People getting all high and mighty over Bernard Tomic.
If they've invested any emotional capital into a bloke they've never met nor ever will then they are the suckers, not Bernie.
I saw an article asking why us plebs are allowed to get bored, underwhelmed, not motivated, have slack days, etc for our jobs but Bernie isn't allowed to.
OK
I find it amazing that people find it acceptable to demand a player perform to their predetermined standard rather than just going and cheering someone else on who more represents those behaviours.
I mean, you want 'fight' and 'mongrel' and 'grit'? Nadals right there for you.
You want elegance and grace? Go check out Federer.
You want dominance? There's Serena, but noooooooooooooo, until Tomic satisfies all those requirements ima carry on like a moron.
People are weird.
chris guccione is a red-headed ethnic but somehow escapes criticism
Tomic and Kyrios are probably the only two players on the tour that interest me these days. The rest are mostly media controlled muppets that never tell it like it is.
You take these types away from the game and you will end up with a product nobody cares to watch.
Safan, Nastase, Ralston, Gonzales, Roddick, Agassi, Connors, McEnroe, Becker... these loose cannons are what made the game the billion dollar industry it now is.
Last edited by The Dunster; 11-07-2017 at 02:17 PM.
Product from some players is fine. I could watch Wawrinka and Fed smoke winners all day. Kyrgios' shotmaking is pretty unreal too. I find it hard to be a fan though
What really grinds my gears about tennis these days is how the courts are too slow and bounce too much - making the game as boring as bat shit to watch compared to how it was 12 years ago or more.
And don't get me started on that synthetic grass shit you see everywhere - they should all be torn up and replaced with either clay or plexipave to give our kids a fighting chance if they want to be professionals one day.
The match below is why we need to go back to fast courts - it was magnificent to watch.
Last edited by The Dunster; 11-07-2017 at 02:56 PM.
modern management