TC.....what is it about VRS that bothers you so much?
Several Test Pilots have told us here that modern Helicopters have the power to fly out of VRS even if it is well developed.
You know very well that it matters not which direction you fly out of the descending column of air.....be it rearwards even....you can recover the aircraft.
This accident has as far more to do with a loss of control by the Crew than VRS.
Remember one of the key elements in VRS.....a very high Collective Setting.....which was not the case here.....the Collective was set way too low as you recall.
The EC folks are looking for a way out of this by pointing a finger at anything that might focus folks on anything but the EC design and engineering.
This is very likely a clear case of Crew Failure to maintain Airspeed and all this blatter about VRS is simply background noise.