Talk:John Cochran/@comment-99.142.2.31-20111201154745/@comment-99.141.246.159-20111211012500

The result of him getting voted out implies that he was unsuccessful at working his way to the top of Upolu and that Coach played a good game in which he convinced his tribe they all had a final 3 deal, thus they didn't break and vote one of their own off. In other words, Cochran getting voted off wasn't the result of him move. Furthermore, Jim even confirmed that Cochran was on the bottom of their tribe and would of been first to be voted out if he stuck with them, when he told Cochran he was 6th with Savaii on Ponderosa. Thus Cochran took the best route. He chose a chance to win, over no chance to win. If you need more numbers let's consider jury votes. Cochran could of stuck with Ozzy's plan, played the double agent, lied to Upolu, played them all for fools, piss all of them off, and loose 6 Jury Votes. Or he could flip, pissing off 5 people, make good with 6 people, and only loose 5 jury votes. Hmm... Sounds like he made the right choice to me. I think the fact that he is out of the running is sufficient evidence that he was a weak physical player, even then he gave Ozzy a run for his money. It's also evidence that Coach has up to this point played a great game, considering 4 other member's (I'm excluding Edna because she caught on) of his tribe were convinced they had a final 3 deal, with Coach being one of those in the final 3, meaning only 2 seats were open. Logically they can't all go, but Coach did one heck of a job brain washing them, and for that he deserves credit for the outcome of Cochran's fate. If the Upolu member's could reason it out, they would of jumped on the Cochran train because Cochran had logic, but, they were thoroughly brain washed. Every thing considered, John made a logical move. And John never said it was a bad move, he said he regretted it, which is a natural thing to feel when you are surrounded by people that our bitter about it, and hate you for it. The numbers, the logic, the strategy, all there. The only reason I can tell that your fixated on his move is that it's consequence negatively affected either Ozzy, Dawn, Keith, or Courtney, which perhaps you are a fan of. If that is the case, I suggest you go to their Wiki pages and show them some love :)