With you on this one RAT - boring, predictable, safe and stress free.
I declined a similar approach on behalf of the FO once (because I was concerned about tailwind) to much derision/pi$$ taking as we trundled downwind. At 30' on final, I casually pointed out the 20+ knot wind we would have had up our backside had we opted for the straight in. Surface wind was reported as "calm"......
Save the exciting stuff for a Pitts or an Extra - not when you've got 150+ punters in he back.