Well Hollmann resigned because in 1897 he was not able to secure funds for the fleet - assume hesuceeds then he will buy a cruiser fleet (the emperor will get his battleships, but not to match UK, but to match France and Russia).
IOTL a year later the BB man was in charge and got his funds...
Hollmanns advantage was that he was horrified by the possibility of war with Britain .- Tirpits did not share this.
We all knew what happened...