Drama Meltdown: Female VS Male Pro Players

[justnum]

Why are female pro pool players better at maintaining their cool in a tough match?

There have been multiple incidences in the past of men having a breakdown during a tournament or in a match. Incidences include throwing balls during a match, breaking cue sticks and walking out of a match.

What has happened to the level of professionalism of male pool players?

Lately top male pool pros have demonstrated poor table manners. Maybe I have got it wrong and top pool pros are just trying to make sensational headlines during a tournament. The women have an edge over the men.

Could it be women are used to feeling angry or upset more than men. Seeing a drama meltdown at a pool tournament is worth commenting because new rules and regulations may be needed to manage those emotional situations.

First cry baby to act up has to take a five minute timeout with the ref.

 

[KellySnead]

testosterone lol

 

[snucar]

First cry baby to act up has to take a five minute timeout with the ref.

I'd gladly break my cue on the table to take a five minute timeout with Michaela Tabb.

 

[HawaiianEye]

I have played pool for over 50 years and have never slammed my cue or anything else around.

People who break their stuff over missing, making a mistake, or losing are a bit unstable if you ask me.

 

[BmoreMoney]

I'd gladly break my cue on the table to take a five minute timeout with Michaela Tabb.

++++1^^^^ on this lol . As to the question : just nature. Guys break stuff, girls well.... do many other things.

 

[Black-Balled]

Could it be that there are 234554322 men that play/ played pool, but only 3454228 women? bound to be more when ya got more.

 

[justnum]

Could it be that there are 234554322 men that play/ played pool, but only 3454228 women? bound to be more when ya got more.

Are the rules concerning player meltdowns clear or adequate enough for tournament competition?

Suppose someone thinks they got sharked, or "that player" just broke his cue in half or someone just started mumbling controversial statements.

Sharking by your opponent, its mostly a player issue. The headline did make it seem like I was going for the men are bad stereotype.

I was just thinking about matches and how players don't realize they are "acting up." There have been some recent famous examples.

Is it worth it to say something or better to ignore it when you think you are being sharked in a match?

 

[KissedOut]

Are the rules concerning player meltdowns clear or adequate enough for tournament competition?

Suppose someone thinks they got sharked, or "that player" just broke his cue in half or someone just started mumbling controversial statements.

Sharking by your opponent, its mostly a player issue. The headline did make it seem like I was going for the men are bad stereotype.

I was just thinking about matches and how players don't realize they are "acting up." There have been some recent famous examples.

Is it worth it to say something or better to ignore it when you think you are being sharked in a match?

You get more of whatever you allow. Start forfeiting matches for bad behavior and amazingly players will discover their inner ability to control themselves. Pool is like the terrible parent in the department store who does not know how to deal with their kid throwing a tantrum in public.

 

[jalapus logan]

Craziest pool meltdown ever was when Fabio Petroni busted his head wide open by banging it agsinst the table corner. He was playing Gabe Owen at the time. Gabe said it was the nuttiest thing he ever saw.

 

[snucar]

Craziest pool meltdown ever was when Fabio Petroni busted his head wide open by banging it agsinst the table corner. He was playing Gabe Owen at the time. Gabe said it was the nuttiest thing he ever saw.

Definitely. It marked the end of Fabio Petroni as an elite player as he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. What a great player Fabio was back in the day.

 

[Celophanewrap]

I'd gladly break my cue on the table to take a five minute timeout with Michaela Tabb.

I'd break two of your cues for that

 

[Black-Balled]

Craziest pool meltdown ever was when Fabio Petroni busted his head wide open by banging it agsinst the table corner. He was playing Gabe Owen at the time. Gabe said it was the nuttiest thing he ever saw.

And babe has been in some nutty shit, too.

 

[onepocketron]

These "melt downs" are exactly why pool will not progress any farther in the future. Want to act like an ass? Fine, but expect to set back the image of pool when it happens. And the guys can't figure out why they can't make a decent living. Go figure.

 

[smenzel]

I heard somewhere that women's tournaments have stricter guidelines (code of conduct) than the general / men's tournaments.

 

[Tramp Steamer]

KellySnead, has the correct answer. It's purely chemical.
Men tend to end their aggressive tendencies as quickly as possible, always keeping something in reserve for the next encounter.
Women, on the other hand, will hold the aggression in and wait for a more opportune time to make an attack. Like back at the hotel room where she chews your ass up one side and down the other for her losing out in the tournament. When you go to sleep her side of the waterbed freezes solid, and you wake up the next morning with pneumonia, and after your divorce she comes around every Christmas and shoots out your porch light.

 

[ceebee]

time out

I'd gladly break my cue on the table to take a five minute timeout with Michaela Tabb.

AMEN... That would a welcomed punishment

 

[KissedOut]

These "melt downs" are exactly why pool will not progress any farther in the future. Want to act like an ass? Fine, but expect to set back the image of pool when it happens. And the guys can't figure out why they can't make a decent living. Go figure.

It isn't that they act like asses that kills pool. It is that they are ALLOWED TO act like asses by the pool "establishment" without consequence that kills pool. Start forfeiting matches for bad behavior and the jackassery will cease instantly.

 

[justnum]

It isn't that they act like asses that kills pool. It is that they are ALLOWED TO act like asses by the pool "establishment" without consequence that kills pool. Start forfeiting matches for bad behavior and the jackassery will cease instantly.

That is a monitoring and enforcement issue. At a major event they don't have the staff to monitor every match closely. Volunteer referees with some training might help, but that is a cost with no return.

 

[strmanglr scott]

These "melt downs" are exactly why pool will not progress any farther in the future. Want to act like an ass? Fine, but expect to set back the image of pool when it happens. And the guys can't figure out why they can't make a decent living. Go figure.

Yeah rt.
Explain that to a hockey fan.

 

[jasonlaus]

These "melt downs" are exactly why pool will not progress any farther in the future. Want to act like an ass? Fine, but expect to set back the image of pool when it happens. And the guys can't figure out why they can't make a decent living. Go figure.

McEnroe.......drops mic
Jason