I don't have an answer to his likability, but when our own fans are taunting him and hurling clearly audible insults at him during the first half of his third game, I'm not sure it's an apples to apples comparison on how likable he is because I don't remember our fanbase doing something like that before.
It seems like since players are getting paid, fans feel that they can criticize them harder than ever before. I've seen/heard so many CaN wE gEt A rEfUnD?! "jokes" in the past 15ish hours. I don't know, perhaps the critique is fair. It just doesn't seem like any 20 year old should be treated like that when the crime is "not playing well enough for the fanbase's liking."