Mark Wilson's Two MC Picks

If the Mosconi cup were a 1Pocket event, sure, add Frost to the list.

But it's a 9ball tournament.

Adding Frost to the list when there are plenty of better 9ball players out there is just retarded. You don't have to be a part of Mensa to figure that one out.:rolleyes:
LOL
 
pro9dg said:
But what is the plural of GENIUS?
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What does plural mean? Without trying to feed the troll, I'm looking forward to watching the cup live this year. I like the team of SVB, Dechaine, Deuel, Bergman, and Woodward. But wouldn't have any issues with Hall or even Dominguez chosen.

I like Frost and think that he could provide a spark ala Dennis Hatch a few years ago but with the future in mind, I would rather go younger.
 
dardusm said:
What does plural mean? Without trying to feed the troll, I'm looking forward to watching the cup live this year. I like the team of SVB, Dechaine, Deuel, Bergman, and Woodward. But wouldn't have any issues with Hall or even Dominguez chosen.

I like Frost and think that he could provide a spark ala Dennis Hatch a few years ago but with the future in mind, I would rather go younger.
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Pretty much how I feel.
 
I've got an idea.

Let AZB nominate 16 players to play in the MC and have them fight it out. Race to 1, single elimination. 3 second shot clock, and all cues cannot exceed 58 inches in length.

Why argue about things that you have no control over.....?
 
Besides #1 & #5, and talent to boot, Oscar regularly conducts himself as a PROFESSIONAL and doesn't specifically try to use social media in acquiring a Mosconi Cup position.

If you want to be a USA Mosconi Cup member, walk the walk, even when others aren't watching. Don't toot your own horn on social media because that's all you got as it makes you look counterfeit.

Good character and integrity speaks volumes. Oscar has that and talent in large measure.

JoeyA

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Good analysis by SJM, but don't sell Oscar short.
1) But for calling a foul on himself he beats Ekonomopoulos
2) Has been top dog of The Mezz tour West
3) Played well as a rookie on Mosconi Cup team
4) Much better player than rookie year of Mosconi Cup team
5) Can be counted on staying in the moment
6) Won't embarrass himself or team
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Johnnyt said:
Find 5 top players that care more about the title than the money. Those will be your winners. Johnnyt
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Yes, but that's sometimes difficult to determine with the dog and pony show that goes on in social media.

Candidly though, this is a nice sum of money for the players to be chasing, imo.

I prefer the players to just play their best all year long and act like professionals even when no one is watching. Oscar does that day in day out.

Oh yeah, btw, (just in case you didn't know) I am an Oscar Dominguez fan and especially because he has all of the things needed in a USA Mosconi Cup Team Member. :wink:

JoeyA
 
I think we can expect the announcement tomorrow Monday the 2nd or no later than Tuesday the 3rd. I'm sure Mark will make great choices.
 
Wow

wrickyb said:
I think we can expect the announcement tomorrow Monday the 2nd or no later than Tuesday the 3rd. I'm sure Mark will make great choices.
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109 comments and 3,614 hits and someone finally tried to answer my original question when I started this thread!

Thanks

Wedge
 
Personally, I think all this chemistry stuff is mostly nonsense. As we saw at the Rio in 2014, Dechaine and Deuel made an excellent team in their win over Reyes and Bustamante in what I believe was called the OB1 challenge. Good players find a way to mesh.

It is in singles where Team USA has been absolutely awful, and for once, we have a chance to send a team that can perform in singles. I don't care whether they talk to each other or root for each other --- they need to focus on taking care of business when they are playing alone against elite players.

We've done OK in doubles and I'm sure we'll do so again. Our chances in the Mosconi comes down to singles, and just two team members have regularly beaten the stars of Europe and that's SVB and Dechaine.

Everyone else, to me, has to step it up. Hall did last year, and we'll need either Bergman or Deuel to follow suit. We know both are capable. Hopefully, we'll pick a fifth that has some big wins over top players over the past year or two.

Anyone who thinks Archer or Oscar belongs should consider hig character guy Mike Davis, who eliminated both of them at the just-completed US Open.

