If you read my post you would have known I DID NOT include year one for Buzz because people like you give him little or no credit for it anyway. Taylor (never on campus) and Mbakwe (gone for sure until Crean left and even then gone almost for sure) have been talked to death and I don't know anyone except you and the departed one who really think Buzz "inherited" them any more than Crean inherited Tu Holloway at IU.
Well I *do* give Buzz a lot of credit for his first year. He was able to keep a talented team together (for the most part), and kept them playing well--much like Hank did in 1978.
Not sure why you say Mbakwe was as good as gone. There was one rumor printed in what on most days people think isn't even worth using to wrap fish. Mbakwe himself denied the rumor, then stayed at Marquette for another five months. If he were as "good as gone" at the time as you say, he wouldn't have stayed at MU for a full five more months, only to annouce his departure a) without a home and b) at a time in which most programs had already filled all available scholarships. There's a reason why players who are "as good as gone" leave their teams before the spring sigining period.
Not sure what your point is on Crean with respect to Holloway. He certainly did inherit Holloway and wasn't able to retain him. He also inherited Eli Holman and wasn't able to retain him either. I'd bet IU would have been a lot better those first couple of years had he been able to keep them.