I always love the MC, even this year. But sports typically have rules, and one of those rules in pool until now was the ref would quiet the crowd down before a player got down on a shot. That looks to have changed this year, which maybe is good in the long run (see darts) but the change looks like it was unplanned.
MC should sell noisemakers, lights, and horns next year.
But he's right though, why do you want pool to be boring man? I remember my wife being pissed and going mad whenever I put pool on TV...pool is deadly boring for non-players and sometimes even for players.
Now don't get me wrong I am not saying go to the extreme of what MR is doing right now because thats even though is entertaining for the viewer its also brutal for the player down on the shot, i.e. when Styler was shooting the 9ball. I am not saying go to this extreme, but something in the middle would be nice, just like the few past MC where ppl are allowed to shout but then once player is down at the shot they just respect him and stop yelling....that would be a nice middle-ground.
Fills should be MVP he was incredible
Most disappointing was Fred, was like he wasn't there
SVB was relatively good and the best player on USA. Fell off of day 4 lost lags on day 1-2
Billy tried
Sky played to his ability I guess
Tyler was tyler
unfortunately, tyler's nightmare matches are probably what's gonna be remembered from this MC.. but they all dogged it. and filler missed what, 1 ball in 4 days?
The mercy killing is over for another year. Team USA can come home and lick their wounds and listen to another year's worth of recriminations.
And on here we all get to continue talking about the demise of American pro pool.
Scott said it first, what I was thinking. Tyler could have just rolled the cue ball off the two ball and not sent it three rails around the table. He overthought that shot and made it much harder than it was.