If this was about character, Mark Wilson would not want SVB on the team based on his a) unscrewing mid-match at the World 10-ball Championship and b) no-show for a televised quarterfinal in the US Open 10-ball. It's not about character, though, but about great pool and who has demonstrated they can play it in the biggest spots.
 
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Rodney is on Facebook bellyaching about the cup already, saying he's gonna put on a "Missconi" cup with teams made up of people not on either team. The two teams he proposes indeed look strong, its just his usual attitude in the thread that cements my opinion of him....

At one point he had the gall to say that The Mosconi process is now a "good old boy network". Really. Him. I'm only friended so I can read his latest, but I would loved to have called him on that.....good old boy network? How about him and CW, JA etc, over the past decade?

Wow.............
 
justadub said:
Rodney is on Facebook bellyaching about the cup already, saying he's gonna put on a "Missconi" cup with teams made up of people not on either team. The two teams he proposes indeed look strong, its just his usual attitude in the thread that cements my opinion of him....

At one point he had the gall to say that The Mosconi process is now a "good old boy network". Really. Him. I'm only friended so I can read his latest, but I would loved to have called him on that.....good old boy network? How about him and CW, JA etc, over the past decade?

Wow.............
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all Rodney does is cry, I am used to it......if he played as well as he cried he would be as good as cheng :eek:
 
kagewest said:
No most of the redicilious opinions on this thread are what's a joke. If you can't handle reading then stop! Geniuses are rarely agreed with, people don't have the intellect to comprehend it. I'm use to it. You should be to!
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you're gramer and speling make you look lice a real genuis
 
kagewest said:
No most of the redicilious opinions on this thread are what's a joke. If you can't handle reading then stop! Geniuses are rarely agreed with, people don't have the intellect to comprehend it. I'm use to it. You should be to!
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Please report back if Scott is on Rodney's "Missconi" cup team?

I've grown to like Scott so this is nothing personal.
 
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sjm said:
Personally, I think all this chemistry stuff is mostly nonsense. As we saw at the Rio in 2014, Dechaine and Deuel made an excellent team in their win over Reyes and Bustamante in what I believe was called the OB1 challenge. Good players find a way to mesh.
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I disagree with that. Two of the best players from the USA matched up in the World Cup of Pool and proved to be completely terrible as a team.

Dechaine and Deuel worked because they had respect for each other and Deuel's relaxed style helped calm Dechaine's more tense stance at the table. They proved to be a very effective team.

SVB by all accounts is a better player then Deuel, but unlike Deuel SVB managed to pressure up Dechaine and controlled his game and anyone who watched their World Cup match could see it hurt both of their games in the long run.

The Mosconi Cup is not simply singles matches, there are a lot of team matches and the team that wants to win the cup needs to have good teams with good chemistry that make each player on the team play to the best of their ability.

Two great champions would "not" make the best "team". Sigel and Mosconi are two of the greatest in history, if they played scotch doubles it would be a disaster as their egos would clash like crazy. They would not both each make each other shoot better, their personalities would clash and they would both shoot worse than they do in singles.
 
With all due respect my friend SJM i believe the record will show in 2012 in London Johnny came back from 3 1 or 4 2 against Karl Boyes the last day to set up a USA possible victory. Mike lost both singles matches against Neils 5 0 Vand den Berg 5 2 with score 10 9 and missed at least 2 shots he is not suppose to miss. could have tied at 10 10 and . USA lost 11 to 9 .

Having attended the last two Mosconi cups in Las Vegas there is plenty of opinions and blame, but it comes down to stepping up when it is game on and we have failed to accomplish that . There are at least ten players that would and could be quality picks. Whether they perform is another thing.
 
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sjm said:
Personally, I think all this chemistry stuff is mostly nonsense.
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I'm surprised to see you say that. I believe anyone who has played on a team, two-man or more, knows different regardless of the outcome or how it looks.

Lou Figueroa
 
For what it's worth a very good friend of mine and multi time Ryder Cup Team member / Player said in his opinion the chemistry is more important than the Captain.
 
Sorry but wouldn't tell you if it was or wasn't,. Private conversation comparing similarities and struggles of both Mosconi and Ryder Cup
 
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