Coby won’t ever reach Luffys level cause he’s not like Garp. Let’s take God Valley as an example, if Garp had a choice between saving civilians and fighting Roger, he’s choosing Roger. If Koby had a choice between saving civilians and fighting Luffy, he’s saving civilians. Which is why he’ll fight the man who runs the slave camps and who caused Garp to stay behind.
And the Lafitte and Brook “similarities” is the same as what people said about Queen and Franky. Lafittes still the Chief of staff of the BBP, a title only used for one of the strongest members of a group. He’s a Sanji fight, there’s no denying that
Obviously you don't need to be identical to the person you're a parallel to just so you can be a parallel to. We don't see Luffy chasing around Hancock like a chicken with his head cut off, even though Roger did that to Shakky.
But we do see Garp train Koby and call him his beloved protege as well as the future of the Marines, with Koby also being called a hero and having an identical fighting style and naming scheme for his moves to Garp.
The writing is on the wall here. Koby will be the new Garp and, just like Luffy will become the PK like Roger did, Koby will become a VA/Admiral and help defeated a member of the Davy bloodline after they lose their shit and start trying to kill everyone in their path.
Also the problem with Queen vs Franky is that there's a clear power gap between them, there's no clear power gap between Lafitte and Brook from what we've seen.
Also is Burgess being the captain of the first division not at least somewhat relevant here?
Luffy's grandfather lol. Not sure who downplayed him.
Most Admiral fans here slandered him, probably out of anger for Yonko fans using him to laugh at Kuzan for being dunked on in Hachinosu.