Doc-

Pro's and con's, pro's and con's to everything. The Conservation series bag is actually designed that way to reduce it's pliability and keep the net from wrapping up in a fish's fins. It also helps the net maintain it's bucket shape in and out of the water. As far as it being coarser, I have caught and released a lot of fish with it and have never noticed any scale or slime loss.

My only beef with the softer nets is that the mesh tends to wrap around a fish's fin's making damage more probable when the fish thrashes or is removed.

I know you are a Beckman advocate, and I'm more of a Frabill Advocate, as we've argued the better points of each net style before.
I personally think they are both great nets, each with their individual benefits and drawbacks.