Dear David,
you are right, it’s never the tool, but the knowledge and creativity of the editor.
But in my opinion you miss the whole point – that is not the question here.
Fact is, that Apple released a Product under the name “Pro”, which clearly has several short comings and has less pro-features than even FCP 1.0: No Ex-Monitoring, killing COLOR (a terrific App!), no XML, no OMF, not compatible with previous FCP Versions (but with iMovie!!!!), no Print to tape possibilities, killed STP, killed DVDSP…and a couple of more things.
This is not a Pro-Application, sorry, you can spin it however you want – it is and – unless they change it big Time – will be just an iMovie on Steroids!
Sascha