"If something goes wrong, or if you think something MIGHT be going wrong before you reach 100 feet AGL, pull the release and drop the nose. You have plenty of space to land straight ahead at this airport. There is no charge for a premature termination of tow."

I've heard this at least 50 times from a CFI-G. When the canopy opened, I thought "pull release, drop nose to level flight" and that is exactly what I would have done (and then I would have landed straight ahead).

I would like to develop this pilot's highly skilled and deliberate problem solving approach to solve the more complicated, novel and uncommon problems that were not foreseen in my rudimentary training. But over adherence to a deliberate problem solving approach might be a liability in a time-critical situation.