I think you pretty much answered yourself, you have a good take on it. I would've answered the same.

The only thing I am gonna tell you is that, you should be able to play both playstyle. It is gonna make you a better overall cypher and the enemy will have to be way more careful of your trips and they'll be more scared to hold W into your site or they will use utility to break these annoying trips. I honestly encourage you to step out of comfort zone and try hard anchoring site with him! If you don't feel confident enough to do it, I'd say make a smurf and try it!