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Season 16 = Dumbest Cast Ever...?

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everbloom:

--- Quote from: chill_sd on April 14, 2010, 09:21:27 AM ---Here's what I don't understand.  Several people, including Luke, have made statements like this:

--- Quote from: DeafRacer on April 12, 2010, 08:00:11 PM ---Joe & Heidi and Carol & Brandy deserved not to be U-Turned. They showed their strong racing skills and they deserved their spots in the Final Three.   :'(
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Well, if they had "strong racing skills" it was probably a good idea to U-Turn them.  When Mike & Louie U-Turned Joe & Heidi, they were right behind them, despite Joe's bum knee.  When Brent & Caite U-Turned Carol & Brandy, they were also right behind them.  On both of these legs, Jet & Cord were struggling.

The editors have certainly highlighted the personal nature of the U-Turns, but there were strategic reasons for both of them also.  And both teams that used the U-Turns ended up in the Final 4, so I would say they were successful.

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Actually, the cowboys weren't struggling on the Joe/Heidi U-Turn leg. If I remember correctly they finished that leg with the 2nd best time.

Jeff was right. U-Turns were mostly personal. I'm not really satisfied with the F4 this season though. The two teams that did use the U-Turn feel like extra baggage to me. I'd much rather see Steve/Allie in there. I find Caite annoying, and what with the cops thinking that they have the best moral values.

Jobby:
Nah actually, people who don't see the U-TURN strategy fail to understand the theory behind it.

If I were on the race and at the first U-TURN as one of the front teams, i'll use my U-TURN on either Michael and Louie or Jet and Cord because both of them are in the lead and i'll want them out of the race.

If i'm one of the lagging teams, my strategy would be to U-TURN Jeff and Jordan or Brent and Caite to ensure they stay behind me.

At the second U-TURN in Singapore, it was EXTREMEY dumb not to U-TURN the cowboys or the detectives once again.. especially after the detectives did a hat trick and the cowboys going from sixth to first.

If i'm a lagging team, i'll still U-TURN a team behind me for sure.. and i'm pretty sure Brent and Caite knew the cowboys were behind them. It was a solid pure DUMB move not to U-TURN them and i hope Jet and Cord WIN the race to let these 2 dumb teams who chose not to U-TURN them regret their choice.

Jobby:
I just don't think the detectives and Brent and Caite deserved to be in the final 4. Very turn off!

Ruth:
Well I don't like this season as much as previous seasons because the teams I really like have been eliminated way too early. Adrian and Dana, Jody and Shannon, Steve and Allie. What's left of the final four, I like Jet and Cord and the brothers, but I don't love them so if either of them wins the race, I'll consider this season redeemed but I won't be elated. Brent and Caite and Mike and Louie... They're just BLEAH. If the former win the race, this season will go down as one of the worst seasons. But the fact that I don't really love the teams remaining doesn't make it a bad season. Perhaps it's a boring cast, but I still love the race.

DavidJunior:
the U-turn choices aren't as dumb as everyone thinks.

Yes, the Cowboys are the strongest performers this season, but does that mean both Joe/Heidi and Carol/Brandy weren't stiff competition?

Joe/Heidi were consistently in the top half, and the times they weren't in the top 3 were Leg 1 (had trouble finding the paint task, whereas a couple teams didn't), and Leg 3 (where they had to switch detours after wasting a huge amount of time on the first one).  Had they not been U-turned they would've easily finished third that leg, and maybe even 1st if not at least 2nd on the next.  Just because Joe's knee was bad, did not count them out of the race.  Yes, they were U-turned for personal reasons, but that just proves that people would rather have a nice team perform extremely well, than a mean team perform relatively well.

Carol/Brandy were consistently in the top half as well.  and even when they bickered and fought, they still managed to beat out several other teams. Not to mention they were also the smartest team left.  And if we all look back, the vast majority of final tasks had a mental task, which usually relied HEAVILY on memory.  Do you think Brent/Caite, Jet/Cord, the bros, or the detectives could pound that out at record times? How about Carol or Brandy?  Would they be able to complete that quickly? So, if Carol/Brandy made it to the finale (which it looks like they probably could've at this point), and they just stuck with the pack on that last leg, they would easily be able to beat out whoever they were up against at that memory task.  and that task is almost always right before the finish line (sometimes within running distance).  I would argue that Carol/Brandy could easily have won had they not been U-turned.

and unless Jet/Cord actually do win, these U-turns do hold up as good decisions.  Because both of these teams would've been very tough to beat on that last leg.

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