I've only seen Trick R Treat once and have never seen Krampus, so my only measure of Dougherty was how much he talked up like a fan of the franchise and for me, it was legit for once and not just press blow up. Any time a new director comes into a franchise they always talk up what fans they are and all that but their film doesn't show it. Regardless of it's flaws, KOTM definitely feels made by a fan of the franchise, perhaps too big a fan who didn't know how to reign in his passion to limit how much was crammed into a single film, but I'd rather that compared to someone who doesn't even get the material.
I know nothing of Wingard, but I'm excited to see this movie and now that we have confirmation Kong will be large enough to go hand to hand with Godzilla, I look forward to seeing them brawl.