Well, he has managed to last a lot longer than anyone could have expected. You are right, the new tribe will probably vote him off first unless they decide to reward him for doing what he did and helping them remain the majority.
Yeah, rather than Cochran (BTW, did Ozzy just write down Cock or was there more there?) being the court jester, he should be trying to suck up to two or three people. Being with the whole group just leaves him odd man out eventually. He needs to infiltrate and design a coup.