Mike literally told Davie as he was leaving that he was the one who decided. Nick agreed with it. It was still a blindside of the most likely player to win the game if they made it to the end. That should be looked at as a big move, and ultimately hurt Nick's chances because he wanted to keep a threat like Davie around, but it wasn't.
I think there's a bit of an ego thing with Dan and John. They see themselves as these massive awesome threats and see Nick getting them out (even though it was Davie's idol that saved Christian (got Jon out) and it was Carl's advantage that did all the work to get Dan out) so he gets this massive credit. But Mike getting out just as big threats, but with less egos, isn't given the same credit.
In pretty much any other season where a player who controls at least the last 5 votes, makes multiple blindsides, everything goes his way, that's considered a mastermind. But Mike overall was pretty nonchalant about it, which I think hurts his reputation abit, he was sort of an underdog who played underdog even when he took control.
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