His motive is simple observation and a logical conclusion. You can hope all you want. It worked for that Disney wooden puppet kid but it seldom does in the real world. Could NVC come through? Sure. Right now it looks like the same thing I have seen the last 6 years : double talk and mislead the shareholders to keep the salaries coming in. Oh, and throw in some hired IR firm glue to keep the whole thing together a few more months.