Wow, a guy who was backstabbed by the man he took in and was killed by him *doesn't* think highly of him?!
And then here's this flashback that showed he's the possible descendent of the last King of the Great Kingdom and his father wanted to conquer the world instead of being pirate king.
Like, you read Naruto. You of all people should know about destiny and fate.
Why are you reading it like this isn’t Oda speaking to the readers. He’s telling us the future here, it’s called foreshadowing.
There will be a Great War the government fears, where someone Roger is waiting for will shoulder the centuries of history & challenge “the world”.
Teach is confirmed to not be the one to shoulder the centuries of history, so he won’t be the one to take Imu down.
Likewise WB says that the One Piece will flip the world upside down so that probably happens before a world war.
There’s no room for Teach to wiggle in here when his recent moves have been aggressively heading for the One Piece.