But what I'm trying to say is that I never got the impression from *anyone* that Norman Osborn's Merry Band of Psychopaths was meant to be for the long haul. It was pretty much set in stone that they were going to turn on each other. The Cabal one-shot had Doom planning on backstabbing everyone on the team. So Mavel's not admitting they were wrong about the Cabal not lasting because they had never said otherwise.
Now, if Spider-Man turns to shit and they reverse BND, that would be another matter...