Chuck: Indeed, they do not seem to have been met, as planned. Why? is a good question, as yet unanswered. I was considering the 'Why was the obvious escape manoeuvre not executed?' If the wrong alignment at pull up was realised on the run-in, and then the pull up point was changed to try and give more space; and then the plan to bend the loop was made on the way up (i.e. the manoeuvre was made 'on the fly' as it was being performed) and then the proper line was searched for going over the top. That is where the concentration would be and not on the gate parameters.
That's my thinking of a possible Why did he not roll out of the back side of the apex.