Good lord..
reading this thread reminds me so much of my time in the APA.
First off a SL 5 in 9ball can not determine anything when it comes to SLs of other players. Not enough to matter anyways.
To think that you can choose who to match someone up against expecting them to lose is nonsense. More than likely and I would bet in these circumstances you put off a bad vibe and did not help the players YOU WANTED TO LOSE.
You dont match someone up thinking they could lose, you WANTED them to lose so as you determined they could stay lower until they GOT BETTER in your highly trained SL5 in APA 9ball eyes.
Get over yourself and I cant believe you have anyone left that would play.
And yes I played APA and was in regionals every year and made the finals 80% of the years and it was because I matched people up and let them know I thought they COULD WIN. I and WE (its a team you know) would help each other.
A captain is not an owner and you act like you are above everyone on your team and own them.
I rarely if ever say anything like the above but it gets me when a perslike yourself thinks they own their team and that they can tell how people play.
I guarantee you say things like so and so is a high five vs a middle five and she is a low 4. Its hard to understand but you simply do not have the knowledge to tell that.
Lol:wink
I guess the fact I picked the top 2 finishers in the correct order was a coincidence.
I guess the fact that I felt he might be on the verge of going up....my decision to match him up to a 6....then he goes against my suggestion to replay my 4 and replays himself against the 2nd most terrible 3 in town ....skunking her and then going to a 6 was a coincidence.
You have me pegged.....almost.

Are you saying a low level 5 like me cannot determine if one 5 is stronger than another 5 based on each players shot making....cue ball control.....how well they execute safeties and in my ex co captains example never played a safe in the year he was on my team.
I guess a low level 5 like me is not smart enough to know that the apa handicap system does not take your opponents s/l into consideration like Fargo rate does.
I guess this low level.5 is not smart enough to know that occasionally player your players against higher levels is a double edge sword. It has been said many times on here...to get better you need to play against better players...that my friend is my ulterior motive.
I.firmly believe in playing against better players and that is why I once joined masters at an unheard of s/l 4. The first thing I learned was how to rack properly lol.
You dont believe in high ...low middle levels in the same s/l huh ? At less that is what I took from your post. You dont think one 5 is strong enough to skunk another 5 in his first ever match in Vegas? You dont think one is strong enough to win his 2nd match there 19-1 vs another 5 . You dont think he is strong enough to be down 18-0 vs a 7 before he ever gets to the table and then score 37 points to the 7's 37 points losing losing 55-37? Yea I did that . How many 5's can do that ?
Before you start saying I am a sand bagger lemme tell you I have been a 6 four times. Just dont have the focus to maintain that level night after night.
I am not a dictator on my team and promote good sportsmanship during matches and promote having fun playing ...hence the name of my team...clowning around.