I love bad boys in tennis. The times when Nastase and Connors used to interact with the crowd or when McEnroe launched into one of his epic rages were a vital part of the golden age of tennis.
But each of those guys was a World #1, slam-winning, all-time great. They had the game and the winning mentality to back up the on-court antics.
Kyrgios, on the other hand, is like the kid in class who can't answer the questions in the test and so starts acting up to cover up his embarrassment. His whole act is an attempt to deflect from the fact that he is a serial loser, incapable of even reaching a semi-final in a slam, never mind winning them like the legendary bad boys of old.
His whole -I don't practice and would prefer to play 'Call of Duty"- shtick is a pathetic ploy to cover up the fact he couldn't win anything, even if he practised all the hours god sends. Again, he's like the kid who knows he can't achieve something and says "Hey, I didn't want to do it anyway!"
26 slam appearances and 24 exits before the quarter-finals is an embarrassment. You'd think he'd have the decency not to draw attention to himself with a record like that. When this chapter of tennis history is written he'll be lucky to be a footnote. The golden age of tennis had legendary bad boys like Mac, Jimbo and Nasty. We have Kyrgios, who is a legend all right: a legendary loser.