Today was very entertaining in a horror movie sort of way. The Euros are Freddie Krueger, and the U.S. players are the victims, bound to lose in every terrible manner.

Even SVB, who’s been the best US player by far, had a big boo-boo in the team game. But Sky overshadowed him twice by screwing up his faceoffs vs Alcaide, and Thorpe bungled a push out. The U.S. should have won all three team matches, but they somehow managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

This team needs a real coach. If it can’t be Johann again, gotta go with Frost. He is pissed off by what he has seen, even if he tries to hide it.

lakeman77 said:

Predator, Cuetec, Mezz and others make cues consistantly as good or better than 95% of the customs. They are available now, without drama, stalls, delays and fraud. And CF came along. I wouldn't do the custom thing again for all the tea in China

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I went the same way, after an over 10 year hiatus from playing pool and selling all my pool gear my main concern was a great playing cue with no concern on it's appearance, my Becue is all CF, it definitely looks more modern, far from a traditional cue, but I love the way it plays and I am playing better than I ever have.

Production cues are just so damn consistent and easy to attain that it is hard to justify paying huge $$$ for a custom. Having said that, I am having a custom built a we speak. I have owned Scruggs, Carmelli, Jacoby, Shuriken, Nitti..the list goes on. The only one I liked was the Carmelli as far as playability goes. My main player is a bright green Schon, but I like to sample different cues as much as I can. The younger guys in my hall all play Cuetecs, Valhallas, Mcdermott Star, Kodas, etc. They like the fancy cues I bring around, but not enough to buy one on their own. At 38, I am a lot better off than i was at 25...No chance I would be having custom cues built then.

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jax_joe said:

Do you need a hug?

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Credit to him. He’s actually there supporting pro pool. These athletes deserve to be paid.

SBC said:

You sir are a legend in your own mind.

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pot

Chicagoplayer said:

On this side of the pond, cue sports are relegated to ‘game’ . Europe and Asia have elevated cue sports to ‘sport status’.
American pool needs to get its act together because America will not be winning anything on a world without more foundational structure & support, which includes changing perspective.

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meh... "sport" has a definition imo. Doesn't matter where in the world it's played or how hard the spectators from those regions hug the nuts of the players. Will always be a game, no different than darts

skip100 said:

It's nice to see the handshakes and sportsmanship between the players before and after the games.

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Alcaide & Shane both are a class act, from day one I seen these two specifically during team matches telling their team-mates to shake the hands of opponent before celebrating the win. Alcaide did that twice on day 1, and Shane once that I saw on day 2.

smoochie said:

Just imagine tomorrow's the last day & USA takes the first 5 games, then its a tie 8-8 and we already 5 games in & approx at 1AM in the morning, what happens next? Extend one extra day or keep playing until 6am to finish it off? Just a thought.

I've said this scenario might come to play since they cut it short on day 2, and it still a possibility you know.

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dream on
Not gonna happen

smoochie said:

Just imagine tomorrow's the last day & USA takes the first 5 games, then its a tie 8-8 and we already 5 games in & approx at 1AM in the morning, what happens next? Extend one extra day or keep playing until 6am to finish it off? Just a thought.

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Don't wake me, lol.

It's nice to see the handshakes and sportsmanship between the players before and after the games.

SVB pretty classy.

Just imagine tomorrow's the last day & USA takes the first 5 games, then its a tie 8-8 and we already 5 games in & approx at 1AM in the morning, what happens next? Extend one extra day or keep playing until 6am to finish it off? Just a thought.

I've said this scenario might come to play since they cut it short on day 2, and it still a possibility you know.