Hello!
I found the original Seneca took a bit of getting used to, but the 2s or 3s where OK.
"We" have a 3 here on our airfield that has been totalled twice in landing accidents and severley damaged in another one. As it belongs to the owner of the local repair shop, it always gets rebuilt when his mechanics have no other business to do. He also owns an old 2 that has had no landing accident so far (at least not to my knowledge.) Then, there is a V (different owner) that has had it's nosewheel smacked-in once.
And this "crash count" also reflects my experience (I have flown all three of them): The 3 is a real bitch, it simply lacks another 20 percent elevator downforce in the flare; the V is still very nose-heavy but manageable and the 2 behaves just like any other aeroplane.
But the Seneca is overall the most unpleasant aeroplane I have ever flown, so for me it would be perfectly OK if they crash-landed and scrapped the whole lot.
Regards,
max