[Etzwane]

you're the physics cat...you swing the weight on the string...don't the weight want to fly out? Why delay the weight slinging out that long? You love it...but for what reason? Cuz it looks purty? Or because it is functional? If the clubhead were more out to the ball at this point...what would you be giving up in terms of MPH? What would you potentially gain in terms of hitting the ball where you is looking?

From a pure physics point of view the closer the shaft and clubhead to your body, the lower the MOI with respect to say the spine axis so the easier it is to keep accelerating with the pivot (same a a skater spinning with arms close to the body vs extended). Of course at some point that rotational speed need to be transferred to clubhead speed so timing becomes more and more critical as you keep clubhead lag later and later in the swing.