And that is why he wasnt that good!
Please try to remember that Hal being trained was added retroactively some 30 years later.

For the first 30 years of his career, Hal trained himself & then lead 3599 other GLs into battle, lead them not worked with them.

Hal was universally recognised as being the best GL period.
Just about all 3599 GLs would defer to him, which is a pretty impressive thing to have on your resume!

Hal was a natural leader & an amazing strategist as GL, it was only as Hal that he seemed to have failings (women troubles, job troubles).

Sadly before he went mental, DC felt it necessary to make him a whiney crybaby.

Rayner was just a cookie cutter hero, based loosely around Peter Parker/Spiderman.

Snarf is shit. His death will be rejoiced!