And risk getting slashed/stabbed/frozen when getting in the way of 3 captains and Vizard?
Feeling is also a sense you know, if you don't feel you're getting hit/slashed/stabbed/whatever you're not gonna pay much attention to it.
Still doesn't excuse them for being stupid. Like I said, if the two strongest fighters (at the time) were deflected by a finger, does anyone honestly think that three weaker ones and a Vizard would be able to do anything? Ok, maybe hold him off, but did no one think that he'd easily break out of the ice? Not only that, but the whole 'controlling the senses' thing is essentially god-modding, and also fairly unexplained. Does he have to have perfect concentration, is it just an area that's affected, does he mind-control everyone at the same time (if so, what's the limit), and at what point does his power 'wear-off'? Has he secretly killed off Yamamoto and just dicking around with people now? There's also the fact that his Bankai hasn't been revealed, which means that as soon as someone, be it Ichigo or whoever, has a legitimate edge in battle against him, he'll use it and just reset the 'status-quo'. There's going to be ass-pull after ass-pull with him, and by the time he IS killed off, no one will give a damn and instead just say "Finally!".