It's unfair to ask someone to give a year of their lives to the SC, then risk not being confirmed.
The older judge Pickering bowed out rather than go through a recess appointment for that very reason.
The President is timid with the power of his office. The objective is to get the Senate to vote, up or down. Recess threat can be prod, not only an end.
This nomination is timid. Chicken. Go along / get along. At best.