I just couldn't get into Enterprise, I always wanted the show to be about the true first captain of the Enterprise, Robert T. April. But that would've meant that Brenan and Braga would've had to acknowledge TOS canon, they would never do that. TOS history was a lot more interesting than anything they contrived,here's an example of pre-Enterprise history from The Spaceflight Chronology:
I just couldn't get into Enterprise, I always wanted the show to be about the true first captain of the Enterprise, Robert T. April. But that would've meant that Brenan and Braga would've had to acknowledge TOS canon, they would never do that. TOS history was a lot more interesting than anything they contrived... I agree that Brannon and Braga made a mistake by going out of their way to ignore Trek canon, but April was the first captain of NCC-1701, not one of the preceding vessels named Enterprise. I'll grudgingly give them a pass on that point.
BTW, have you seen this stuff?