Gus is like a Rainmaker who comes to a town parched in drought who sells the citizens and the town leaders that he can bring buckets of rain and lush green gardens will grow. Day after day pass by and there is no rain, but Rainmaker's confidence never wanes and his belief is unshakable. Town continues to pay him and they try and maintain faith despite there being nary a drop. When questioned, Rainmaker Gus assures everyone to not focus on the lack of rain but concentrate on the "progress" of the cloud movement and "can't you feel the change in humidity?" and "I'm sure I felt a raindrop. It's coming!". The townspeople and leaders trust him and they want to believe the downpour could really break through anytime, after all he is so absolutely convincing they can't help but wonder if he is right and can see what isn't easily and immediately visible. 

 

That's where we are with Bradley. There's enough cloud movement to question whether he's a complete conman or not and his confidence is indeed convincing. What if we fire him two games short of the breakthrough? We'd be back to Ground Zero and have to trust in another Rainmaker. And we might be jumping on a Merry Go Round that never stops spinning.

 

My concern is that there were numerous points in this season where the weather seemed right for just that breakthrough and we all suspended our disbelief and the ground remained dry as dust  and we got the same usual excuses and promises. I'm ready for the Rainmaker to be ushered out of town, even though others' faith in him sometimes gives me cause to doubt. He's either a brilliant grifter or Gus is a genius and we're all going to feel stupid for doubting two years from now. 

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