Mainly, I would imagine, in order to catch the arrestor cable with the tail hook, you’d have to be seriously ‘nose up’ ...putting that huge 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney right in your line of sight. Blind indeed.
The biggest problem with the early Corsair (besides the limited visibility over the nose) was the ‘bouncy’ oleo struts of the main landing gear. The Corsairs would literally bounce over the arresting wires, and that could ruin your whole day.