Hard to know. They certainly have not done anything else that was expected, so why would this be any different. On the other hand, if it makes business sense, using factors that we would never know the specifics of (at least with any degree of candor), anything is possible.
I personally hope it goes that way, but then I have been hoping for anything that gets us our game back. That hope has been fanned, then stomped on during this roller coaster ride we have been on, but hope remains. So, I will certainly be watching, and waiting to see what the new year might bring.