I say this merely to confirm your suspicions. You know full well I prefer the old over the new at all turns and as I remenisce in my lawn chair, shooing children out of my yard.
I'm also relatively certain that you rank nearly everything that is newer better, so I'm highly skeptical of your evaluation. For example, I would guess that you would conclude that Brian Kelly's best team would beat Lou's best team.
Perhaps the best way to confirm this is to ask what your opinion of the new Coke was at the time?