You are probably the first person I'm seeing who misses Sander. Dude was an insufferable cunt to such a huge degree, that even people who shared views with him (including me, to an extent) were happy to see him leave.
He was basically abusing his admin rights and banning people who expressed a different view than him. Sure, some of the people (like Vergil) more than deserved to get banned, but he also banned folks who were respectful in discourse and simply expressed disagreement.
Banning people because you disagree with them and using your authority to mold the community to your own worldview is not good moderating. I wouldn't mind if he was still around, but I would never want an admin like him.
Edit: I will use this funny Nazi thread to shamelessly promote my
Hass is Nazi Fallout 2 Let's Play. WAKE UP SHEEPLE