Preach it! Preach it!
Wally is the one, true Flash for me. (Heck, I even prefer Jay Garrick to Barry Allen.) Kyle Rayner is my Green Lantern (frankly, he was the first time I ever cared about Green Lantern), and as much as I like Oliver Queen I love Conner Hawke a whole lot more.
The most interesting thing Barry ever did was die.... he was a great plot device. I miss the Flash Family from those days; Max Mercury, Jesse Quick, Impulse, Jay, Wally....
I actually liked Hal.... I could actually emphsize with his tragic fall. All the power in the Universe, but isn't allowed to save his City? Completely losing it? Going Anakin Skywalker.... before Anakin Skywalker? Justifying all of his atrocities because by that point, he was in too deep, but knew if he kept on pushing and rebooted all of time, he could fix it ALL.... so the ends justified the means.... because he was going to undo every death... meaning it wasn't even real.... completely fascinating storyline to me.