Hear, hear. Tap, tap, tap!
An American disgrace
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Hear, hear. Tap, tap, tap!
It doesn't seem playing for money is what mika is out to do .
I play these guys and know that 1 guy on USA team is fav over mika in a long set
Its a mickey mouse tourney geared toward the euros with the rack in the wrong spot
I don't think it's a disgrace, lots worse things have happened. It's sad that the
USA did no prep work, maybe they should have had a fund raiser from the AZ forum and their sponsors to get together and practice as a team.
Disappointing yes, disgrace no.
Solutions only fix problems when people are willing to try.
All good players on the USA side, just no team practice or building.
The coach should be a coach not a player, too involved when ur a player
to see the forest.
USA did no prep work, maybe they should have had a fund raiser from the AZ forum and their sponsors to get together and practice as a team.
Disappointing yes, disgrace no.
Solutions only fix problems when people are willing to try.
All good players on the USA side, just no team practice or building.
The coach should be a coach not a player, too involved when ur a player
to see the forest.
Poo1h0Lic
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Go **** yourself
hint: not everyone considers random cashgame dares an adequate measurement for being a great pool player
maybe when american pool community realizes this and start treating it as a sport, things will get better
I feel the same no team feeling on team USA
If they all play singles we match up good with Europe
But Europe plays for each other
Where USA would just rather play each other
Pathetic Shark
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America's obsession with money and making a fast buck out of people is part of the problem here.
Pathetic Shark
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Sure. The world class snooker players that played in the MC would have given 9 ball a brief go about 3 days before the match, probably with their girlfriends or children as practice partners.
I thought I made it abundantly clear in the other thread that snooker players view pool as a bit of fun and a game for girls? There is no incentive for them to play pool, so why would they care?
I hope this concept is simple enough for you to understand now, but get back to me if it's not.
Pathetic Shark
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You do realise Shane has been as bad as anyone, don't you? Take off the blinkers. Luck has had NOTHING to do with this.
Please stop feeding this troll. He knows little if anything about pool, or snooker. He's here only to be a troll.
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lol, sour grapes are sour.
I'd have to agree. Depends if Johnny shows up with his A game, but I think he could grind him out in a long set. Rodeny, Hatch, get eatin alive. Earl, who knows, that's real gambling...
Just out of curiousity, what would you need from Mika to make a fair game?
I'm pro-American and using lucky rolls is such a weak excuse. Dennis was up 4-2 against Ralph, he made 2 nines on the break and yet still lost. He choked.
This. Europe have had the edge in rolls, but nowhere near 7 matches difference worth of rolls.
The big difference this year has been simple, from what I've seen. Europe have been running out when they should run out, the USA just haven't. Too many make-able balls missed, too many simple positional shots left long or short, too many bad decisions poorly executed.
The fact that you consider 6 out of 7 flips totally normal sounds like you don't get statistics.
6 out 7 heads is about a 6% chance.
You really think that's what's been happening for the past 7 years?
A 6% statistical fluke?
If you have a more accurate way of showing it mathematically, put it out there.
But it's clear we're losing because our team is not as good as theirs.
We break worse and we handle pressure worse.
There's plenty of tangible stuff you can track:
Count how many times we don't make a ball on the break or scratch on the break.
Count how many times we make a huge error that is unquestionably "dogging it"
(like earl trying to thin a 1 ball just now and whiffing, giving up BIH and costing the rack).
Count how many times players hook themselves playing shape, or miss a routine shot.
Any way you wanna add it up, this is not bad luck. We're getting outplayed year after year.
Not sure if this was to point out that the rankings were higher for the Euro players, but if you don't play in the event, you don't get the points so the overall rank is no guide to how well anyone is playing now. Just WHERE they are playing. The only two events in the US were the US Open and the 10 Ball.
If the point was that the US players don't travel to major events overseas, I am pretty sure there were lots of talk about the cost to go play there vs possible reward vs no sponsors putting up the money to travel. I don't like the fact that the US is turning into a 2nd tier country in the pool world, but there it is. We have a few 1st tier players that can play against Appleton, Immonen, and all those Asian robo players like Alex P, Orcullo, all the China/Japan guys who never miss but who's name I don't know hehe, but for the most part, our top pros will lose to their top pros.
Are you watching this year's Mosconi Cup or the one from 2011 or 2012? Dechaine is not on the current team.