Quote Originally Posted by ensco View Post
Good point re Shaff. The one that got away. Not too sure about the others. Nelson, maybe. JMR, I have never seen it on the pitch.

There is a big difference between development and minutes played. Montreal had both for young Canadians. TFC had only the latter, and we all know now that, as it turns out, our young Canadians were just cheap placeholders for expected reinforcements. No WC calls or transfers here…

Development was what Oso got here btw. He earned his way into a talented lineup.
The bolded part is key IMO. There are a lot of calls on here for opportunity to be simply given. We haven't seen many earn it over the years and this is why we see them cast off. Those that have what it takes will show it one way or another, and sometimes that takes a change of scenery. Hindsight is of course 20/20 but I'd argue that we've seen a lot of kids get here and coast thinking that they have 'made it'. I'm not sure that talent recognition is as broken as it has been made out to be at TFC.