skogstokig said:

noone is saying hendry used to play the janitor, but the stats don't lie. the competition is much tougher now, more centuries, higher pot success etc.

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I don't think you can compare the number of centuries when the equipment has changed so much. Modern cloths far faster which makes it much easier to develop balls. And last few seasons some of the top players have been complaining they've been making the pockets too easy, which narrows their advantage over the weaker players.

Bavafongoul said:

There isn’t any athleticism needed to become a great pool player because different skills are involved. But there’s going
to be people arguing differently why pool is a sport rather than a game but it’s because it sounds better but it isn’t true.

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Wrong....

BeiberLvr said:

Not to take anything away from Hendry, but how dominant you are has a lot to do with who you have play against. I enjoy these discussion because it lets me geek out and look up the data.

I compared Hendry's dominant 5 year run to the last 5 WC's that Ronnie won. (highlighted names are World Champions)

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Definitely interesting to see their runs to the final. Though Hendry is probably playing less World Champions because that dominant period he had meant there wasn't many other world champions about. Practically every tournament he had to beat Jimmy White, who if he'd been born slightly earlier or slightly later would probably have been a multi times champion. 1996 undeniably had a fairly easy run.

Interesting they've both beat each other on route to winning. 1995 Ronnie had been a pro for 3 years, though he never developed the defensive side of his game until Reardon coached him in 2004, would say he became a much harder opponent after that. And Ronnie beat Hendry in 2008, but he was a spent force after his cue was broken in 2003. Have heard both of them say in interviews that the other one is the GOAT.

joelpope said:

I saw the same thing, absolutely fearless, maybe the experience of being SVB's scotch doubles partner triggered some patterns & confidence she hadn't had before

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She was also paired with Jayson Shaw in one of those dubs events. She's definitely downloading top-tier knowledge. Her tactical game is noticeably better from even a few months ago.

32 today on the home table. My high run last year was 17 in the league. You can't play pick and duck and run a lot of balls.

BUMP

uk_9_ball_convert said:

Doubt winning 5 in a row by Hendry will ever be matched. Guy just had a different mentality. Changed the game, before him it used to be try to score 30-40 points on the loose reds then play a safety, where Hendry would pot the blue and go into the pack smashing everything open. Cloths were a lot slower back then so you couldn't do the delicate shots they do now to loosen a few reds at a time. Equipment's changed a lot over the years, so not sure how much you can compare players from different eras, but Reardon, Davis and Hendry dominated their era in a way Ronnie hasn't. Just don't think Ronnie has the same temperament and grit of those serial winners, though nobody can deny his talent.

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noone is saying hendry used to play the janitor, but the stats don't lie. the competition is much tougher now, more centuries, higher pot success etc.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

Davis and Hendry dominated their era in a way Ronnie hasn't. Just don't think Ronnie has the same temperament and grit of those serial winners, though nobody can deny his talent.

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Not to take anything away from Hendry, but how dominant you are has a lot to do with who you have play against. I enjoy these discussion because it lets me geek out and look up the data.

I compared Hendry's dominant 5 year run to the last 5 WC's that Ronnie won. (highlighted names are World Champions)

Well I see "available soon" on 3 matches. Hope Judd Trump comes up soon. He is #1 ....at this time.

mikepage said:

He went from 814 (#31) to 830 (#16) in the last year. That's a big jump.

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Is that from him suddenly having more FR matches in the system, or has he been overperforming that much? Not sure how big the data set was before then.

skogstokig said:

the masters crowd used to be quite tribal back in the days when the scots played.. ding got a dose of that tribalism at his first masters 20 or so years ago. it has changed a lot since then, to the better. maybe with ticket price gentrification, but i like to think not

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Okay, i understand now. Keeping a conflict on the fields of Friendly Strife allows a genuine congratulations at the final handshake. Most of my side wagers ha: been for a beer.
Life was good back in the day when I had a $5 Friendly wager on each table at the Reno Sands Open. Oh let's see? That was the late '80s.
A lust for competition doesn't require victory. Victory is however easier to celebrate.
My goal in competition is....do my best and let lady luck do the rest.
Keeping my mind right is Huge. Coming back from down 6-2 going to 7 is my best. Heck I saw Dan Louie come back from 6 none going to 7. AND! The kicker was his opponent was 2 degrees off of straight on his final 9 ball. He was so pumped and drilled it.....but whitey drifted to scratch. Oh what a lesson he got from Danny. I can call him Danny as we are friends.

They are also using video to get the call wrong.