You are slowly coming around to it Crab .....even just a little bit !! So you say that in a downwind approach a roll may be quicker ( which makes sense as pitch forward is going with the air ) . On the basis that full VRS is unlikely ...or MORE likely to happen in a downwind approach then this technique could by definition quite regularly be the best action ??!!
So not withstanding that we all agree the old method works ......maybe this technique should be taught as another tool in the tool box that all pilots need for a long life ! That is a massive change in the old guards stance i would say ....is TC in with you or are you going it alone ??
Lets not lose sight that we are all , joking aside, interested in making our profession or hobby safer . However i believe like many others that for 90% of pilots there should be no reason to ever get near full VRS even if you are stupid !