Mosconi cup SOLUTION

[HitHrdNDraw]

Have them play on 4.75” pockets…. Make them buckets!!!


Worked for the WPBA and ESPN pool back in the mid-2000


Buckets are the great equalizer….

 

[jtompilot]

Have them play on 4.75” pockets…. Make them buckets!!!


Worked for the WPBA and ESPN pool back in the mid-2000


Buckets are the great equalizer….

5”+ old school standard

 

[Chicagoplayer]

Have them play on 4.75” pockets…. Make them buckets!!!


Worked for the WPBA and ESPN pool back in the mid-2000


Buckets are the great equalizer….

So instead of TEAM USA improving, make it easier for the Euros?

 

[sciarco]

Start from scratch and try to bring youngsters up or you're never going to win. Another thing is give citizenship's out to pros around the world, it's a circus exhibition game i don't watch it.

 

[Quesports]

They should send the US team to the Philippines for four months before the Mosconi Cup!

 

[loggerhead12]

Tyler still would have missed that 9 . . .

 

[sciarco]

What's wrong with an 11-3 score I'd be embarrassed but take the money and run buddy run.

 

[Kris_b1104]

They should send the US team to the Philippines for four months before the Mosconi Cup!

They would probably need 6-9 months to get up to speed honestly.

If Tyler can shoot the 9 while a chicken is walking across the table and 2 mosquitos are on his head, he'd never miss at the Mosconi.

 

[HitHrdNDraw]

The are making 9-ball more and more like snooker which benefits the technical players (Euros)….

 

[sciarco]

If you don't have the players stay home and don't go to the slaughter house.

 

[boogeyman]

So instead of TEAM USA improving, make it easier for the Euros?

Have you not heard? Whenever Americans don't like the way things are going, they sometimes resort to cutting their noses to spite their faces.

 

[Kim Bye]

I don't think the type of cloth, pocket size etc. Is the explanation, that sounds like a cope to me.
The format itself seems broken or alt least needs a rethink.
Look at the level of today's players it has improved considerably the last 15 years or so, simple patterns, the break now the most important shot and lots and f though goes into it from all the players, equipment is also very good and consistent. We should be asking if 9 ball and at least the luck aspects of 9 ball should be removed? The incredibly short races makes it impossible for a match to ebb and flow.

 

[boogeyman]

The are making 9-ball more and more like snooker which benefits the technical players (Euros)….

That's just an excuse. All pool games are technical in and of themselves.
When the Americans were dominating, no one complained, instead the rest of the world improved. If American's can't keep up, then we either continue to improve or allow the rest of the world to dominate--the latter, mind you, has been happening for the past decade anyways. We obviously have made our choice. We best go play corn hole or poker at this point.

 

[sciarco]

boogeyman right on sir.

 

[HawaiianEye]

If the Mosconi Cup is meant to be entertaining and have a level playing field, several adjustments need to be made.

Have bigger pockets, slow down the table, get rid of the bouncy rails, get rid of jump cues, play 2-foul push out, winner breaks, races to 11, and have a 30-second shot clock.

 

[Island Drive]

The are making 9-ball more and more like snooker which benefits the technical players (Euros)….

I thought the top Chinese players were the best.

 

[Island Drive]

If the Mosconi Cup is meant to be entertaining and have a level playing field, several adjustments need to be made.

Have bigger pockets, slow down the table, get rid of the bouncy rails, get rid of jump cues, play 2-foul push out, winner breaks, races to 11, and have a 30-second shot clock.

Some good ideas, but Entertaining and this are inseparable. Especially with those never seeing this before.

 

[trob]

Or have Tyler not dog 2 simple outs on the hill and the match would have been 6-5 instead of 8-3 lol those two 9s he missed turn this from a close match to a blow out. There is no fix other then play better

 

[Nick8400]

They should send the US team to the Philippines for four months before the Mosconi Cup!

Found Jay Helfert’s burner account

 

[garczar]

Solution?? Stop missing. You're welcome.