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All of the good options were overlooked before the collision. One, shutting down the engines and reversing them eliminated the center screw, which did not have a reverse gear. That cost the ship some of her effectiveness in steering, as that center screw provided a directional thrust in concert with the rudder. Without the center screw, the rudder was too small.

Another option would have been to hit the berg head on, which would have been jarring and likely caused injury, the ship would have stayed afloat.

Of course the best option would have been to heed all the ice warnings that Titanic received well before the collision.

Captain Smith didn't have too many options after the collision. I saw a show where some student's were tasked with the job of devising a way to save the Titanic. They suggested pulling the ship up along side the ice berg and using the cranes to attach the ship to the iceberg. If it could have been done, I suppose that in theory, the ship could have been saved. On the other hand, it is not accepted practice to get close to an iceberg with a passenger liner.

I didn't vote because none of your poll options were applicable. Radar didn't exist yet, I don't see Captain Smith as having been particularly egotistical, and I don't feel that he really let the ship sink. I had an answer, which I have posted above, so 'I dunno' wasn't an option for me either.

Daniel