Recent content by MattPoland

I’m not saying it’s unimportant entirely. I just wouldn’t make it the first priority. Like I said originally there’s three things I’d definitely put above it as more important factors to our losses. When we talk about winning cups it’ll never be the first thing out of my mouth. But for a lot...

Sorry. My response was my efforts at thinking about it. If I'm not getting it after that, I'm probably never going to get it.

I'd love to see this shot executed with a super high speed video camera. I'm just curious what the interaction with the tip and the cueball looks like.

Really? First thing that stood out to me is that most matches aren't back and forth "hold serve" and decided at hill-hill because the person that won the lag got to break next. So while the person winning the lag might win the match more often, correlation isn't causation. It's more likely...

I feel from watching the MC the lag isn’t that important compared to: 1. Finishing an easy out without mucking it up 2. Making a ball on the break 3. Winning safety battles

I’ll concede the point that Oscar is the favorite against Billy in a race to 100 if you concede Billy has a better shot at beating Moritz in singles in a race to 5 with an unruly drunk crowd and adrenaline spiked to the max. Because stats don’t lie. Oscar is yet to win a singles match against...

And it’s funny between Billy and Oscar given Oscar didn’t play much of anything all year and has an abysmal MC record. I don’t think Oscar has ever won a singles match and two out of his three doubles wins were in 2009. His only real claim to the spot was being snubbed last year.

I think we have to remember what’s needed for a win, and it’s not necessarily who is picked for the 5th man slot. If we had won these matches (which should have been feasible) we’d be up 9-5 instead of down 9-5. The fate of the cup doesn’t rest in Billy’s hands

I’m good with picking Billy. He’s a justifiable choice. Lotta people treating it like a nepotism pick but he has merits if you look at the details. More people are just irked that the whole player captain scenario even allows for the optics of a nepotism pick. And I think that’s a fair...

He's also podcasting in full QVC mode...

Any thoughts on whether this was a double hit or clean? https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1G1MJxm4qC/ I also edited the video to zoom in closer, slow it down more, and put a visual indicator on the original object ball position. I'm assuming the appropriate approach is to first predict where...

I’d just say to keep in mind that if miscues were to be defined as fouls it wouldn’t be because they might be double hits (a different foul in itself). It wouldn’t be because they are deemed foul worthy in their own right. Kinda like push shots are not fouls because they could be a double hit...

I think there’s this thing where we approach this topic thinking of beer belly Joe on a random Tuesday arguing with short temper Stu over a tink. But in all honesty the real impact of this is picturing Ko Ping Chung accidentally scoop jumping or slip whacking the cueball against Fedor Gorst...

I’m in strong favor that all miscues should be fouls by definition / fiat in the WPA rules. They are sloppy contacts of the cue tip to the cueball. They are going to be double hits more often than not. In honor of pool being a precision sport calling them fouls upholds the game to a higher...

Wish it was always. Otherwise by the wording of the rules I agree with the conclusions of the video.