Meanwhile, Thrall was doing an amazing job of being terrible at being a shaman...
This alone was fantastic.
On the Zandalari patch:
[Vol'jin] did this quietly, because he still wasn't on awesome terms with Garrosh Hellscream, and the Alliance weren't on awesome terms with any of the Horde. Whether or not Garrosh found out about Vol'jin's asking the Alliance for assistance is currently unknown ... but you can bet if Garrosh found out, there would be hell to pay.
Vol'jin for Warchief.