Blowing a tire on takeoff with no FOD damage to engines sop is to leave the gear down and return for landing after evaluating landing weight. The only time I ever continued a flight after being unable to retract the gear was a LAS to LAX flight scheduled for 45 minutes because leaving the gear down just restricted my airspeed and altitude causing a 20 minute delay in landing rather than returning and causing many hours of delay. They did everything right in my opinion. We always get all the input we can but pilots make the final decision on what to do. Sometimes when you are talking to maintenance you need to realise what they are telling you might be mechanically correct but not an authorized procedure for a pilot using his check lists. Remember Alaska Airlines MD80 stab trim problem near Santa Barbara, Ca?