This post is SO RIDICULOUS and so childish its honestly sad. Here's a man, quite old by his own admission whose need to feel superior or feel noticed is nuanced in many of his threads. Always that hint of "show me more respect...I deserve it."
I never heard of him ..don't care to, and the years he claims he was "going at it for the serious coin" with names we all know kind of where before my time...but I know all the other names he listed that were before my time as well. This is a textbook blatant but obvious narcissist with self esteem issues.
Never saw that in a man in his 80's...ever. Wasn't sure before whether to be sympathetic or disgusted...this post shows disgusted was the correct route. I have been out of commenting on things like this for years, but this post in particular and his others in the thread as well - where he feels (almost demands) the pro-player above his name stating his case of why it should be some sort of "no brainer" - then in this reply stating "I would not except a "PRO" banner now, if you begged me to" After he had just been ripped apart by AZ House Pro saying how he hadn't ever seen him compete or hit a ball, this 80+ yr old man lost it...all you have left in the world would be some respect, and instead you get laughed at - those are the chances you take.
P.S. - Your Jealousy of CJ is transparent to all - you may wanna lay off bringing up his name at every opportunity. Whether or not you like or dislike his posting or the fact that he sells dvd's is pointless. The fact that CJ has accomplished what he has, and putting his accomplishments next to yours - its a lose/lose for you - Shows your jealousy #1 and when the careers get compared, you are not in his league.
Palmerfan,
I'm guessing you've never been more wrong in your life.
CJ and Freddy the Beard constantly call/called attention to themselves, did you ever "straighten them out"? I doubt it.
P.S. I liked Freddy and like SJD.
ONB
You guessed wrong, and I am dead right which is probably why it solicited this type of response from you. I wasn't really "guessing", just a figure of speech.
The facts of what he said are in my post and can't be argued as those were the words HE wrote...first asking and "showing" why he deserved the pro banner early in the thread and then laughably stating "I would not except a "PRO" banner now, if you begged me to".
I showed by using his own statements so opinions won't matter. It is also blatantly apparent you will defend him no matter how wrong he is, and no matter how transparent his self esteem issues are and his jealousy of CJ is.You draw this conclusion about me from my 3 line post?
I don't need to "straighten them out" or anyone else...I was pointing out a monumental narcissistic post by a man dripping with anger, envy and the feeling he has been disrespected/forgotten.If you want to single him out that's on you but by not pointing out the other ego-driven poster on this forum you simply are flaming one guy for no particular reason other than you can.
Palmerfan,
Even though I disagree with your conclusions I must say I respect the way you articulate them. You seem intelligent, thoughtful and can put your feelings into words better than most, including me.
I'm not quite sure how you can judge a man's motives and draw conclusions about him from a couple of posts on a forum though, it seems odd.
You call him narcissistic but don't bother with CJ's posts, every one of which is a "look at me" cry for attention.
You say SJD is an old man by his own admission. He is an old man because he is an old man, his admission has nothing to do with it.
You say you never knew of him and don't care to but you care to pass judgment on him and his motives.
You say he brings up names of players he's played but you'll probably never see him bring those names up unless he's asked first by someone to tell a story about the time he played "so & so". SJD does not point at himself, it's that simple.
I agree with you that the whole "pro-player" label is ridiculous, my word not yours.
You say he is jealous of CJ. That's 100% wrong, speaking of facts. Dick simply does not care for people who constantly call attention to themselves and tell everyone how great they were. By the way, CJ is 50 so in many eyes he is also an old man hanging on to the past and seeking attention for his past accomplishments.
Like I said, we just disagree but I would never draw conclusions about a man by reading one or two of his posts when there are 1000's of them you could read on two pool forums to see whether or not your ideas are sound.
Have a good day sir and thanks for the back & forth, intelligently written though incorrect in my opinion.
ONB
