So I watched the semi-final of the US open, Kaci vs. Ruiz...Now, before I say anything else, I consider myself to be someone not easily bored! ut I couldn't for the life of me stay awake during a US OPEN SEMI FINAL! I mean, what's the purpose of a shot clock when players overrun it on EVERY SHOT, even a 2 foot hanger?! 40 bleedin' seconds on that shot! I have seen a lot of f-ed up things, and I've sat through some snoozefests, but this really was something else. For the first time in my life I had to seriously ask myself "What sort of person watches this?", and I didn't like the answers..I think they have to legalize drugs here before I watch another match like that.
And Mark Wilson...I know you Americans love him to death, but he could put a charging Rhino to sleep in less than 3 paces! Diliberto I can put up with. I feel like I know him, having listened to his commentary for so many years. He makes mistakes, but somehow it makes him even more likeable. I don't know how he does it, lol. Even that factor couldn't save this.
Something has to change in the pool world IMO. 9-ball just doesn't cut it anymore as a pro sport, unless the equipment changes dramatically. You can argue that it was never a proper pro sport to begin with, and IMO you would be right. It's a bloody disgrace to have to play this game to determine who the best player in the country is! Can you imagine 9 ball being the standard measure of pool skills? Mosconi must be spinning in his game at 900 rpm! At it's absolute best it's a decent gambling game. Now it has become a cheaters haven with almost all of the attention being put on racking and referee decisions rather than the play (that should tell you something), and recently it has somehow gotten so boring, that even a one pocket wedge game could give it competition. Who cares how high the level of play gets if even hardcore players can't stand to watch it? I mean the world pool championship is being held in empty hangars in the freakin' desert and still even the people playing won't watch the matches! If it gets any more boring the next place it will be held is in the Antarctic. Can we AT LEAST agree to put a 30 second shot clock that is actually being enforced on the late tournament games? That way the agony will at least be shortened.
And Mark Wilson...I know you Americans love him to death, but he could put a charging Rhino to sleep in less than 3 paces! Diliberto I can put up with. I feel like I know him, having listened to his commentary for so many years. He makes mistakes, but somehow it makes him even more likeable. I don't know how he does it, lol. Even that factor couldn't save this.
Something has to change in the pool world IMO. 9-ball just doesn't cut it anymore as a pro sport, unless the equipment changes dramatically. You can argue that it was never a proper pro sport to begin with, and IMO you would be right. It's a bloody disgrace to have to play this game to determine who the best player in the country is! Can you imagine 9 ball being the standard measure of pool skills? Mosconi must be spinning in his game at 900 rpm! At it's absolute best it's a decent gambling game. Now it has become a cheaters haven with almost all of the attention being put on racking and referee decisions rather than the play (that should tell you something), and recently it has somehow gotten so boring, that even a one pocket wedge game could give it competition. Who cares how high the level of play gets if even hardcore players can't stand to watch it? I mean the world pool championship is being held in empty hangars in the freakin' desert and still even the people playing won't watch the matches! If it gets any more boring the next place it will be held is in the Antarctic. Can we AT LEAST agree to put a 30 second shot clock that is actually being enforced on the late tournament games? That way the agony will at least be shortened.
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