An Apology To Mark Wilson
- Thread starter Kickin' Chicken
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Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.
I hate to say that I agree with what you say but only because it is so very true.
Brian, at least has the character to apologize for what could be called an "Internet Moment."
The fact is that doing good in the pool world must be its only reward because there will always be a dissenter waiting to pounce and have their perverted day in the sun.
Let's hope that the USA Mosconi Cup Team puts the ants on the Euro Team.
JoeyA
I hate to say that I agree with what you say but only because it is so very true.
Brian, at least has the character to apologize for what could be called an "Internet Moment."
The fact is that doing good in the pool world must be its only reward because there will always be a dissenter waiting to pounce and have their perverted day in the sun.
Let's hope that the USA Mosconi Cup Team puts the ants on the Euro Team.
JoeyA
Mark didn't have 8 guys to choose from, he chose 8 guys. Why Mike Dechaine wasn't one of those 8 but John Schimdt was doesn't add up.
Last year at Derby (is that February?) Mark had sit downs with players he wanted to put into this group of 8. Mark didn't make eye contact with Dechiane yet John makes that cut... So if the final 8 was made based off 2013, it makes far less sense.
Mark picked the 12 players then he cut 3 from that squad to make the 8 that he has
supported all summer (one player withdrew). They were the choice of Mark alone.
When he reduced them down to five again it was his decision only.
Now somebody fabricates a story that they present as fact that Matchroom influenced the final selection process. That is sheer bunkum and questions Mark's integrity.
Mark didn't have 8 guys to choose from, he chose 8 guys. Why Mike Dechaine wasn't one of those 8 but John Schimdt was doesn't add up.
Last year at Derby (is that February?) Mark had sit downs with players he wanted to put into this group of 8. Mark didn't make eye contact with Dechiane yet John makes that cut... So if the final 8 was made based off 2013, it makes far less sense.
^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^
I sat with Mike at the Turning Stone event and had a meal. Didn't even bring this up because I didn't want to upset him during the tournament. To me, his absence makes the least sense out of any of it.
Mark didn't have 8 guys to choose from, he chose 8 guys. Why Mike Dechaine wasn't one of those 8 but John Schimdt was doesn't add up.
Last year at Derby (is that February?) Mark had sit downs with players he wanted to put into this group of 8. Mark didn't make eye contact with Dechiane yet John makes that cut... So if the final 8 was made based off 2013, it makes far less sense.
Maybe Mark just doesn't like Mike! That's not too hard to believe
Anyway, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Mark is already working on Mike for next year. Mike has publicly stated he knows he has an attitude problem! ( If you don't think so, then your blind to that fact)
Mike's game is not, or has ever been the issue with him not making the team, it's been his attitude! Maybe he will make the change, maybe he won't time will tell!
Look at it another way, with all the Mike haters out there, there going to want to watch him lose, and that, to me, brings moral down for the team! I'll be the first to say it, if I don't like someone on a team, I'm NOT routing for them! I want and will be the one screaming the loudest, "USA USA USA USA USA"! But also, if there are people I don't like on the team, I have no problem routing for my countryman, Ekonomopoulos!!!!! I will always stand behind the USA as long as like the players, if I dont like them, see ya
This is also another angle people need to look at. Mark is doing a fine job, even if they don't win, at least be is making his efforts to make a REAL "TEAM USA"!
And my whole point was that... John's attitude, a lot of times, can be much worse. You might not know that, but a lot of people do. At least Mike plays pool on a regular basis, preforms well and doesn't tell all of Facebook how pool is a waste of time.
Mark Wilson doesn't read AZB, so you're good!
Don/Williebetmore might mention your original thread to him - and hopefully will mention this one as well.
i'm sure that Mark is making his choices for specific reasons. if there were more disclosure & communication, then perhaps the AZB fans (MC customers) could better understand & rumours would stop.
Brian, i actually thought it was a typo (like JB), of Wincompoop. you might should have gone w/ this excuse....
it takes a big man to own it. well done.
Don/Williebetmore might mention your original thread to him - and hopefully will mention this one as well.
i'm sure that Mark is making his choices for specific reasons. if there were more disclosure & communication, then perhaps the AZB fans (MC customers) could better understand & rumours would stop.
Brian, i actually thought it was a typo (like JB), of Wincompoop. you might should have gone w/ this excuse....
it takes a big man to own it. well done.
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First of all, how do you know this?
Second, this does not question Mark's integrity in the least. If Mark was not given the latitude that a coach of Team USA deserves, it's Matchroom's integrity that's under fire, not Mark's.
Mark is one of the great men of pool in the US. All of us who know him understand this in full.
takeitdown
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Wilson is a doosche gonna fall flat on his face . If you can't win at least enjoy the ride to the bottom. What a disgrace. Kicking you got nothing to apologize for. It's a clusterf#!k.
This is the correct attitude, and I have said it over and over...Team USA has been chosen. Get behind them and support them 100%. The whiners need to grow up and start acting like adults, and American fans of the sport...not just particular players that didn't make the team or the cut. Great post Jamie! :thumbup:
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