From my perspective, Jack had a bit of a bum rap. For all the flak and ridicule he got for "Statesman's Vision" {and to be fair, with his stubbornness I myself often joked it was a sweeping vista of his own GI tract}, he was the lead developer for CoH's early stages. For all the needless chores and annoying design decisions Matt, Melissa and all the other devs had to uproot for years since he left, all the awesome things CoH had, from sidekicks, costumes, power varieties and adaptivity were designed and implemented while he was in charge.
Credit where it's due - without Jack, City of Heroes as we know it would probably never have been.