If we take refuge in the buddha, dharma and sangha, it means we take refuge in cause and effect, karma.
So for Lama Osel who appears outwardly "off course" to many lay people, but in fact is the result of the lack of merits from his students in FPTM who have not created the cause for Lama Osel to do what he is supposed to do. Trying to be politically correct (in the short term) and stay on the side of the TGIE, is in fact going against their own lama, then how can Lama Osel benefits his students when they willingly break the SAMAYA with their own guru???
How much a lama can accomplished is very much related to how much merits his students have collectlively accumulated. And in the case of FPTM, the result speaks for its cause.