Going back to religion, in a non-threatening and non-rule-violating kind of way, I don't recall Coach wearing his cross so blatantly on his sleeve in his previous visits to Survivor. Either he has had a conversion, or the editors clipped out that part of his persona and concentrated on his wild...
Did you see the outtakes from ep 1 on The Soup last Friday? Joel zeroed in on Brandon's obsession. He (Brandon) came off very stalkerish. We couldn't get that out of our heads as we watched him last night. You are right. Especially if I was Mikaela (sp?), I would be very concerned for my safety...