I loved many of the results he had too.
Even when the football did not flow, such as the 1-0s and 2-0s in Europe.
I loved that team, which had been assembled before he got here, and how he got a bit more from them.
I loved the day he rested some of his top players and, as Paul Merson said Albion had given up on Europe, watched them smash Wolves 6-0.
I loved watching on a monitor in the player interview area at Ajax as De Zerbi looked all serious and matter of fact in his press conference only to then walk past me giggling like a kid, thrilled at what had been achieved.
I loved those first few minutes of his debut at Anfield.
I loved the fact he gave all of us Albion watchers something even better just when it seemed like Graham Potter had cracked it, then left for Chelsea.
I loved the extra working time he gave us as reporters while waiting for his so-called 1.30pm press conferences.
Thirty, 40 minutes to catch up and then prepare for the presser ahead before he put in an appearance.
Hurzeler was a culture shock after that. He certainly caught me out for a while.
What are you doing here at 8.58am for a 9am press conference, Fabian?
(Okay, those last four sentences were written with irony bordering on sarcasm. The punctuality is very welcome.).
I know many fans loved that De Zerbi seems to know how to beat Crystal Palace.
Hurzeler, like Potter, has not managed that and his connection with fans will get even better for him when he does.
I didn’t really love those ‘all about me’ press conferences we got from De Zerbi, the cryptic replies which begged more questions or his team selection at Roma (and I was saying that before kick-off).
On reflection, it felt like he was trying to show off a bit to the Italian audience that night.
I think he was selectively quoted after that 4-0 defeat. Not mis-quoted as such. He DID talk about Tony Bloom needing to learn.
But he also said everyone else needed to learn and there was probably some truth in all that.
I would be amazed if Bloom watched his club in eight Europa League games and learned nothing.
But it was an incendiary headline waiting to be written.
I didn’t love the way his team showed us that Michel Kuipers and Adam Virgo running into each other in the first minute is actually NOT the worst way you can start a game at Luton.
I loved the fact he introduced Jack Hinshelwood to senior football but didn’t necessarily love the timing.
Albion loved De Zerbi and I think the feeling was, in many ways, mutual. Rightly so.
He will be applauded by Seagulls supporters at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday and he deserves to be.
But those in that away corner - the one from which they have cheered wins under Potter and Hurzeler in recent years - should also love what is going on now.
Like growing to love your favourite album track even more than the in-your-face hit single.
Or even if you do not love it yet, at least there should be some appreciation of how Hurzeler has steadied the ship.
That is why Tottenham Hotspur this Saturday would feel like a good time for fans to come up with some song or chant for the current head coach.
It hasn’t happened yet and this would be a fitting venue and time.