Ozzy's gotta' be one of the most polarizing Survivor players ever. I mean, I know that Rupert is polarizing, but that's a case of
"regular" fans loving him, and Sucksters despising him. Ozzy, though, seems to divide many Sucksters.
Obviously, I fall in the Ozzy-was-terrible camp. No one has won this game with a strategy consisting of just physical domination. Sure, Brian and Tom dominated their seasons physically, but they also played very political games as well. In fact, people who have done very well in the competition side, racking up nice immunity runs in the post-merge (Kelly, Colby, Kim J., Rob M., Terry, Ozzy) have often come up short. The only bursts of strategy we ever saw from Ozzy were incredibly idiotic (i.e., "We have to throw this challenge and get rid of Billy, because if we don't, we'll probably lose a challenge, and then we'll have to get rid of someone.")
For me, he belongs near the bottom (only Dreamz's completely incomprehensible game was worse as far as runners-up go). At least with other runners-up, we saw players who were in the driver's seat but crashed right at toward the end (Colby, Stephenie, maybe Amanda and Kelly), strategized well but were too unlikable (Rob, Twila, Clay, Stephenie, Katie), or at least showed some ability to strategize at points (Lill, Amanda, Danielle, Courtney, maybe Neleh). I can't put Ozzy (or Dreamz, Cassandra, or Matt) in any of those categories.
Obviously, I fall in the Ozzy-was-terrible camp. No one has won this game with a strategy consisting of just physical domination. Sure, Brian and Tom dominated their seasons physically, but they also played very political games as well. In fact, people who have done very well in the competition side, racking up nice immunity runs in the post-merge (Kelly, Colby, Kim J., Rob M., Terry, Ozzy) have often come up short. The only bursts of strategy we ever saw from Ozzy were incredibly idiotic (i.e., "We have to throw this challenge and get rid of Billy, because if we don't, we'll probably lose a challenge, and then we'll have to get rid of someone.")
For me, he belongs near the bottom (only Dreamz's completely incomprehensible game was worse as far as runners-up go). At least with other runners-up, we saw players who were in the driver's seat but crashed right at toward the end (Colby, Stephenie, maybe Amanda and Kelly), strategized well but were too unlikable (Rob, Twila, Clay, Stephenie, Katie), or at least showed some ability to strategize at points (Lill, Amanda, Danielle, Courtney, maybe Neleh). I can't put Ozzy (or Dreamz, Cassandra, or Matt) in any of those categories.
