Really?
If had you read my post properly you might have noticed that I wrote that he played senior AFL footy. The Suns of both last year and this year were a different proposition to Melbourne because they were off the pace and could afford to give the kids a game.
His selection was a surprise to many of their fans including a mate of mine who lives on the Coast and disagrees with your statement that he “had a fairly strong VFL year.” In fact, he struggled to get his hands on the footy in many games as I wrote above.
In my view, having a strong year entails being named in the best more than once in about 15 games.
But don’t believe me, the Suns fans on bigfooty were less than impressed by him for most of the journey. Here’s an example.