Real talk it's making a huge difference having Koop here to perform this role. Last year Locatelli was tasked with this as well as distributing possession and it was too much. Now that Koop is here being the general as you say Locatelli can focus on receiving the ball and dictating changes in phases of play.
This is the man who unlocked Locatelli. Koopmeiners is The Key
I thought that Koop did well. Extremely accurate with every pass and most of them were forward passes. Should have received the ball much more, but we havnt figured out how to play out of defense yet.