Recent content by Scrunge19

Sure sounds like someone who deserved to be on the team the last several years, let alone be the captain of that team…

This sounds like a chicken or the egg situation. Does pool not have real stars because the players aren’t engaging enough or is it because people don’t care enough about pool to know who the top guys are? My money is on the latter.

This is not the reason. The number 1 reason is that there is far more competition for people’s attention now than there was ~50 years ago when things like pool, bowling, etc were booming. And the simple truth is that pool hasn’t shown that it’s compelling enough to demand a large portion of the...

Great mental toughness from Margaret in the final. I guess that’s why they say opposites attract…

Lots of no shows / unfilled spots for a major.

Fedor is going to the APA nationals to do challenge matches, sign autographs, and promote his brand.

I think it’s dumb but it is what it is at this point. Emily and Matchroom are a known commodity at this point so wacky changes for the sake of change don’t surprise me anymore. Nothing is off limits to them it seems. And for those saying this is a marketing ploy and that it’s working because...

Seyberts has them listed for $8,500. Sure there’s going to be delivery/install charges but I imagine you’re in a similar boat with the gold crown.

5 grand more for a GC7 over a diamond is insane.

Saw this picture on Reddit earlier. This is the position of the cue ball and 2 ball for every rack from the SVB/Gorst match overlaid on top of each other. Obviously the 1 ball isn’t shown on this graphic but even if you assume it was made 100% of the time, this graphic shows that players...

I like SVB here. Lately I think Fedor’s focus has been on using his name to sell pool products instead of on the practice table because he hasn’t been having the tournament results we’ve come to expect from him.

There’s maybe only 5-10 men I’d suggest pursue a professional pool career over a traditional one let alone a female player. If you have the means and ability to make a comfortable living in a traditional career, you should do that 99.9 times out of 100. I think this is a really smart decision...

I think they should be paid in jelly beans. Is some tournament trying to pay them in crypto or are we just discussing our stream of consciousness?

ESPN has declined for 3 major reasons, two of which you accurately pointed out already: 1. Reduction of on air talent and sports journalists 2. Rise of argumentative-based programming that feature loud-mouths like Stephen A Smith instead of guests that can provide intelligent analysis 3. Mass...

The internet can finally rest now that someone they don’t know got paid for something that happened like 10 years ago… phew, what a relief