it's an interesting tactic by Rob.
I think this a fair summary.
It's a bit like having 10 tenants in the house
The landlord has said to Rob, whom has been a problem child in the past. I know you have potential as a tenant and pay your rent but I'm watching you buddy.
You are on trial and can stay for four years but you can't smoke in the house, get drunk, have orgies and go of the rails.
Unfortunately Rob has fornicated, drunk and smoked. Not quite to death but fairly close.
He knows he mot met his metrics and in two years is bound to be kicked out. In short he knows he's fudgeed
He therefore gangs up with the other tenants, acts as top dog, starts swinging, blames the landlord and threatens to beat him up and take over his house.
Have I missed anything?
The landlord of course isn't broke, he's just taken all the rent from this house and used it to fund all of his other houses. In the meantime he has no idea how to get this house back in order, just that he wants to keep owning it.