Hoover was elected mostly because he was famous for coordinating the effort that saved millions of starving people in Europe after WWI. My wife's mother was a huge fan. He was the most maligned president until now. Roosevelt was the one who extended the “great depression” until WWII. So I disagree completely that Hoover was a bad president. The guy that wrote the article relied on revisionist history.
All of my HS and college history classes in the 60's and early 70's demonized Hoover and lionized FDR regarding the Great Depression.
My own subsequent research independent of the education dogma tends to support you sentiment.