He was actually very knowledgeable about the insurance/reinsurance industry and very helpful in some ways. If he was here, he would have to eat a lot of crow, so he might take on the personna of a basher. On the other hand, he could apologize one simple time, and become a respected member of the researchers here. As stuck as he was on the likelyhood of a poor runoff, he should be able to respect that the runoff has yielded returns for at least the La Salle portion, and has cleared most of the TWKGQ outstanding debts.
If you ever bumped heads with a Teacher who followed the script of a pencil pushing burocrat, and taught from an incorrect textbook, you might have an idea of how much I learned from McLaren by thinking for myself.