I'm in the camp that thinks taildragger flight training would produce better stick & rudder skills than the nose wheel version. However trying to convince modern thinking "what's the point?" People who just want to fly the latest plastic fantastic piece of glass crap while impressing their friends is a waste of bandwidth.
I'm of the camp that thinks everyone should go solo on a glider before they start their PPL training. Why do you veer to the extremes of 'it's either a taildragger or it's a glass piece of plastic crap'? I don't see the 40 odd year old 172 I fly as plastic and it certainly doesn't have anything remotely glass looking in the cockpit.
It's the apparent fear of the tailwheel that surprises me.
Why do you assume people fear tailwheels? I've flown tailwheel aircraft before, can't see what the fuss is. You use a different set of skills that's all. It's not rocket science.