Got to see Efren at Griff's in Las Vegas recently … great stuff. Even though this forum, for the most part, was very anti CJ I've always liked him. I used to applaud his alligator skin for taking all the abuse but he finally had enough and left. So a bunch of trolls chased off a pro who regularly contributed to the forum. Sad, just my view.
I like CJ, too.
Yes, the trolls on here did everything they could to make him feel uncomfortable on the forum. I'm not as sure they "ran him off" as I am to believe he just got tired of talking to "idiots".
He was over here in Hawaii several months ago and I spent a few hours practicing with him before he played in a mini-tournament with Rodney Morris. He won the tournament, beating Rodney in the finals.
Some people think he is a bit "odd", but I tend to think that everybody has a bit of "oddness" to them if you listen to them long enough.
For his age, and for not playing all the time, he still plays DAMN GOOD. I suspect he can hang with Efren just about as well as any other pro can.
I sure hope this match is streamed or recorded and posted somewhere.
Aloha.