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@danwentskiing
I think the importance of 'stability' is overplayed in a game where you never go more than 20mph* and are constantly changing direction. I've got a fairly tight wheelbase, low trail and high b/b and have never, ever, not even once felt unstable at 'high' speed on court. Or off-court at 30mph going down a hill either for that matter. And I have double wheel covers (drifty) and am top-heavy (big head).
IMO seat height, seat fore/aft, bar height, reach, tiller (/stem) length, wheel size, wheel weight and body-weight distribution are all going to have a massive effect on handling which makes comparing and contrasting and isolating out the effect of, say 10mm less trail or 1 degree more head angle nigh-on impossible
Maybe I'm an overly frantic player, but I much prefer the maneuverability/nimbleness of my Marino to the stability/sluggishness of my Pompino and Day One. But I've never tried anything 'tighter' (14?) so I don't know if there's such a thing as too nimble.
*Never actually checked, but seems plausible.