Why not bush and determinate?

Until this season, I always grew hybrid tomatoes. This season I developed an interest in heirloom varieties and devoted most of my garden to heirlooms. I did plant a few hybrids just in case the heirlooms I am unfamiliar with don't produce.

Unfortunately, our hot season arrived a full month earlier than normal in North Texas. The forecast later this week is 103 degrees F daytime and near 80 degrees for night time lows. I believe my spring tomato season is over with very few fruit set. That is true for my hybrids and heirlooms. The only heirloom still blooming and setting fruit are my Prudens Purple.

In the past, I've always avoided determinate tomatoes because I simply didn't want all of my tomatoes ripening at the same time. I also typically avoided bush type tomatoes because I've always grown in cages or staked. For some reason, the idea of tomato plants and fruit laying on the ground simply doesn't seem appealing to me.

Last July, with the temps in the low 100's, I planted four Goliath hybrid, bush type plants. All my other plants were either dead or dormant from the heat. They started growing immediately and kept me busy staking and harvesting until the first frost in November. Due to my prejudice against bush types, I did stake them. They looked really funny twisting and turning on the stakes, but they grew. They also produced some of the largest, good tasting tomatoes I had all season. They also produced a huge amount of fruit.

Considering the early failure of my tomatoes this year, I may reconsider my selection of indeterminate over determinate and also the growth of bush type plants.

Why isn't there more discussion of heirloom determinate and heirloom bush type tomatoes among seasoned gardeners?

I will probably plant some more Goliath this summer just so I can have some tomatoes this year.

Ted