Scott
I like the red dogs for their beauty, and if I can find what I want in red, that's what I'll take. I'm past my prime, so an accurate, stay-put tree dog helps me make it to the tree. At least one of them has to be loud enough for me to hear, too.
I think I can give almost any basically healthy dog the stamina by giving it enough exercise, but it helps if it has tough feet. I am old-fashioned enough to be suspicious of pink footed dogs on that score, but very few redbones have anything but black feet.

I can be silly about what I'll put up with in a hound. I have one that is so mischievous and disobedient than no one else would put up with him, but he's accurate, and has a huge amount of drive, and I find him entertaining.
I believe that most hounds have their strong and weak points, but if you start with the hound's strengths, you can probably find a job it is suited to. When one pup turned out to have far more interest in bears than coons, I took up bear hunting. I'm more interested in the hounds than the specific game. However, since I tried bear hunting and got hooked, and there's lots of bear near me, I'll probably always have at least one bear hound around.