I never said that a person can't recover from that. I even said that I made GREAT gains from JPs program this past offseason.
You have to listen to the Mike and JP podcast again and really listen to what they are saying. Mike's possible argument is that there IS A CHANCE that pushing to all out intensity and failure MIGHT be tougher to recover from (and maybe cause some CNS stress) than Mike's method. And once again, everyone's recovery abilities are completely individual.
I recently listened to Food Abiad's podcast interview with Justin Compton and JC said that at his prime, he was hitting 20-35 sets per workout AND recovering fine.