I never expect my delay repeats to completely sync with the meter and tempo of a song. I know dotted-eighth users would be reluctant to survive without tap, but I find being without one is completely fine.
::drummers will always fail us -- or vice versa::
I would much rather learn to play the faster, more complex riffs manually than play them halfway and expect the delay to do the rest. I generally use delay to add a little more space to my sound, for slapback and also for modulation purposes.
I know you love tap, Mike, so you might not want to go "naked" without that option. But maybe you might?