The only sympathy that I can think of giving this dweeb is that he was bullied by his tribe... and yet, he was bullied by Coach. "If you don't flip, then we pick rocks, and that's a terrible way to play this game." Seriously? Coach was willing to go that route and not switch, so he pushed Cochran into doing it for him? That's not bullying?

No, I think there's a difference between saying 'you're worthless and you cost us challenges, we're going to make it clear you're on the outs with us' and saying 'you're smart and I understand what it's like to be picked on'. I would not consider the latter bullying by any means. I don't know if I'd consider the former bullying either, but it's clearly mean-spirited. Just because Coach buttered him up to get him to consider flipping doesn't mean he 'bullied' him, but kind of the opposite, making him feel accepted and respected.

I don't understand why the Savaii plan was 'solid'; I don't think anyone short of Rob Mariano could brainwash his tribe so much that they'd go to pick rocks - that's silly, there's always someone that's smart enough to realize that it's a horrible option. Even John, the condescending rocket scientist guy in Russell's season, who got voted out at the next vote - I'd say even he made the right move, from his perspective. It's possible that Cochran's best shot of winning would be to ride through the pick 'em with his tribe and then try to figure out a way to get on top if he was still in the game, but it's easy for me to see how if you're out there, you can always think of the scenario where you're for sure still there as making it possible to bail yourself out.

That said, I couldn't care less if he got voted out tomorrow, I'm completely indifferent to the guy.