In some respects (too high, too slow) doesn't this resemble the Pinnacle CRJ accident?
My thoughts as well, in both cases I felt the outcome from the event initiation was recoverable, by well trained crews. I'm sure most would advised not getting into the situation in the first place, however I'm just as interested in the ability to recover from the initial mistake.
My understanding of the differences between the two events was that the Pinacle recovery was aborted by the unfamilarity with the engine restart procedures, while the MD80 was the inability to recover from an aircraft stall condition.