not that you're a bad guy or anything, in fact it's quite the opposite.  But in this game, I think people saw you as a little flaky because of the fact you didn't seem to communicate with everyone as much as the rest of us did so it felt like you were always one step behind at all times.  There were times where I felt you were trying to fly a little too low under the radar and I think had you stayed, you probably would have gone after me since there was that random phantom vote for me that showed up at that one Tribal Council.  Why you picked me, I'm not sure, but thank you for giving everyone the idea to vote for me since after you left I started seeing my name a lot at Tribal Council LoL.