Qualifying final was not awful. Did you even watch it?He played one outstanding final (Prelim), one awful final (Qualifying), and one anonymous final (Grand Final). I would hardly call that "a great finals series". One good game does not a "great series" make, no matter how good it is (and his PF final performance was amazing).
One good game does not make up for 4 months of unremitting garbage, which is what he churned out for the rest of the season, from R12 onwards.