Everyone has a preference. I think a lot has to do with where you are in dogs also. Are you in a place where you can out game the woods and live or is it thick and nasty and anything over 30 -45 you need a shovel even if you win.
Breed what can be hunted where you are. I have always hunted the southern part of the country. And everyone has fast ass killer type hounds LOTS of hard mouth Boyles dogs and Eli hound every freaking place . then them damn dog Fat Bill had let out crunching every thing down. Hell I could keep going but you understand. I breed Game Smart hard mouth dogs off my stuff now. They naturally have solid wind. But I'm at a point to where Gameness and mouth are the two most important thing I check for style can be improved with proper school. Wind will improve in my keep but Gameness is where its at and mouth gets it finished. They say you can't pass it but it seems too. Power is easy to fix you can help fast twitch mussel. So if I was starting out I would find the deepest game dogs that could bite like hell from a solid line of dogs just like that and improve it along the way.