"In other words, if your grip fails, you won't get the most out of the workout."
Correction: if your grip fails on an exercise (say, on a set of chins immediately following a set of RDLs) your lats won't get the most out of that set. But your grip will. Your grip at that point has been taxed to failure and will thus get stronger. If that continues for a couple weeks, your hands will be strong enough to handle whatever exercises you'd like to throw at them.
My point is simply that instead of compensating for a weak grip by rearranging exercises, it's a simple enough problem to solve that my advice is to solve it (by strengthening the hands) and to never have to compromise due to a tired grip again.
I think your point and Craig's are totally valid. My POV is just a little different. But I'm admittedly a little cuckoo for grip work.
Best wishes!
-Adam
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