Yeah, I'm totally in agreement there. We had a similar situation where the Green Lantern 75th anniversary variants barely featured Alan Scott. He's the Lantern that, to my mind, should have been the centre of attention in such circumstances.
I'm not a Hal Jordan hater, quite the opposite in fact, but agree that he should have taken a back seat on that occasion. Same with the lack of Jay Garrick in what should have been his anniversary.