I assumed that this likely had something to do with what you were referring to but thought that there might be something else.
Our next-door neighbor on the other side of our house, gave me a ride in his super-fast and powerful Mooney right after he got it. We have obstructions on both ends of our field, so he skimmed the trees coming in and didn't get the plane down on the runway until the opposite end was looking uncomfortably close. I don't want to jynx myself, but I feel a lot safer in our Piper Cherokee. I can instantly manually pull in 40 degrees of flaps and if I crab it a little it drops in like a rock when needed.
Yeah the Beech V35 is just a beauty but I agree with you the Cherokee is better for the most pilots. We have one guy at the flying club who has one and he drops it in and go sideways and treats it really bad and it still keeps on going so Cherokees are pretty good.