SR 111 was absolutely a tragedy.
But, showing 'top' pilots in simulators with the same scenario is monday-morning quarterbacking or second-guessing the SR111 flight crew, who did what they thought prudent and were running SR-approved somke-removal procedures when the accident occured. The thing to remember is pilots in simulators always walk away safely; I have every reason to believe SR111's crew were fighting to save the aircraft, but ran out of time.
Hard lessons learned, indeed.