I think a lot people give him that. Hell, I give it to him often for the lack of original mazes or concepts that can be great; but that seeing that he has vouched for the community (even though being turned down), it shows that there are people that do care.
That said, we also have to keep in mind this was not during the time of Karen Irwin coming on, and that I believe someone mentioned of Murdy having restrictions for the scope of the event under the long-running park president; Kurzweil. This may of been a precaution to not bring another controversial outcry from the GP (and that we have seen examples of that in the past, looking at you Barker and Salvation Army).