yeah I'm one of the few that appreciates some of the creativity he has in his game to draw fouls. especially the one where he brings the ball low and extends it. Once a defender reaches in, he goes straight up to shoot and it's a legitimate foul because he caught them in a bad position. Sure it's intentional but those are fouls and like you said, he forces defenders to play more lax on defense to keep from fouling. People can say it's not fun to watch and that he's exploiting loopholes in the game or whatever, but there's a semen cloud in the NFL Forum every time people see Belichick do the same thing in terms of being creative and finding loopholes
I will say kicking the leg out is extremely stupid though. I can almost guarantee this guy is going to get a serious injury one of these days by doing it