Doubts that set in after a bad streak in Australia were triumphantly banished when he concluded with a double-century, and a score of 141 in Rawalpindi.
Now the case for skepticism rests on doubts about whether the set of reforms that are necessary for the euro to work overlaps with the set of policies that are politically viable.
In 2006 a review by America's National Research Council endorsed points Mr McIntyre and his colleagues made on some methods used to make the hockey stick, and on doubts over a specific set of tree rings.
The state's governor, Jane Hull, has set up a commission to design regulations for future development, but there are doubts that it will come up with anything enforceable.
Doubts had been raised about the feasibility of awarding the franchises for subjects within the timetable set for the new qualifications, which were to be taught from autumn 2015.