[ernie]

Personally it was obvious from the get go Randall was going to win. His victory was guaranteed when Trump in the board room a few weeks ago talked about how disappointed he was in Randall but let him off the hook. In the end while Randall started very strong I don't think he finished strong and I think he actually struggled a bit on a few of the last tasks...I think Rebecca's assessment of him was bang on in that he loses the big picture and tends to miss key elements.

On the other hand while Rebecca had problems I think she was the strongest finisher and the only problem with her last task was simply bowing to Yahoo's wishes which in every episode of the apprentice is always what you do...and if I recall the spokesperson for the charity gave the idea of the brochures his blessing. It was a nitpicky point in the end that they exploited a great degree so Trump could simply hire Randall.

If you look at those episodes you had one truly professional event set up and run by Rebecca that got the blessing of every executive she worked with etc. The second event run by Randall was in all honesty the easier of the two I think and he did an amateurish job. It was about as bad as Tana's from the last season IMO, but atleast Tana had an absolutely huge event to organize compared to these tasks. Based on the last task no doubt Rebecca should have won...overall though it's pretty even so I don't blame Trump hiring Randall at all.

Now for what Randall did at the end. i absolutely agree with him that there should only be one apprentice. While this show may have jumped the shark with the book smarts vs street smarts theme and then Trump's willy nilly firing of multiple contestants it would have truly been over if trump hired both of them as Apprentices. There should only be one "winner". HOWEVER, I lost a lot of respect for Randall because while I agree with his reasoning that perhaps Rebecca isn't ready for an executive position (nor is Randal IMO who doesn't have much more tangible experience as Rebecca just more time spent in lecture halls) He would have come off much better and much wiser by telling Trump something along the lines of "There should only be one apprentice blah blah blah I don't think rebecca is ready for this type of challenge blah blah blah. But Mr. Trump, Rebecca is a truly smart and talented young woman and I think you should include her the trump organization in some manner. You'd be foolish to let this type of talent walk away from the table not a member of your organization." And really he would be. Anyone who hires someone like Rebecca is making a very smart business decision. she is a tremendous business talent and has the ability to lead quite effectively as we saw in the last task. As a new employee of the Trump organization I think Randall failed his first test and failed it miserably by letting a little ego get in the way of his thoughts and getting in the way of bringing in more good talent into the company he now represents. A stupid stupid thing to do by Randall.

In the end when all is said and done and rebecca gets a little more experience under here belt she will far and away outshine Randall.