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La Mina was bland but there was a reason for that: La Mina could have been Burnett's ideal tribe, a tribe that rallied behind one leader that had military training facing what appeared to be the most dysfunctional tribe ever. According to Game Theory, La Mina should have destroyed Casaya. Since that didn't happen, the story had to tell us where they failed. To achieve this, the editing took most of the emotions out of La Mina to present them like a machine where only the numbers mattered.
(Note that their most touching moment was only shown in the recap where Sally opened up to Austin. Note also that Aras was presented as Casaya's leader in the recap.)

As someone who analyzes Survivor strategy through Game Theory, it was refreshing to see Burnett, another proponent of Game Theory, acknowledging that Survivor was also a fun experience, that playing like a machine wasn't the best way to go. That you can have fights and let emotions flow like Casaya did but still rally together when it mattered.