I'm unsure how you can come to the conclusion he "reneged" on anything yet, until Tigers plans come to fruition or not it will be very hard to judge, if you are suggesting it could/might have been better with Santori, would of that deal gone gone through once the WE fiasco was exposed as fantasy, would methead and his money man steered us to better things considering the financial input required with no pot of gold at the end.
DE announced the Tiger deal was for the better of the club, only time will tell if Tiger comes up with the goods.
Whether the Santori, Donald and co option would of been better will only have to guessed at, as they didn't have the inclination to follow through to support their local team.