What are you reading into my post? She said what she said as a FO, not as a Captain, but that means what? It's an admission of fear either way.
Saying that to an inexperienced Captain puts him at ease?
Seventy pounds is substantial. Whether you want to diminish it or not, and his feet were on the pedals to, you know, do some ruddering if needs be. Check the Rudder index on the display, watch it deflect. This was, in my opinion, not flying related, but pulling related. In a stalled a/c to guarantee a spin, one uses rudder. IMO means just that, I stand to be corrected, and if wrong I'll listen, certainly.
It is certainly a supposition that I make, but I extrapolate based on my conclusion that an attempt to defeat the Pusher was a blunder. A BIG blunder, and perhaps indicative of other blunder related evidence, such as Spin, ignoring the need for power to counter flat pitch, Gear down before Loc., ignorance of his ruddering at Stall, etc.
"Letting Go" may have helped, but the a/c is still spinning.
Rgds. Aero,
Will