I don't dispute any of what you wrote but look at the similarities: - RC is a professional woman who thinks she knows this game inside out, believing she will be great at it.
- Sherri is a businesswoman who thinks she knows this game inside out, believing she will be great at it.
- RC got into an early majority alliance with Abi, Michael and Pete.
- Sherri got in an early majority alliance with Laura, Matt, Michael, Shamar and Julia.
- RC wanted to be in charge but the edit didn't show that she was irritating everyone.
- Sherri wanted to be in charge and the edit showed that she was.
- Pete flipped the tribe on RC by using a simple trick.
- Reynold flipped the tribe on Sherri by showing they needed his challenge skills.
- At the swap, they both got a good deal, their tribe gaining strength which enabled them to coast to the merge. Neither used the time to improve their position. It was actually Sherri that did a little better here, at least gaining Andrea's ear even if she "can't help (her) and could hurt (her) game".
- At the merge there was a lot of maneuvering and game going on in each season:
- Reynold was Phillip's original target but Corinne saved him when she proposed booting Sherri instead. This plan failed. From what we saw at the reunion, Sherri took her loss well
- Malcolm was Lisa's original target but Pete saved him when he proposed booting RC instead. This plan worked. From what we saw at Ponderosa, RC went nuts.
I think the parallels are pretty factual so Sherri could actually be considered better than RC!