Hello there my far north friend, I see you're still engaged at some level with this Jerry Springer forum... well let me opine some too.
While I had a short friendship with the lovely Cristobal parents during Luis' and Mario's playing years, I personally didn't want Mario to coach the U, rather I wanted him to stay with the Ducks and wished him the best there. However, CIS insiders said that Mario was very interested in returning home to be with his family and parents whose health was worsening.
As much as Butch did to our program years ago, along with his recruiting genius, I believe now he's not the messiah that will take us the promised land... besides he'll be 71 next month. His abysmal record at UNC and FIU doesn't help either. However, his hat trick in the 2019 flop-bowl when he spanked us was amazing stuff.
One last thing... don't think that there were a lot of fans (especially on CIS) that wanted Mario... and I'm not counting the cretin Cuban bashers in the equation either.