I usually enjoy fights against average maulers (which pretty much means "noobs" as most maul users have terrible overall skill), no matter my class. This mechanic requires a completely different approach to the combat, and I like this variety and need for mental adaptation. You can't always repeat the same combat pattern, because it's usually vulnerable against mauls. Whereas very simple things like careful spamming, intelligent footwork or luring the mauler into attacking first work wonders. Mauls enabling very average players to score some kills doesn't bother me. I do care more about fun than skill (yet I do care about both).
One thing though. In the hands of good, cool-tempered blockers with 18/21 builds, the 2h maul can be a real problem as you can't simply spam and footwork won't work either. So you have to be extremely fast and concentrated to react accordingly to the mauler attacks (attack if overhead, block otherwise...).