Pitino has an extremely long leash, when compared to his predecessor. Indeed, we've seen free-flowing, push the ball up the floor, push the ball to the rack way more. My read is that when IW does what he is coached to do, and makes a mistake, he has no issues and the leash remains long. When he goes off-script, gets wild and strays from the game-plan and his coaching, he gets yanked. It happened during the Iowa game for sure. Pitino's head almost exploded, IW out, didn't return.
You are very right with this. It's definitely give and take between the two, but I still believe there's time for them to click. I don't mind him being taken out in those situations, but I'd rather he not ride the bench the rest of the night without getting a chance to fix his error.