oh I definitely don't have the experience to say for sure. I def don't know wtf I'm talking about, hence the question. I've only done a few of each entry type, but based on that, so far, I haven't found one to be 'easier' than the other. when I encountered this scenario (the 650 painting a teardrop instead of my expectation of a parallel) I thought about it for a while then decided to do the teardrop for the reason you mentioned, to get back on the inbound course quicker.
"wind" makes a lot more sense to me than "it's easier", although I can understand the meanings may overlap.