Crab, you have identified what this boils down to.
During initial training I was taught the whole precession theory, but figured out a while ago that it was in error. And the "flying to position" theory really isn't that complicated or difficult to understand.
The gyroscopic precession theory doesn't want to die because on the surface it makes sense, despite being incorrect. This issue boils down to "yeah but, it makes more sense and is easier to explain" yet it needs to discredit the aerodynamic explanation in order to sound plausible.