The interaction between Blackbeard and Van Auger reminds me of the straw hats. Its very similar to how Nami or Zoro tells Luffy to take things seriously. He also taunts Blackbeard about retreating. The dynamic of Blackbeard crew is probably similar to strawhats or red haired pirates where the crew don't treat the captain like their daddy, which was the case with Whitebeard/Big Mom/Beast pirates.
i think they’re similar but different
they both trust their captains but for different reasons, strawhats trust luffy for his personality and his resolve while BBP trust him for his power and plan
if luffy lost his strength and power strawhats would still follow him but i can’t say the same for blackbeard pirates
except laffite and maybe the rest of pre impel down crew, laffite seems like he has abnormal trust in teach compared to the others