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I'm sure there was a significant part of him that hoped - probably against hope and perhaps naively - that there wouldn't be a problem between them. No-one could blame him one bit for trying. But I also suspect that once things blew up - as inevitable as night follows day in 20-20 hindsight...

I really don't think that's the case at all: the die was cast when Barber was appointed. I reckon Bloom knew that he was almost certainly appointing him at Gus' expense. From another thread, this snippet is important and well worth highlighting:

Well said. I also don't think it's at all a coincidence that the two appointments made since they forced Poyet out have both had - whatever their abilities - rather retiring, diffident, reflective dispositions. I very much doubt that the club could handle - or would want to handle - a strong...