Give it a rest, especially your Monday morning Quarterbacking of the crew.
Let's see... It's pretty muddy here as all we have is a video showing an AA 767 taxiing to a gate after blowing all the tires on one of the MLG.
Really, you have to look very closely at the video to notice the smoke, and you might have to pause it and look at individual frames to see the damage being done to the taxiway.
But I'm sure there are numerous good reasons...
GIVE ME A BREAK!
These guys screwed the pooch, and I'm worried that I might end up at some future point with one of them at the pointy end.