Riot completely and utterly fails to understand how to update champions

The entire concept behind reworking a champion is to bring them in line with the modern state of League, to refresh them, give them a new breath of air. Galio is one of the least played champions in the game, and for good reason. The disconnect between his appearance and gameplay, which was generally very boring and not memorable outside of his ult, made even Urgot more enticing to play. What this rework should have done was give Galio the abilities to make me feel like I'm playing a big gargoyle. Unfortunately, they have failed in this regard, because there is no longer a gargoyle to play. For that matter, Galio himself no longer exists. In his place, we have some big, bland looking statue man straight from WoW who's entire personality and role appears to be, "Zac except a rock". This is very disappointing, as there was never anything wrong with Galio's appearance or personality. A new model to go with a much more coherent kit was all that was needed, but instead, people who liked the original Galio get to watch something completely unrecognizable take his place.