Well if the debate is switching to players whom coaches have improved during their tenure, I can certainly offer the following:
Ben Cockayne - rookie at Donny in 2005, now a SL regular
Scott Murrell - academy player at Leeds - SL regular and England train on squad member in 2010
Peter Fox - decent player at Wakey, England international since joining Rovers
Kris Welham - academy player to SL regular
Michael Dobson - great player when he joined, but improved his consisentcy and significantly improved defence.
Ben Fisher - NL standard hooker gone on to top 100 SL appearances, scorer of great play off tries!
Liam Watts - Cas academy to nominee for YPOTY in SL last year - shortlist of 3