Maybe the nap cloth isn't that slow then... Idk. I wonder if there is a table around set up exactly like they were 40 years ago.
Scott Frost vs The So Called One Pocket Greats
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Maybe the nap cloth isn't that slow then... Idk. I wonder if there is a table around set up exactly like they were 40 years ago.
Same here, and one pocket is a much better game when the tables aren't springy.
I think I'll use your line of thinking and say something there is no way I can prove, but it just feels good saying it:
If you, Donny, played the Tommy Sanders of 1980, he would have smoked you...ALL DAY LONG. You are the second best pool playing car dealer in history.
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Watch the Crane run, it is available on youtube. I think you will see the difference.
Honestly, if you can watch that video and not see the mad talent those two players have. If you know one of those guys ran an 11 pack for what he was told would be 1 million dollars.
You know what they say, you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.
donny would rob him
Lol I'll tell em. Well, first off if 1980 was in his prime that would be unfortunate for him considering that was before efren and the wise kicking. So he couldn't kick like me which over a long set he'd have no chance of winning.
Secondly he wouldn't be able to break like me no matter who's racking.
So if you add these two things up and throw them into a 15 ahead set between us I'd say you have a better chance of waking up tomorrow and the sun not being there.
I haven't watched it yet but I will soon.
Easy Lenny....
Lmao @ different set of skills. Watch the match closely and see if Shane broke good also. Other factors like if he didn't make a ball did I have a shot, or if I made a ball on the break and left myself a hard shot that I shouldn't shoot at. Not many people understand certain things about pool... and I don't know why.
Oops...might have just closed the bar before posting.:grin:Heh?????
One reason why one pocket is a better game than 9/10 ball...you don't hear "the balls didn't let me win" as much.
One thing that has not changed through the years. Pool is still a game of skill, percentages, shot choice and luck. Those will never change. Only the names involved.
Lyn
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I'll put this into some perspective for you guys and will not use pool terms. I was talking to my Dad about this stuff and he likes to use basketball analogies.
You guys all remember when Allen Iverson crossed Michael Jordan over and made that mid range jumper. AI arrived that day, that was his official coming out party and he was/"is" a star. Now what a lot of people fail to remember about that game is that Jordan had 35 points and his team won the game.
Fast forward 12 years or so can you even compare the careers of MJ and AI? Fine maybe argue about MJ and Kobe or MJ and Lebron? The fact is you always will argue about MJ when it comes to guards, Oscar Robertson, Kareem, and Wilt when it comes to Forwards/Centers.
The legends are the legends for a reason, they did it over a very long period of time. Hard work and dedication make you a legend if you have the talent. All this he is a "gambler" type stuff is crap, a true champion doesn't want to lose ever. It's hard to be the greatest of all time or one of the greats so if you make the conversation that should say enough.
That's my 2 cents.
You guys all remember when Allen Iverson crossed Michael Jordan over and made that mid range jumper. AI arrived that day, that was his official coming out party and he was/"is" a star. Now what a lot of people fail to remember about that game is that Jordan had 35 points and his team won the game.
Fast forward 12 years or so can you even compare the careers of MJ and AI? Fine maybe argue about MJ and Kobe or MJ and Lebron? The fact is you always will argue about MJ when it comes to guards, Oscar Robertson, Kareem, and Wilt when it comes to Forwards/Centers.
The legends are the legends for a reason, they did it over a very long period of time. Hard work and dedication make you a legend if you have the talent. All this he is a "gambler" type stuff is crap, a true champion doesn't want to lose ever. It's hard to be the greatest of all time or one of the greats so if you make the conversation that should say enough.
That's my 2 cents.
Donny, I agree that as a masses players today play better than players 20 years ago, thats why it's more difficult to win tournaments. There are very few gimme matches today in comparison to 20 years ago, where you often drew players that had NO chance. But the top plyers today would of had all they wanted playing Reyes, Sigel, Hall, Strickland, Varner, and Archer. Matter of fact there may not be 6 players today the equal of those guys.:sorry:l
Well, as Smorg might have said, "Now one of us will have to go kill themselves."
Lou Figueroa
Might be tough for some of those "true" champions to win tournaments if they are up until the sun rises gambling for more money then the tournament pays for winning it.
Sounds like you're talking about Keith.
When I could keep him off the crap tables and out of the poolroom/bar he was a threat to win any event he played in. Unfortunately that was not always the case.