Koga or Inuyasha

I'm currently watching Inuyasha for the 1st time as an adult and working my way through season 2. I just finished the episodes featuring Koga's first appearance and currently I like him more than Inuyasha. Koga is definitely not as strong as Inuyasha, but at least he's honest about his love for Kagome even if she doesn't reciprocate his feelings.

I know Inuyasha and Kagome are end game, but I do feel like Kagome deserves better. Her friends even thought so based on her description of Inuyasha and tried to get her to date her classmate, Hojo. Anyone else feel this way and see Inuyasha as a walking red flag like her friends did or prefer Koga over Inuyasha? I'd probably feel differently if I had watched this as a kid.