An interview with Rob from the Boston Herald yesterday. I like how he says he may consider doing more survivor if the opportunity is right.
http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1244296
Boston Rob Mariano said he saw tribal execution coming, but couldnt do anything to stop it.
Russell (Hantz) was a monkey wrench in the game plan, the Canton native told the Herald yesterday, explaining his ouster from CBS Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Thursday night.
I went into this thing knowing this is a game. I went in playing with everything I got and never let up, said Mariano, the father of 9-month-old Lucia Rose with wife and fellow Survivor alum Amber Brkich.
Im proud of the way I played, he said.
Mariano, a three-time veteran of the Machiavellian reality competition, was evicted from the villain tribe after Hantz (Survivor: Samoa), his chief rival, convinced fickle players Benjamin Coach Wade (Survivor: Tocantins) and Jerri Manthey (Survivor: Australia) to join him against the Bay Stater.
The way (Russell) plays the game, he plays it in a way similar to the way I played the game in Survivor: All-Stars, said Mariano, who was runner-up that season.
Strategy-wise, we have similiarities, but we have differences. I would never sabotage my team to make myself look better, he said, perhaps alluding to Hantz bizarre actions, such as burying the teams machete.
That strategy will work to get you to the end, but it wont get you the million dollars.
I think he is doomed to repeat the same mistakes he had last season, Mariano said.
The reality TV star said Survivor, now in its 20th season, has changed tremendously.
I wouldnt change the intensity in which I played the game. It is always, You are either with me or against me. That is part of my personality. At the same time, youd be a fool to say that when youve played this game three times and won zero, Mariano said.
Viewers saw a kinder Mariano than they had in seasons past, but he said he doesnt buy the heroes vs. villains set-up.
I really found the whole moniker a little bit silly. It put a label on someone, so they had to live up to that reputation. In my own family, Im a hero to them. That is how they see me and that is all that matters to me, said the Florida-based competitor.
Mariano believes that Coach has sowed the seeds for his own demise within the game.
Coach is stuck. He is in a really bad spot now. The last time Coach played Survivor, it was all about honor and integrity. When the time came to back up his words with actions, he didnt come through on it, he said. He knew by doing this I was going home.
Now home, Mariano said he looks forward to taking his daughter to her first Red Sox [team stats] game later this year.
Im completely fulfilled with my Survivor experience. I got more out of it than the other contestants ever dreamed of getting out of it, he said.
But dont count him out just yet.
Through the course of 10 years, Ive learned to expect the unexpected. If it was the right situation, and Mark Burnett and the show wanted me back, I think I would have a tough time saying no, he said.