A Apology to Barry Behrman

DogsPlayingPool said:
I don't mean to derail Fatboy's apology but in reference to the above quote, say what? I hadn't heard this.

BTW Fatboy, very nice post but really you were only asking a question. Any damage done (and I don't think there was any) was not your doing.
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It's just what I read in another post started by Jay Helfert. He stated it so that there was full disclosure. I'm sure eventually someone would find out and post about it, so better to throw it out there first.

I'm sure they will get paid, I just don't understand why it is necessary to use a payment plan again. Seems like this year was an ideal year to handle everything properly.
 
Very well done . Once again Eric has proven himself to be a gentleman of the highest caliber . His apology was stated with dignity and respect , and he offered to open a direct line of communication to settle the matter .
 
i hope Barry has seen this by now or is aware of it,

thanks for the messages and words from everyone. It wasnt hard for me to write this letter it would have been harder not to, I love to be wrong, because thats when I learn. When you know something it takes care of it self. But when your wrong you have to resolve it, fix it, or do what ever is necessary to correct the problem. whats right is right,, resolution is one form of learning , so in this case thats a form of learning.

I leave the ego at the door. Thats been one of my strategies in business and life in general. Leaving the ego at the door only eases the pain, it dosent eliminate the pain of being wrong, which in turn gives you a much larger capacity to learn, because you get bruised up a little not KO'ed. Therefore you can learn more over time and not get knocked out. You can see the KO'ed people because they dont change their minds or opinions as it hurts them to much to do so. So they continue to hold grudges for years over nothing, stay mad, refuse to learn or be flexible in their thinking. Thats the weak mans way.


So look at your self and ask your self if your able to leave the ego at the door and learn more or not?, I learned this lession when I was around 25 -26, before I made any real progress in life as a person.

best


eric
 
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Fatboy said:
I started the thread about asking if Barry had the $75,000, in cash there the final day. I suppose that in asking that question, and it was a legit question as I wasnt there that thread or information of it got to Barry and it pissed him off. Rightfully so. I just remembered the "open letter" and wondered what happened. Thus Barry wrote another letter after the tournament explaining what happened. I feel responsible for that. Its none of my business, however I respect the players and I want to see them get paid. Barry has always managed to pay everyone and ran a successful national event for longer than anyone else, As a Biz man I know there are ups and downs as good as any other biz man. Barry has done great things for pool and I should not have said a word knocking him, it was in the poorest taste and form as another biz man on my part. There is no excuse for my actions.

Since I made that thread, I have thought about it often. It wasnt something to be taken lightly by me, When I heard the Cash wasnt there I was disappointed that it didnt happen and said things that I shouldnt have said. I over stepped my bounds and was wrong. I owe Barry a sincere heart felt apology. Since the players are happy Barry did the right thing as promised and I jumped the gun being too critical.


So for the record Barry, I sincerly appologise for what I said and will do what ever I can to make amends with you in the future. I was out of line to react so fast and make an issue of something I only had partial knowledge of which is inexcusable under any circumstance. Therefore again I sincerely apologize to you and your staff. I can only hope that you forgive me for my mistakes. I am very embarrassed by this and always will be, i'm very hard on myself when I am wrong. And I was VERY wrong in starting that thread and saying what I did in a public forum. I will do my best to correct or rectify any damage I did to you or the US Open.


Sincerely,


Eric Petersen

702-241-8000


PS: Thanks for what you have done for pool, and tell your puppy I said "Hello"
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Good post Eric and it certainly seems that you are very sincere in what you have said. Now I don't not what to take away from your post here in anyway, but sometimes many of us can learn from the mistakes that others make.

I have been as guilty as anyone of making comments without fully thinking about how it would effect others, I have had much regret over the years for making posts similar in content. I have learned something here and I want to say thanks Fatboy for doing what you have done here, and I hope this thread helps others see the error of their ways.

Eric I hope that you guy's can patch things up, I wish you both the best.

JIMO
 
Hi Eric,

We have never met, but I admire your willingness to step up and say you were wrong. That being said, I don't think you did anything wrong. Mr. Behrman (who I have never met either) made a public commitment to making something happen, and then it didn't happen. You simply asked if he had followed through on his commitment. And I don't see any wrongdoing on your part.

However, since your question seemed to create some bad blood, I think it honorable of you to reach out and calm the waters (even though you shouldn't have had to do so). You're a bigger man than I, sir.
 
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