80/20

I just wanted the chance to reply to a thread that CJ Wiley chimed in on.

DD was a solid player, but regardless of what happened in his past, he's older now and it's only natural that he would rather duck than shoot.

His best games were definitely 14.1 and one pocket, but I don't think any players of his era would have liked being on the business end of his 9-ball game. drawing him at Johnston City was far from being a by.

I notice very little difference in the tone of his commentary from now to 20 years ago. He was a great player and obviously very proud of his accomplishments. He is very opinionated in the booth, but if you accept his commentary for what it is, you can learn a lot and enjoy a match.

CJ-besides seeing you on accustats videos, I saw you play Rodney Morris 10 ahead for 5k at what I think was the 1995 US Open. I love the way you play and think that had it not been for the politics of pool at that time, you would have left a much bigger mark in the pool history books. Just another example of how pool could never get it's shit together and organize for the advancement of the game.
 
Danny pointed out frequently that when the odds were small of getting on the next shot then a safety was in order. Time and time again he was proven right. I don't recall him saying that an 80/20 shot was not in order except when there was no reward because of how the balls were laying.
 
I saw you play Rodney Morris 10 ahead for 5k

accdealer said:
CJ-besides seeing you on accustats videos, I saw you play Rodney Morris 10 ahead for 5k at what I think was the 1995 US Open. I love the way you play and think that had it not been for the politics of pool at that time, you would have left a much bigger mark in the pool history books. Just another example of how pool could never get it's shit together and organize for the advancement of the game.
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You were there at CueMaster's, that's cool, I'd like to hear your "spin" on what you saw. I know it was a great match filled with some "atomic 9 Ball" - did you see either one of us play safe? I'm pretty sure I didn't in the last 20 games ( I think I ran out 17 of them).

I remember I was with Shannon Dalton and a few other players when someone came in and said "Rodney Morris just challenged anyone here (US OPEN) a $5,000 set. This shocked me and I said "he'll play me?" - they said "he said he'd play ANYONE!"

Shannon elbowed me and said "let's go get that money". There's a lot more to the story, but after playing in three tournaments in a row I'm too tired to write it.

When you get a chance accdealer, I'd like to know what you saw, it's nice to get a story from someone watching. It seems like a dream after 20 years. ;)
 
GaryB said:
Danny pointed out frequently that when the odds were small of getting on the next shot then a safety was in order. Time and time again he was proven right. I don't recall him saying that an 80/20 shot was not in order except when there was no reward because of how the balls were laying.
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NOW we are getting down to what I was going to mention in my original post. I didn't mention it on purpose, because I wanted to see who actually was watching the matches and what some of the responses would be here.

The "80/20" referenced wasn't mentioned by Danny. That was MY reference for what I thought I could make some of the shots he was talking about. I figured if "MY" 80/20 is good enough for me, that the same shot may be a 90/10 to those young pros with good eyes and strokes.

And I also failed to mention that the majority of the time that Shaw or Morra shot, when Danny was recommending a safe, they actually got out.
 
I agree that he does recommend safe more than I would like to see, but here does have a good thought process that if the shot ands position are both tough, it may not be worth the risk.
 
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