I heard tradition is the dead telling the living what to do.

Not that all tradition is bad, but many are out dated or were never made for a good reason.

What? You want high smoke point oils for seasoning. You want to season the pans in temperatures higher than you would be normally cooking in, which means higher smoke point oils. I season all of my cast iron and carbon steel with canola, works great.

If you season with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, it's going to burn the seasoning off under normal circumstances.

I mean, there are a lot of types of spray cooking oil I’ve seen. Coconut, olive oil, and soybean (vegetable oil) are what I see most commonly, and none of those have particularly high smoke points.