ngl I think you are all taking that CFD too seriously. there is no real reading of EoD2 that makes any sense from a "rational actors" perspective.
i'm guessing that the fog of war played into it, but more importantly: if the wolves thought that Max Brown was going to die, they would want at least wolf on that wagon in order to save face.
Do you think zfetch KNEW that his vote would be the one that killed Max Brown? With just minutes left? Did WOLVES know that it was possible to SAVE Max Brown given the circumstances?
Wolves would have been talking in wolf-chat, all screaming at each other trying to decide what to do at the LITERAL LAST MINUTE of the phase. They most likely decided, in that last minute, that "Max Brown is a lost cause, let's cut our losses" and stuck zfetch on there in order to save face.
Because here you guys are, right now, basically lock-clearing zfetch for *exactly that reason.* For all intents and purposes, their plan worked. Even if they lost Max Brown in the process, who was dead weight anyway.