Doc is wrecked by his own pessimism, is there any hope?

Doc's hatchet is a bad omen, don't you think? Gerry continues to have hope. You can't change her. --Rick

Gerry does a hatchet job on Doc

Doc's cryptic saying on his drawing of a hatchet in header photo is "No winner, no loser, no shiit!" What this means we don't know, but it is typical of the master--Rick