Denny O'Neil's run on Batman was better than Brubaker's, in my opinion. Chuck Dixon(before he started writing every other book in the DC Universe and burned himself out) also did some pretty good stuff.
Rucka started out really well on 'Tec, but the last half of his term was absolutely terrible. The whole Sasha thing just left a bad taste in my mouth, and since that was my last memory of him on the book, it's hard for me to look back and think fondly of him. Bad art or not, it was his writing that drove that book into the ground.
Brubaker was more consistent. I knew what to expect with him, and he rarely dissapointed. He didn't provide quite as many memorable moments on the book as past writers, but it was still enjoyable. If he had an arc like Knightfall, something that could define his time on the book, I might put him on the same level you do.
