I wouldn't be surprised if Jay asks to use his own bow in the next challenge. I do think his ego is going to cost him dearly at some point.
It has already cost him dearly. It clearly says that the way some (perhaps all) of the team members feel that there is the team, and there is Jay. That was obvious by Jay being chosen for the elimination round. Consider, the whole team decided to let Jermaine make the deciding shot. Then it only took one shot, and it could have been anyone's shot to put Jay in the elimination round, taking him totally off guard.
Also, consider Jay didn't
beat Jermaine, Jay won under the rules. We are dealing with a small number of shots, and a target set up where the was only a small area that was "safe" to hit. One shot, just enough off to break a hostage plate was the deciding factor, under the rules. It was quite a surprise.
Jay is incredibly annoying. He is the self imposed leader of the blue team. No one else chose him for that role, and most do not like his egotistical "butt in with his opinion" nature.
I agree he is annoying (and the editing might be emphasising that), but I think he choose himself as team captain by virtue of the best shot in the very first competition. He was the only shooter to actually hit the bullseye. And the host did say two closest to the bull get to pick their teams. I do fully agree with the last part. Several of the comment interviews have pointed that out. I was irked about how Jay wanted to adjust the sights of the M1A for himself, expecting, I guess for all the other team members to remember to adjust it back. Not a good team idea. Rather arrogant, I felt.
For the kind of shoot they were going to be doing, each shooter using the same rifle, what they should have done was simply to have each shooter learn the needed kentucky windage for themselves during the practice.
But I guess its all about tactics. SO far, the teams have used the basic idea that it's better to work as a team, beat the other team, then compete individually. Doesn't look like a particular team captain is playing that way very often. But is it by design, or ignorance?
Tune in next week....
