I bet if Mike from Fargo pull up MD record vs Shane, it's close to even.
Mike is the only player on the planet who has a winning record against SVB.
Everything is more expensive up north and he is selling Andersen Windows in MAINE where they need double panes for more insulation making them more expensive still.
Only on AZB could it be considered an insult to a player to say he went and got a great regular job.
We use dual glazed Low-E in every single project we build in Los Angeles. I would imagine in the NE, they would also utilize triple glazed units for even better thermal efficiency. Better U and R values.....
RiverCity may not care for me, and I may not care for Shane, but the truth is still the truth even if you don't like the "messenger".i knew that already, so maybe i shouldn't have asked. but the claim that MD was driven out of the pro pool scene has been voiced by others as wellPenguin has a hard on for SVB, and looks for any opportunity to talk shit about him.
Hope that helps. :thumbup:
RiverCity may not care for me, and I may not care for Shane, but the truth is still the truth even if you don't like the "messenger".
The pool world wasn't very kind to Mike Deschaine when he told the truth.
Thanks for that. I wasn't willing to go that far, just that he was the only American with a winning record over Shane.
Yes, and that was then; this is now. Shane's 9-7 win over Mike at Steinway in October tipped the scales one game in the other direction 135 to 134...
Yes, and that was then; this is now. Shane's 9-7 win over Mike at Steinway in October tipped the scales one game in the other direction 135 to 134...
It has been my experience that a good percentage of salespeople that I have ran across, whether it be cars, real estate, retail commission sales, whatever.... Are a bunch of sleazy, smarmy douchebags who operate under the mistaken belief that they are smarter than you, and can con you into buying whatever it is they need to sell you. More along the lines of bullshitter than helpful sales associate.
Im quite certain that lots of pool players would have no trouble transitioning to this job title if the need arose. :thumbup:
I've met a lot of sleazy, folks in my 66 years that have nothing to do with the above jobs. A lot of them were "degreed" people with college educatiions, which included some MBA and PHD fellers. I judge people by their actions, not by what they do for a living.
Agree 100%. Some of the best folks i've ever known have been salespeople. There's rotten apples in every profession. I've known a few lawyers, a couple doctors and a handful of so called "men of faith" that i wouldn't piss on if they were on fire.Well said. People of high and low character are found in all professions and in all walks of life. As you wisely point out, people should be judged on a case basis by their actions.
Mike was very outspoken and could be crude as well. His idea of diplomacy was to leave out the profanity when talking about someone else, and that wasn't an easy thing for him to do.
Often times his big mouth over shadowed his big game and talent as a pool player. "Big Head" could have been his own worst enemy.
I remember staking a very young Mike D. to play in his first U.S. Open and he finished something like 13th-16th. I gave him half the money and he was thrilled. Fast foward a few years and he was cussing me out publicly.
Hard to believe they've played 269 matches. Is that racks? If so, it's not the discussion topic. Nonetheless, it's enough info to validate the claim that Mike has been every bit as good as Shane in the head to head matchups.
On another note, how do you handle the Derby City Classic 9-ball, in which match scores are not customarily recorded. For example, despite the fact that he won the DCC 9-ball in 2014, SVB lost a match along the way to Dechaine. Does Fargo count it or not?