You're right, we can't argue semantics. In it's strictest sense, the word "good" cannot be applied to any person. However, for the everyday audience, more lenient definitions for "good" are in play. Matt meets those criteria in my book.

On the other hand, the everyday audience has a very strict definition for the word "perfect" (as meaning 100% flawless), and Matt is by no means perfect by that measure. Even so, many may consider him "perfect" in that he is a mature, well-rounded, caring, and whole person. This is a problem with semantics, two people who are actually in agreement on certain concepts can find themselves in an argument on those same points.

I don't think he is only average because, despite his minor flaws, he goes out of his way to try to keep the peace, not content to stay back and gossip, scheme and conspire like so many others, even putting himself on the line to get into one-on-one conversations with jerks like Hutch and the first girl who left (see episode 1). It did bake my noodle slightly that he tried to get rid of Ashleigh, but I think he felt like she was playing with his mind. Let's face it, she's very cute, and the eyes she was making in the hot-tub, then his "true confessions on T.V.", followed by her "brother talk". I don't blame him. Like the line on the Rufus Wainwright song, "Hallelujah" (heard on "Shrek"),..."All I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you." Yeah, it is slightly childish, yeah it is a contradiction, but that's how it goes, sometimes.