Rocks' crew isn't following Roger but they eventually recognized him as the king of piracy. The Whitebeard who treated Rocks as a fool dedicated his last words to push Roger's will; Shiki accepted Roger as the king of their era and only after his death considered Whitebeard the new ruler of the seas; Big Mom already had Whitebeard as an obstacle higher than Kaidou and Shanks, which automatically makes Roger more of an obstacle since he was even stronger than Newgate; Kaidou recognized Roger as the person with the strongest power... Meanwhile, Rocks is treated by his own "subordinates" as a good for nothing fool (Linlin's words, not mine).
The only thing that kept those monsters together was their personal goals and taking advantage of the structure that Rocks provided. Saying that "Rocks has the lead over the others" and later "his crewmate doesn't follow him" is an oxymoron: he isn't leading anyone. Whitebeard is taking charge of the group because he finds Rocks to lack focus, Linlin is stating his intention to leave the moment she gets what she wants, and so on.
So far, Rocks has been depicted as a mess of a captain. When Whtiebeard met Oden he didn't want such a conqueror aboard because he had bad experiences with a crew of conquerors; but Roger was that guy and had Rayleigh as his faithful subordinate, and Shanks still treats him as his captain, and Oden himself was amazed by him in a way that not even Whitebeard could.
That's the difference here.
Coz Roger and Rocks aren't the same.
"Roger was that guy and had Rayleigh as his subordinates"
Will talk that if Roger could order WB, Shiki etc like a subordinate....
Not everybody are the same
Luffy could get Zoro as his subordinates
But could never with the likes of Kidd, Law, etc.
My point is Roger would never have Garp, WB, Shiki, Kaido, BM etc as his subordinate that's a fact. Respect him?? Yes?? Be their subordinate NO
All the ppl that Xebec recruit are iron blooded notorious men and women with top1 mentality from birth.
They are not Rayleigh, or Shanks or Oden.......... A baby who was found on a treasure, a guy who was just chilling on a small both, a samurai who wants to go adventure in the seas.
I Don't see this about Roger
being that guy while Xebec isn't....coz Roger wouldn't be able to either even if he tried lol
The pirate crew itself is a problem since the beginning
Yes Rocks is different
Rocks doesn't look for that coordinated pirate crew in the first place
He doesn't even care whether they all follow his order or if anyone disrespect him or spit on him, he just wanted an overpowered crew that's it......