I give the older players respect due when i travel...........
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I think the lessons he gives are great for pool and it's all the much better that he's travelling to do it..... Who could knock him for that?
I'm all for a positive, can do type of attitude as well.... But, he needs to forget about wolfing at Chris or making excuses about why he lost to Chris. That's not being positive, that's being unrealistic and delusional. All we heard pre-match was that he was practicing and he would be ready, he stated as much on here at least 30 times in 8 or 9 days. Then during the match, and ever since, he's blamed it on the pockets and not being ready. Now he's turned it into on a bar box or a 9'er with regular pockets it's a good game and he has a chance to win...... Same exact sh!t he's been spewing for almost 4 years. How is it that Chris, or friends of Chris' like myself, are supposed to keep our mouths shut when he keeps flapping his chops about Chris? I know there are some here (as well as people who have PM'ed me on the Book of Face) who think that me or Chris or whoever that won't let go of this is BS and are casting a bad image upon ourselves... Well, we don't pick fights, we end them. This should have ended with Gene manning up, showing some respect and humility, and just flat out admitting that he has zero chance beating Chris ON ANY TABLE, and conceding that Chris is a much better player than him.... By admitting that is he devaluing Perfect Aim and whatever else he teaches? Hell no..... His product has been proven to work for many and getting beat by a great player doesn't diminish that one bit, you don't have to be a champion player to be a champion teacher. Hell, there's an instructor that is nationally known and highly respected that I will give weight to playing any game, and I can't beat anyone..... BUT, I recommend to people all the time to take lessons from him. He knows where he stands in the pool playing world and knows that his instructional game is on a different planet.
Have you, or anyone else for that matter, noticed how when he was on the road with his last "Champion in training- It's a boy!!!" and now with the "Champion in training- It's a girl!!!", that Gene had (and is currently having) a run of real bad luck? Her car breaks down, her electricity was off, gets ate up with bed bugs, the other boy champion in training would make bad games or blow money, the van would break down, etc..... Well, could it be that God, karma, or whatever is trying to tell him something??? I know more about being on the road than most and I know that you can't make it with having B, C, or D players on the team playing for the money, even if its cheap money.... Gene travels around the country grinding it out giving lessons and doing some gambling, with emphasis on "grinding". That's great and I applaud him for it, it's tough to do and he's helping a lot of people along the way.... I've spent well over a year and a half, maybe over two years, total on the road with Chris and others and you know what the difference is? At least once a day we would eat somewhere like Olive Garden, never stayed in ANY motel south of a La Quinta (Red Roof was slumming for us), never gave a lesson, never took a week or two weeks practicing to play a specific person... I've seen Chris and Danny both go almost a week without hitting one single ball, get up and give someone that plays Gene's speed weight, not hit a single ball on the table, and say heads.... And betting as much as the house would bet in the middle or the side.... AND, I haven't been on the road with Chris for over 10 years!!! He plays a little bit better now.....
Hi there,
I just have one thing to say here or maybe 2 or 3 because i'm long winded sometimes.
When I step into a pool room and see the older players around i am very careful about what i say. I like to give the older warriors that have done it for years and can't get there anymore their due respect.
And I do respect them to the fullest.
And the players in the local room know who these players are because they know the history first hand. In fact in Players there was an old guy that doesn't even play but the stories are so strong that you'ld think he could beat Johnny archer tomorrow. And maybe he could.
Many of these older players have physical reasons that they don't play much anymore besides old age.
broken this or broken that, arthritis or the eyes just went real bad and some just can't stand the fact that they can't do what they used to do anymore at a higher level.
What i teach helps these older players bring their games back up. Allot of the problem is they can't get the eyes in the most dominant position and keep it there.
I myself am battling getting older. Had some accidents and i'm still healing up from some of them but I'm still out there swinging.
Being diabetic is a big drawback and not an excuse. i'm trying to take care of that problem and If I can I will be playing Chris again and hopefully he won't like it.
You don't know my history just like I don't know the history of the old guys i meet in the rooms i go to.
The guy that put up the $4,000 to play Skylor Woodard a few weeks back does know my history. He likes what he sees with what I'm doing and wants to get in on the action. He knows that I treat his money like it was my own when i match up. I won't take a bad game.
The Bartram thing was a free roll. I put up the money before i looked at that table and those little pockets. I never would have posted the money the day before thinking that this table pockets were so small. I got my cash back from the pay per view.
I wouldn't have a backer put up a dime if i thought i couldn't win and I wasn't ready.
If and when i play Chris again he will be in for a battle.
I hadn't played at all for about 3 weeks prior to accepting the match. I tried to practice allot but just ended up tweaking my shoulder creating another problem. I couldn't practice much the week before the match though I tried.
These are not so called excuses but bonifide facts.
So i got on the stream and played my heart out with what i had. In front of the whole world.
Kind of scary knowing for sure that i wasn't ready.
If Chris had followed me around during the 80's and the 90's he would know that i am capable of getting there instead of constantly questioning my ability.
I got 15 more lbs to lose and some more healing up to do. Can I get there? I think so.
Will i get there? i think so.
One thing for sure is i'm going to make allot of noise trying.
It's not just talk but I plan on doing the walk.
Just stay on here Saw and you will be a believer in the next 6 months.
And no it won't happen in a week. Like the Bartram match.
One man a van and the road............
