Adam's table this morning must have been close to the announcers. Durning his morning match they began talking about Adam and his actions at the table. He knocked a ball off the table and the announcers commented about how he stomped back to his chair and expected his opponent to chase the ball around on the floor. They then in so many words said he was a jerk for doing that and wondered where he was from as pool etiquette must be different there. With Adam one of the founders of the "New Guard" which emphasizes being a "professional and a gentleman" (his words not mine) I can only hope that the announcers misunderstood the situation. If so, then they certainly own Adam an apology for their comments. If, indeed, the announcers were right then Adam needs to start living by his "New Guard" Philosophy even when he has a bad shot.
Adam Smith takes a shot from the PPV Announcers in the US Open
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Highly unlikely.
Adam is from the Detroit area and one of nices guy you ever wanted to meet. Now the announcers may have been trying to Shark him for whatever reasons they may have had. As far as him stomping off that is highly unlikely to happen since his accident where he broke his ankle in that horrifice car crash that killed his girl friend and left him with a slight limp. Who were the announcers?
Adam is from the Detroit area and one of nices guy you ever wanted to meet. Now the announcers may have been trying to Shark him for whatever reasons they may have had. As far as him stomping off that is highly unlikely to happen since his accident where he broke his ankle in that horrifice car crash that killed his girl friend and left him with a slight limp. Who were the announcers?
Don't know who they were by name but am sure one could find out who was announcing that streaming match. And if he stomped back or strolled back is not really the issue here is it? When you knock a ball off the table you should be the one to get it instead of forcing the other player to do so, don't you think? But again the announcers could have misunderstood what they thought they saw.
i agree thats very unlikely...and it all depends on where the ball went...did it roll closer to his opponet or closer to his chair? if it rolled closer to his chair then yes he should have...but if it rolled close to his opponet then why would they make him go get it...that would just be rude in itself
They specially said made the oponent chase the ball around the floor so that does not sound like it rolled up to the opponent's feet. I would think if that were the case the announcers would not have made such a big deal about it, and questioned where he was from, don't you?
Jerry Forsyth
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Adam was playing Gerda Hoffstatter. He knocked the cue ball off the table and sat down. Gerda went after the ball and retrieved it when it stopped rolling two tables away. The announcers did not say he stomped, they just commented that he should have retrieved his own error.
I played Smith in a tournament once. He was up 5-2 in a race to 9 when I got in stroke and won three straight games to tie the match.
When I looked up after tying the match, he was gone. He had left the room while I was at the table shooting without saying a word to anyone. I went to the tournament director who said that he didn't see him leave or he would have told him he could not leave while I was at the table.
After waiting about ten minutes for him to return, he came back in and claimed that he didn't know there was anything wrong with just walking out of the room while his opponent was shooting.
The interruption and subsequent 'discussion' about whether or not he had done anything wrong affected my play, and I went on to lose the match.
When I saw his site (which emphasizes, as the OP said, "being a professional and a gentleman"), I had a good laugh.
When I looked up after tying the match, he was gone. He had left the room while I was at the table shooting without saying a word to anyone. I went to the tournament director who said that he didn't see him leave or he would have told him he could not leave while I was at the table.
After waiting about ten minutes for him to return, he came back in and claimed that he didn't know there was anything wrong with just walking out of the room while his opponent was shooting.
The interruption and subsequent 'discussion' about whether or not he had done anything wrong affected my play, and I went on to lose the match.
When I saw his site (which emphasizes, as the OP said, "being a professional and a gentleman"), I had a good laugh.
Jerry Forsyth
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Let me just add that I agree that Adam is a gentleman and that I think he was just frustrated at jumping the cue ball off the table and momentarily lost it. Had he had a moment to gather himself I have no doubt he would have gone and retrieved the ball but Gerda was already after it.
I don't know him, and maybe he is a gentleman. He was no gentleman during our match, though, and he was no gentleman when I called him out on leaving the room like that.
I was going to say this exact thing... They did comment about that was a bit unsportsmen-like, regardless of it being the us open, or playing a woman or both... don't make your opponent chase down the cue ball because you're upset you made a mistake.
I despise crybaby, sore loser, unsportsman like attitudes but I have to agree with the above post for two reasons.
1. I've been around Adam at quite a few tournaments over the years and can vouch for the fact that 9 times out of 10, you're going to witness a gentleman on & off the table. (he is human and has his moments like all of us)
2. This instance is in no way, shape, or form remotely close to the many, many, many things Earl has done or will do in the future. People actually defend Earl and blame other people for his actions all the time.
I do not agree with Adam allowing his emotions to get the best of him in that manner but I also do not agree with people feeling the need to crucify the kid for a weak moment in the heat of battle.
I can vouch for Adam being very professional at every tournament I've ever seen him at. Nobody is perfect, though.
Its like reading a prodcut review on the internet. You read about the 1% of the bad experiences and think the product is no good, which is unfortunately skewed from the truth.
Its like reading a prodcut review on the internet. You read about the 1% of the bad experiences and think the product is no good, which is unfortunately skewed from the truth.
I was impressed with Adam at the gem city classic. He plays great and is very easy to talk to w/o a big ego. All the matches I saw he was very professional. This is one incident and we dont know exactly what happened. I have been disgusted with a shot before and not done the sportsman like thing right away. He was probably caught up in the bad shot and didnt realize he was doing something unsportsman like until someone else grabbed the cue ball
They are not totally directing there thoughts at the man, they are also trying to make others realize that the sport itself is more impotant than the player, and the crowds out East Know good/bad etiquette, sounds like he's the type of player that will learn from this incident. If you did something like this at the PGA Masters in Augusta, you would be reprimanded in some way.
From my perspective this is perhaps the most insignificant thing that will occur at this year's open. If this is newsworthy it must be an extremely boring event this year.
Pu-Leeze... we are talking about a ball coming off the table and who went and got it....
Get ahold of yourself... you DO realize this is the US Friggin Open right? There can't be many bigger stories than this one, what do you expect people to do... sweep this under the rug?
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