It only makes sense if you like towplane crashes. When a glider kites on high tow down low there is no time for the tow pilot to recover.
Had this been a low tow, the likely hood is very strong that the pilot would have survived. In Au, we only do low tow training, and I’ve never seen
any problems or even the slightest upset of the tow plane on low tow. Some years ago we used to go to high tow to release, but even that was scrapped.
It needs to be remembered that low tow means just below the slipstream. C of G hooks make high tow even more dangerous.