At the game myself, I basically thought that Smith was going to win the Norm Smith, but Dangerfield was the best player on the ground, if that makes sense.You can make a case for him. But by no means was it a case that 'he was absolutely robbed/what were they thinking giving it to Smith'.
There's a reason why Isaac was shorter than him for the Bet365 in-play betting.
Don't forget, Dangerfield played relatively low minutes and spent a portion of that at full-forward.