Charlie
I am in complete agreement with you. If you are on the steeper side, with power set and your rate of closure acceptable for fly away and rate of descent is within 300-450 fpm (Phil's pitot tube scenario), you really don't have to be moving anything around except for gradually bringing in power crossing the deck.
If the you follow the procedure and have the aircraft pointing off deck, before LDP, if the engine fails, its a smooth nose over, set power for fly away. If it quits after LDP, you already have a level aircraft, power set and no need to be nosing over or flaring.
In my limited experience, the less you have to do, i.e. movements of the cyclic, collective etc, the less needs to be done and the more control you have of the aircraft, and the better chance you have. I think the fast and shallow mindset, with large collective/cyclic movements, with put you in trouble.
It has been proven by HAPS modelling, plus which Charlie didn't mention, he has proven it in sim.
BUt I guess until it actually happens to you, you won't know for sure.