Fedor and Jayson had one fantastic safety battle that lasted about 7 turns. It's the only thing that makes 9- and 10-ball really interesting.
And those two make a great announcing duo.
I think that's why it bothers me. I'd rather not get into that discussion if he blows the shot and the template ends up changing the ball position.
And I fully admit the inconsistency about how I would feel if the template had the same effect but was on the spot . . .
That's a great question. There are two kinds of players, those who are OCD about removing the template and those who ignore it, like SVB. I do tend to ignore it if it's on the spot.
We have that in common, me and SVB. That's about it, though.
Your opponent gets decent shape shot on his last shot, but has to roll the cue ball over the template to get to the object ball. Instead of moving the template to the rail, he moves it over just enough to be out of his shot.
Something about that rankled me. You could just as easily set your...
It's a little bit different. One edge of my table is adjacent to a railing. I can back up to the railing with my foot and shoot from the edge of the table rail. The railing doesn't encumber the cue at all, because the butt of the cue goes over it. Having a table next to you is the same thing...