My Proposed Rule Change to Chess960

I have been thinking about this for a while, and I really think it is a good idea considering that chess960 was created with the intention of it being like normal chess, only without having to study openings. I think currently, the major shortcoming of 960 is the positioning of the knights. Often, the knights end up in weird setups that are very different from normal chess. This is not like another piece like a bishop starting in a weird place because bishops can move across the whole board easily and they don't typically block the development of pawns or other pieces like knights do. Let me show you a couple examples of some very strange knight setups (I am not including all of the pieces, just showing a few key ones to get my point across):

In my opinion, these knight setups are just way to unfamiliar and make 960 chess not really like standard chess but without needing to know opening theory. So my proposed change to this variant is to add one extra rule where the knights must start on their initial starting places. I think that this would mean we see more typical types of setups, yet there is no theory since there are still so many different possibilities of different positions. For example:

This would be one possible starting position for this 960 chess. Of course it would not be called chess960 anymore since there would be less than 960 possible starting positions, but I think it is still enough so that theory cannot be memorized. What do you guys think? 

I think this a slightly weird and slightly niche opinion. Why should the knights be exempt from the random opening placement just because they are more awkward to bring to a 'normal' position?

It might sound a bit strange but I feel like it makes chess960 more "normal" without having all of the theory and memorization of standard chess. Here is a part of a Bobby Fischer quote I found about chess960: "I want to keep the old chess flavour. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it's not degenerated down to memorization and prearrangement like it is today." I feel like my proposed rule change makes chess960 closer to the "old game" while also still having chess "not degenerated down to memorization and prearrangement". 

EDIT: Here is where I found the quote: https://chess960.net/chess-quotes/ 

OK I see your point, but I don't think that the placement of the knights impacts so greatly. For me the most difficult opening 960 positions to organise are when the queen starts in a corner square. Even so, the longer a 960 game progresses the more it begins to resemble a regular game. 

True, that is likely the most difficult, but I think strange knight placements is the most different from regular chess

But it's supposed to be different. 'The old chess flavour' is always there regardless of the starting position. 

That's true. I guess I just think it would be better if it were a little less different but of course different people have different opinions!

In Chess960, it is always possible to move your king on the second move. So I see no irregularities with the current rules. 

What do you mean? My proposed rule change has nothing to do with moving the king

The objective of the game is not to deliver checkmate or win material. Chess is about getting your king to the other side. See https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/to-all-who-disrespect-the-bongcloud-attack.

Whoever thought of this imaginary "checkmate" is very strange indeed. Where could a rumor like this have started?

My assumption is that rumors of checkmate arose from the same source as the concept of the illegal ant peasant hack. 

True, true. Yeah, the rich ants probably started the ant peasant rumor. 

This is exactly one of the problems with traditional chess, that the knights start on b1 and g1. That's why you end up with so many positions with a knight on f3 or c3. Plus you get these stereotypical castled positions with a knight on f6, king on g8, rook on f8, and then a bunch of combinations based on knight to g5, queen to h5, bishop on d3 to h7, etc. Changing the starting positions of the knights is exactly what is needed to remove these artificial tactics based only on the starting position.

In addition it requires more creativity and a stronger player to properly handle the knights in 960, that is an advantage, not a disadvantage.

You have an interesting point there. I still think though that yes there are some ideas that if the knights have to start on those squares will carry over from regular to 960 but opening theory will not which is what was the original goal of this variant