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Johnny loses his mind on livestream
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Correct me if I am wrong but at 19 he is old enough to fight and lose his life for his country. He is no longer a kid but a young man.
Archer being 'slightly irritated" after losing is to be expected if you are passionate about the game and a competitive person. He could have handled it a little better but I'm sure that all of us have had moments that we are not too proud of.
Yep, just seems like we're throwing this kid's reputation in the gutter based on one irate person's word. Maybe he's the worse shark in the world, maybe he's not. I find it a little hard to believe it was that bad but no one else has said they heard the kid say anything. Who knows, maybe someone will speak up. It wasn't an empty room. Personally I feel bad for Johnny, hard getting old especially when you depend on doing something that doesn't really age all that well.
Cicerone88
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I kinda blame him for not addressing it right away in the match. Bottling it up and then going full tilt afterwards was not the right move. If what Johnny said Gabe was doing was true, then they’re both morons.
It’s pretty incredible the contempt and disrespect some of the younger generation have towards literal hall of fame players. I get Johnny isn’t exactly the best example given his history, but still. Just insane.
What's this haircut?!
Okay, now I didn’t watch the match to see if it was obvious that Archer was upset, but this post by Gabe basically acknowledges that he was saying stuff to Johnny that Johnny was complaining about afterwards (even if Gabe thought it was all in good fun).
I watched the match like most. JA didn't seem to hot and bothered during the match other than the racking bullshit.
My question...Who on planet earth thought JA could beat that kid in a long race even ? There was never a world where JA could win.
Also...Just my opinion, I thought Gabe looked like a carbon copy spitting image of Roberto Gomez. I'm not suggesting Gabe plays that speed, but his physical game was a replica of Gomez.
My question...Who on planet earth thought JA could beat that kid in a long race even ? There was never a world where JA could win.
Also...Just my opinion, I thought Gabe looked like a carbon copy spitting image of Roberto Gomez. I'm not suggesting Gabe plays that speed, but his physical game was a replica of Gomez.
jax_joe
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vintagecollectibles831
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For one thing, the so called kid is NOT a kid. He is 19. Old enough, that he should have learned the right way to treat others, by now. And, for another thing, he stated that if the so called kid ever pulled that Sharking shit on him in the future, that he would slap him. They are just words though. If the so called kid was really sharking him, in the way that he explained, then would that not make you, or anyone really freaking angry? I mean, they were playing for big money.
Everybody got limits.
Recorded and replayed anywhere?
YouTube. Search for Johnny Archer vs Gabe Martinez
Brutal world on the corporate ride.
Don't you mean both?
I wasn't a "normal" kid in the sense of learning to play and associating with other "kids" of my own age.Don't you mean both?
From an early age, I worked in a real, old-school pool hall that I wasn't even legally allowed to be in because of my age.
I played and gambled with adults from every walk of life in a place filled with drunks, thieves, drug addicts and drug sellers, ex-cons, etc. I traveled and played pool by myself and gambled in towns and places for miles around.
I acted like an "adult" before I aged into an "adult".
I considered myself an "adult" before I turned 16.
Whenever there was a "misunderstanding" of any type I was treated as an adult and that is what I expected to happen.
I didn't expect them to treat me as a "kid" when it came to pool playing and gambling.