User blog comment:Coolio15/Canary Islands Boot Order/@comment-28340190-20190821024954/@comment-9949103-20190821033733

Clay, though being able to get out of a shaky start in the beginning from losing Virginia, always found himself more as someone's right-hand man. Early on, we saw him bond with Virginia and Julio. And after Virginia was voted out, Clay stuck to Julio, and somewhat Paul, like glue as they all had a common enemy in Jasper.

However, when he lost Julio and half the tribe was banished to a new camp, Clay found solace in Kerri as somewhat of a mother figure, letting Kerri order him around and give him advice and discipline as one of her "students" in order to get into her good graces. This would probably be Clay's smartest and biggest decision in the game, as this relationship would help carry him all the way to the final five without ever being seriously considered as someone to get voted out.

However, Clay's biggest flaws shone through when he and Kerri go on a flipping spree, getting Liz out at ten, then turning on Brianna even though she had just joined their side, then flipping on Jasper for being the controlling power player that he was. He was seen as a flip-flopper, but a lot of the credit for these plays didn't even go to him, it went to Kerri as the more vocal and aggressive one of their pair.

Putting his trust into Faith at the final five and joining in on the plan to oust Kerri with her idol was both an incredibly dumb move on his part and the final nail in his coffin, as he would be absolutely RAILED at the FTC for being a spineless player who just "goes whatever the way the wind blows" as both Robbie and Liz would point out. He would get no respect from anyone on the jury for, what they say as needless flipping while also riding Kerri and Patrick's coattails.

Ultimately, he would have been a fun character to develop, especially getting into his relationship with Kerri and he also served as a continuous opposing force to Jasper throughout the season. Ultimately though, I think he'd be remembered as a stupid kid who played himself into a goat position at the FTC.