Robb Saez's birthday is tomorrow, and he will be 47 years old. He and his significant other just had a baby girl. Robb used to be a macho man on the Joss Tour, and I've seen his temperament elevate at competition events in the past. He seemed to have mellowed, however, as he aged. But if anybody was screaming at me the way Billy was, as loud as Billy was, and I was Robb, I'd be inclined to fight fire with fire. Robb was barred for spitting on somebody at a Joss event, if I remember correctly.
I don't know Billy well, but I do know Robb. I am very disappointed that Robb couldn't defuse the situation with his seasoning. He's been around and knows better. But Billy was in full throttle with his mouth. Not too many people can take that kind of abuse without retaliating.
hey JAM, nice to hear from somebody that knows robb
I don't, but got to meet him randomly one time and he was friendly
I actually had brought my copy of "playing off the rail" to the 'hall to show a pal
robb happened to be at the same place! he signed the book, and was nice about it
anyway, we all have the capacity to give in to our inner angels, and devils
sorry to see it in that vid, especially over a dang pool ball rack
as is mentioned in thread, maybe it wasn't just the rack that was the issue
but that such an integral part of the game can't be worked out in a way
to prevent blow-ups like this from occurring seems hard to believe
I'd like to see honor in the game upheld by good sportsmanship
but maybe rack your own should be the thing, at least
and if you got the knowledge, use it- would that really be cheating?
I don't have the answers. and I know thanks to rack mechanics, etc.
tournas are trying to figure out ways to keep things on the level
neutral racker is good, but unrealistic in most circumstances
we need to do better..fighting over a rack is just silly