User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/Sam's NOT the hero of the show!/@comment-95.112.158.218-20160105230126/@comment-3481504-20160106021245

His fanbase increased? I don't think so, they only felt bad for him and wanted to make him feel better, doesn't mean any of them liked him. Dean/Jensen get a lot more praise than Sam/Jared. Cas threw him into a situation without explaining anything, so no, it wasn't his fault.