The idols were there for anyone to find. Doubt they were passing secret clues to Russell telling him where they were. Also, you have to know how to play them. How many players have wasted them in one way or another? Don't see how you can say Russell put his tribe in a bad position. That's assuming their early vote-offs would have made the difference between winning and losing immunity challenges. Can't be proven one way or another.

Matter of opinion as to what makes a good player. Some very good players like Tom, Boston Rob, Yul and Ami might not have the temperament to ever be followers; but they were still good players. Would they have been able to take Rob down after they had control of the game? If they had it wouldn't have been with the help of Parvati or Danielle who would both likely have been gone.

Agree Na-Onka helped her alliance for much of the game. She may have even intimidated people like Fabio, Kelly and Alina and kept them on the defensive. But she sure hurt her alliance at the end. At some point you have to look at results. Russell had no shot at winning but he sure gave the winner of Samoa a great shot at it and he kept Parvati in the game (and let Sandra remain in it) long enough to make the final. Na-Onka's helped turn Sash from the most powerful player in this season into a likely swing vote. And she helped do it by quitting; something Russell certainly never did.