I said it at the time, he made the right decision by dumping Al in favor of Saban. You would've had to have been one truly special kind of person (not the good kind of special) to turn Saban's offer down.
I still remember some of the ******* and fanboys like Franchise calling him cute little names when he got out of here. Dudes got clowned on when Al and company got shown the door and Mario just kept climbing the ladder. Your dumbasses would've been unemployed and looking for your next paycheck while Mario got a raise and was moving up in the world.
I have no idea how his story as a head coach will end, but even if he fails at Oregon, he's still more of a Cane than his detractors and far more successful than any of you in this profession.