So why is he above criticism? Dude got paid and hasn't done shit. I think people should stop giving him immunity and rolling their eyes whenever he is criticized.
I haven't seen anyone in this forum claim he's above criticism, either.
He is having a shitty season so far. Criticism is absolutely deserved. But you're going on and on about a 25-game stretch in a career that has roughly 575 others which are pretty fucking good. So forgive me if I'm not calling for him to be traded when he has a rough 1/3 of a season.
I'm not gonna roll my eyes or give him immunity when he gets criticized, but I am not going to get too worked up because I've got a solid mountain of evidence indicating a market correction could be right around the corner.