01-23-2017, 05:11 AM
Remember, also, that Kyrios had massive support as he made his initial breakthrough in the AO. The fact that he was a showman didn't put many off at all. Brashness isn't a disqualifying quality at all. His haircut was just as trendy and his strut was just as confident as now. I can even remember suggesting at the time (I think on here) that Tomic had to watch out as Kyrios and Kokkinakos were both such a dose of fresh air and talent that the public would desert him and follow them instead. In an egg-on-face moment, I suggested that they were so much better behaved than Tomic. It might be easy to rewrite history by concluding that Kyrios' dress and ethnicity were always going to work against him, but there's nothing to support it. Tanking, however, is ALWAYS going to kill off support. I can just imagine what would happen on our site if one of our players cracked the proverbial and refused to compete. The blond and blue-eyed Hendo certainly copped his fair share of criticism on that score.