If by “additional tool,” you mean “you need to aim differently to achieve the exact same result,” then I agree.
No that's not what I mean, and I'm content with us being separate pages.
More squirt is certainly not necessary to make any particular type of shot.
How about a masse'...?
Isn't that squirt & swerve..?
Kidding aside, I don't think I implied it was. "Necessary" for anything that is. However, squirt is a subsequent reality of hitting a CB with side english. Having a strong working knowledge of how much squirt will be developed based on stroke power and CB contact is an asset. That asset can be a tool when maneuvering through a pattern. 'Some' prefer to use squirt as a means to narrowly miss obstructions. A solid maple shaft provides a great 'range' of squirt with less stroke power, then a LD counterpart.
Speaking for myself. When I know my aim line barely passes an obstruction. I don't aim to miss the obstruction, but aim to clip it and use squirt to ensure the miss. Is that unnecessary..?..., sure is. I could merely aim to miss the obstruction. That's just not the way I prefer to do it. I have zero doubt others perform the same method. I also have zero doubt that some prefer the greater range of squirt solid maple provides. I personally don't.
This is not about “me or you or Patrick.” This about understanding basic pool physics.
My side of the fence isn't discussing physics at all. There's zero disagreement in this regard. This is about person preference and always has been.
LD = less squirt
Solid = more squirt
Pretty sure we are the same page here. Whether or not there's value in having the greater range in squirt seems to be the sticking point. It's ok if no one agrees. I have no dog in this fight. However I do find it entertaining that there seems to be zero value assigned by some merely because physics states there's another way to skin the cat. I don't argue the physics. I could argue the variables that are considered though. That said, we'd be far better off if someone far more versed than myself would do so.
Now, what a player thinks (even if those thoughts are “alternative facts”) can definitely affect how that player plays. The mind is a powerful thing.
Definitely, and that's why it's a fool's errand to argue the moot.
Not sure how in depth this goes but
here's a vid** wherein Alex briefly explains the multiple cue thing (**Looks like that one is about joint)