I understand that . At the Empire was where Lance Saunders , Jerry and Paul Schmito hung out and played quite often .
There could have been another fella named Norm also ? Another fella named George who had a foo man chew that reached down to his belt .

Then there was Lance's big brother Billy who was always either writing a book on pool playing or making a video on the same .
He talked me into shooting some shots so he could film them as he thought I had a reasonable stroke .

Great stats
Any stats on unforced errors. ….ie easy shots missed

Rusty in Montana said:

Darn right I was trying to interject a it of humor , as misguided as it may of been .
Cabin fever was kicking in I guess as it's still snowing out.

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That's cool. I think a fair point to be made is that anything or any device can be used to shark somebody else. It's the statement a player makes when he performs a particular action that has intentions of distracting his opponent. Yes it could be an oxygen machine, it could be a glove, it could be disassembling your stick, and anything else that will distract your opponent.

Darn right I was trying to interject a bit of humor , as misguided as it may of been .
Cabin fever was kicking in I guess as it's still snowing out.

garczar said:

how many did you fk up before you got it right? not once? yeah right.

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I have a friend who does excellent repair work with all of the equipment. I can furnish the tip and he charges me 10 bucks. Perfect work and a no brainer for me.

yea some good shit happened around there with george and frank. frank was still in his best shape then and unbeatable. few would really go for him as he was too slow. and too good.
i wish i would have met you back then. and maybe i did, but no memory. i came in the pool room when in town but had bigger fish to fry at the empire bar.

DaWizard said:

Some rich AZ billiards fan can sure spare a million to set up a training fund for a bunch of talents? Grow them now.

I find it peculiar that pool is so ingrained in USA culture but no angel investor to be found? Joe Rogan?

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Somebody to swoop in an lose money for the benefit of what?

That little thinking speaks volumes about what pool is.

skip100 said:

Mosconi Cup and Turning Stone doesn’t a hall of famer make

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He also has a US Open, Hanoi Open, and World Blackball champion. I personally think he’s kind of a borderline pick but those titles plus the Mosconi Cup showmanship/performances and the straight pool record some people value will end up getting him in.

Rusty in Montana said:

Since my Dr put me on oxygen a few days ago, is that considered "sharking " if I have the oxygen machine over my shoulder ?
What if I take it off to play my games ? The hose is about 5' long is all . ha ha

One good thing is mY blood oxygen level is 95 when I checked it last .

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If you are serious about that comment, it is may or may not be sharking . Your oxygen equipment could be sharking if you use it that way, but I think you were just making a funny analogy.

Since my Dr put me on oxygen a few days ago, is that considered "sharking " if I have the oxygen machine over my shoulder ?
What if I take it off to play my games ? The hose is about 5' long is all . ha ha

One good thing is my blood oxygen level is 95 when I checked it last .

Kris_b1104 said:

Would y'all say Shaw is Hall of Fame material?

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Did you mean Hollywood's Walk of Fame Yes, yes.

Kris_b1104 said:

Would y'all say Shaw is Hall of Fame material?

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Mosconi Cup and Turning Stone doesn’t a hall of famer make

DaWizard said:

Some rich AZ billiards fan can sure spare a million to set up a training fund for a bunch of talents? Grow them now.

I find it peculiar that pool is so ingrained in USA culture but no angel investor to be found? Joe Rogan?

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When I was growing up pool was $.60 an hour. How could say a kid who has a real interest learn today. Unless his dad owns the pool room who could they afford to play say 5 or 7 hours a day. He would have to spend hundreds of dollars a week just o practice.

Other sports cost very little to learn to play like baseball, basket ball and so on. A kid can get good and have no money at all. Pool is not a poor man's sport.

I'm used to seeing USA lose but man this year was horrific on another level. What can I say that hasnt already been said 100 times?

Team Europe looked human this year...the rolls seemed equal...the bottom line is that we (USA) missed a big opportunity to cash in.

Everyone played far below their speed on USA except SVB (who overperformed-last match he checked out-fair enough) and Billy. I would consider Fedor to easily be the LVP in terms of "underperformance". I might even go so far as to say he dogged it as many times as Tyler, just not on the 9 ball.

This is a ***TEAM*** event, and the key psychological difference is that when you are out there alone you have only yourself to blame for mistakes, and also only yourself to rely on, and bring your all from there. Team USA started with, presumably, little confidence in eachother and their confidence was fractured more with each heavy blow (self-inflicted) that was dealt. It was impressive in an odd way to see them continue to fight to get up 2-0 in almost every match after so many letdowns.

So where do we go from here? Diluting the event with North America or the Americas doesnt seem to pan out, as evidenced by the Reyes Cup atmosphere. At this point it seems the team has to change, for psychological reasons. The captaincy also has to change, with bringing Johan back as the most glaring option. Skylar doesn't really have the bandwidth to be captain and play his A game and it doesn't seem any other US player qualifies for the job.