maha is shirking the thread now but the argument that modern players never saw tough conditions and don't have cue power is obviously untrue. that screenshot is from a match 3 years ago but i've seen even worse, with talcum all over the cloth and in piles on the rail. they still shoot lights out..
i think it's one of those establishments with walls on three sides and a roof. it's not a picture from olden days, it's three years ago. it's the current world champion, carlo biado. (probably standing there thinking how on earth he's gonna be able to move the cb around despite being a modern...
i was strictly talking one hole in that last paragraph, in case that wasn't very obvious. they are both 1p hall of famers, and buffalo's is the biggest/best 1p tournament
earl doesn't/didn't have poor fundamentals. his follow through has always been straight as a die, it's just that he does it faster than others, which leads people to assume (as with other fast players) that "he rushed it". it's not dissimilar to filler, the connection and follow through.
earl...