C'mon Mike... Most supporters would be stoked that a young player has won a rising star nom and will feature highly in the club bnf in their 2nd year.
It's not like the guy was a first round pick that was built to play seniors from the get go (ala Daniel Rich).
He came to the club a skinny kid taken at #58 (same pick as someone else we know

), tore Steele's 2km record in half, worked his way into the seniors and has not put a foot wrong since.
Yeah he turns it over every now and then but so does Jack Crisp, Taylor Adams, Adam Treloar, Steele Sidebottom etc etc.
He runs the other way harder than anyone in our team and is always providing an option.
This year, he averaged 21.1 disposals over 18 games with 1.7 clangers.
Among other "rising stars", he was 3rd in total disposals and 3rd in effective disposals. He ranked 2nd for score involvements per game.
In comparison with the eventual Rising star winner, Andrew McGrath, Tom had more disposals, more marks, more goals, more tackles, more I50s, more goal assists, more contested possessions, more uncontested possessions. His effective disposals was 15.2 v McGrath's 16.0 with McGrath going at 80.8% whereas Tom was a respectable 73%. Tom's clearance rate was double McGrath's, score involvements higher, metres gained nearly double, tackles inside 50 also higher.
Have I won you over yet?
This kid is 21, about to start his 3rd pre season and had 7 games with over 22 disposals in his 2nd year. Statistically, he was better than the Rising Star winner.