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Amac

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
An article posted at the The Day, Eric's hometown newspaper, profiles his family and friends' reaction to his performance on BB to date and has an interesting comment.

"His losses in the competitions to become Head of Household (the weekly powerbroker), his colleagues said, was all strategy.

"'He said he was generally going to avoid Head of Household so he didn't get put in the position of having people angry at him,' said firefighter Brian Kiely.

What do we make of this in light of how close Eric came to winning HoH last night?

Bmh

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ya right he just lost..but maybe it is right I mean he made like each hg like 7 ft. tall..well that HOH really cost him..he is most likely going this week

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
As long as he told everyone he was going to lose the HOH competitions *beforehand*...he has covered his a$$, so now he won't look stupid for stuff like thinking that the three evicted Hgs (Tonya, Lori, and Amy) had an average hieght of about 7.4 feet EACH!

Tracy

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is this thread title an oxymoron?

Kk3

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think he prob did avoid the other competitions, but really tried for this one. I don't really understand the 7ft comment, was that a small joke?? LOL

I really like Eric, hope he makes it!

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
KK3...in the last HOH, Eric thought that the three evicted HGs total combined height (in inches) was 268 inches....which averages out to 7.44 feet each.

:-)

Lancecrossfire

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought Eric would take the easy way out--say all 3 were 5'4", or 64" each 64x3 is 192. It would have been close and would have been easy to figure out.

7.44 feet--yep. Makes you wonder.

Kk3

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 04:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, actually I did understand what they meant, was just kidding with the poster who didn't seem to like Eric. :) (notice the smile)

I assume that he messed up by adding a fourth person into the mix. All the questions had been about 4 people, not 3. Quick math under pressure.

Charlesfk

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 05:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If he didn't want the HOH he would have missed much earlier...

Keiffer

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 05:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually... Sanfran correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Eric say he didn't get the question right, or something and added up all 4 of the people on the paddles for his number?

Not only did he get that number WAY wrong, but he missed at least three questions prior to the tie breaker, and only stayed in because the HG's missed too. I think that once he realized it was just him and Gerry he did try to win... but up until that point he was prepared to loose.

I should also add that you feel 80% sure you wont get put up in a given week then you should avoid the HoH. The biggest reason that Lisa is getting put up right now is because she got HoH the first week and made an enemy of Gerry (even though she did what he originally agreed to).

Sanfranjoshfan

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Keiff - I don't recall if Eric made any comments about getting the question wrong....and his answer does pretty much look right if you add FOUR heights....you may have a point there.

Still, I don't see how telling his friends that he would avoid HOH before he even went inside and met the other HG would be a good strategic move. He could've been faced with a couple of REAL alpha males (or alpha females...I don't wanna offend the ladies! LOL) that couldn't stand him from the onset. I don't think BB is the kind of game that you can work out a good strategy with until you meet the other players....after all, it's the other players' personalities that are the basis for all the strategies.

Bottom line....who really knows for sure besides Eric? (although from where I sit....the title of this thread *does* seem a little "oxymoronic") LOL

Scorpiomoon

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 05:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For someone who supposedly is throwing HOH competitions on purpose, Eric sure was upset yesterday.

Maybe it's unfair to compare, but last year, Will openly threw competitions for the exact reason Eric's co-worker outlined. And from watching Will's behavior, you knew he was doing it on purpose and he didn't make a big deal about it.

Eric was ready to punch a wall last night.