It's funny how people pretend that it's a sure thing that Yahoo can be saved. Saving Yahoo has always been more like a moonshot than a long shot and this was true way before they even hired Mayer. Sure, she has failed to do so (expected) but let's not pretend that there was much that she or anyone else could've done to save the company at this juncture. Her pivot to content failed but in many situations you don't know what will work until you try it. She had her shot, she failed and will probably be fired now but let's not pretend that there was much that she could do in the first place. Yahoo looks a lot like a lost cause.