The first sentence was relevant to trying to debate Jony Ive. The rest was related to appreciating opinion.Then your first sentence is sufficient. There was no need for there rest of your post.
Ive gets far more credit than he is worth and that is a reflection on our society. He brought a little to the table after that it was a lot of resting on laurels and general gushing.
'He brought a little to the table after that it was a lot of resting on laurels and general gushing'
Seriously?! I don't think I know how to respond to this but I'll try.
I'm guessing you're pretty clued up on Apple's history bearing in mind the time you joined MacRumors so what you say surprises me. If you think in terms of the Bondi iMac and the 5 products that came after that, he was pivotal to these products.
Yes he lost his way once Jobs wasn't around any longer but in the early days he designs were pretty astonishing. No other company within the industry was thinking about those types of designs at the time and between him and Jobs, they took it to a whole new level.