Precisely.That is exactly what I was going to say. You can't ignore it all. Plus being close to all the problems would have brought a bad culture to the club that they would not have wanted.
You can say its all crap and we should have backed ourselves in to turn him around, but the club and recruiters are the ones that make the decisions and they made the right one in my opinion. Same reason they didn't chase Harley Bennell.
It would have been a high probability we wouldn't have picked him to play in the seniors too
Let's not forget he's only played one season as well. A look at the SPP thread is a reminder of how bright starts can fade out quickly.