Okay let me ask you this, other than Busiek's run, what else was good in regards to The Avengers before Bendis took over the book?
My thoughts exactly, Luke Cage was a character that was relegated (using Priest's language) to "black books" until Bendis made him mainstream. For the misses that Bendis has the one thing you can never say his books weren't diverse. This alone reverberated throughout the universe, I mean so many characters of color, underutilized characters, forgotten characters were brought into the fold as opposed to having a static team.
And now the Avengers cast constantly rotates, which makes the team vibrant.