I see you have posted the chart for the VOR DME approach. Hard to say what his point may have been by looking at this one.
Sorry, corrected that now.
Amazing difference you find in peoples attitudes towards this subject.
Just had a SAS training captain visit our facility and he'd like us to give som 90-120 degree intercept headings to the ILS/VOR once in a while just to teach "the kids" what the aircraft will actually do without overshooting. (if managed properly) Needless to say he failed to sympathize with the views of the EZY captain.
He seemed a bit "old school" but firmly believed that as long as you stay ahead of the aircraft most things are possible.