im2fast4u2catch said:you can have you 3 or four people that will back you up but i absolutly certian that bucky will have 1000 supporters. yeah he is a woofer but arnt we all. and when you have met, played, and known as many people as somebody like bucky has your not going to be liked by everybody. i mean comon. ghandi had people try to kill him same as m.l.k. jr. and they were loved by all. everybody has off days. you remember more of the negative than the positive. and i will go on record that you are the first person that i have ever heard publicly bash bucky bell.
just my piece
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I agree! I've known Bucky for about 25 years and I won't say I've never seen him, "act up", everyone gets pissed off once in a while, especially when they compete! But the good things that's Bucky's done have far outweighed the few times he's "gone on tilt"! He really is generous with his knowlege and is happy to talk to you and answer any questions he can. Yeah he has a lot of pool stories, and he remembers the times he's won better than the losses, like most of us, but he is the "real deal" and has spent a life time playing pool at a very high level. At one time or another he probably beat all the top players of his time! I'm not claiming he's another Efren, but there was a time when it took a player like Efren to beat old Bucky! He also plays pretty sporty 3C billiards, for a pool player! As someone else mentioned, Bucky likes to teach women to play and used to give free lessons to Ewa Mataya, when he was living in Michigan many years ago. He and Jimmy M were good friends then.
Don't think that Bucky's stories are just "hot air"! I witnessed some of them and have reliable knowlege of many more! Bucky's lived the hard life of a pool player who's talents are seldom appreciated! He's won a lot and lost a lot over the years, but he's had the courage to get up and play a lot of the greatest players in the world, which is more than most of us here can claim!
just more hot air!
Sherm
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