Didn't Bruner say back in 2006, ""We kind of feel like we've got a tiger by the tail on the Makó-6 Well"

Idioms: tiger by the tail

Something too difficult to manage or cope with, as in You know nothing about the commodities market; you'll end up catching a tiger by the tail. This colorful metaphor conjures up the image of grabbing a powerful but fierce animal by the tail, only to have it turn on one.

The Mako-6 was a tiger, that's for sure.