He was called a pool prodigy back when he was 7. He was on Ripley's believe it or not and the David Letterman show. By the time he was 10, about when Stan began to start working with Hal Houle's CTE, Landon was already considered one of the most talented child pool players in the country. He had already won numerous tournaments. Stan was also a pro-caliber player. They are both very talented, and their skills and talent supersede CTE. In other words, CTE is not the reason they play great pool. They were great before CTE. It must be in their genes. Lol
I dont think it's a matter of talent, especially with Stan, because he himself said he was cinching balls in at the open tournament he won. CTE allowed him a method to not guess, therefore no more cinching.
Cinching = struggling
Hardly a sign of talent. Just trying to make a point and be objective as possible. Keith mcready to me, sounds like a case of talent. I think it's important to distinguish what true talent is for any endeavor.
Buddy Rich was talented, guys like neil pert are hard workers. Neil admitted he can never match the talent of buddy. That's why, and im sure you can distinguish this by ear, if you heard both play, but not see who was playing the same beat, you could tell which one was buddy vs neil.
Like I said, just trying to make a point, just like the word "hero", talent gets thrown around too much. Perhaps the better word for Stan is ability. Perhaps the ability to be obsessed and never burn out is a talent, so then Stan is in fact talented.
Then there's the next level and I been accused of this and that word is psychotic.
WHERE DAT ORCOLLO AT MANGGG?!!