Best and worst commentator??

[azhousepro]

I think some of the guys who are trying to get started into commentary, try too hard to show respect for the more established commentators. It leads to a weird dynamic.

I just think it takes a little time to get comfortable behind the mic for them to work through that.

 

[pt109]

I think some of the guys who are trying to get started into commentary, try too hard to show respect for the more established commentators. It leads to a weird dynamic.

I just think it takes a little time to get comfortable behind the mic for them to work through that.

I’d like to see Scott relax a bit and allow himself to be a bit more colloquial….I feel he’s too aware of the English presence in his audience…it ain’t no thang.

 

[azhousepro]

I’d like to see Scott relax a bit and allow himself to be a bit more colloquial….I feel he’s too aware of the English presence in his audience…it ain’t no thang.

I know I am old school, but it's a 'nine ball break', not a 'golden break'!!! It seems like all of the terms in pool have transitioned to their English variants.

 

[straightline]

I know I am old school, but it's a 'nine ball break', not a 'golden break'!!! It seems like all of the terms in pool have transitioned to their English variants.

Golden Break is the time out part. "Ace" would be a good reference to 9 on the break.
"Illegal break", "non compliant break" both need to go. I prefer Bad break, short break, etc..

 

[skogstokig]

I know I am old school, but it's a 'nine ball break', not a 'golden break'!!! It seems like all of the terms in pool have transitioned to their English variants.

don't you mean "nine ball on the break"? i don't think i've ever heard "nine ball break" referring to the 9 going in on the break

 

[justnum]

Anyone that talks about billiards as a self defense is ok in my book

Teaching how to line up a shot is useful.

 

[azhousepro]

don't you mean "nine ball on the break"? i don't think i've ever heard "nine ball break" referring to the 9 going in on the break

I'm good with either one of those. I would even settle for "On the snap, Vincent". But, "Golden Break"?

Then again, I'm kinda hyper focused on word selection the last couple of days.

 

[nicksaint26]

Golden Break is the time out part. "Ace" would be a good reference to 9 on the break.
"Illegal break", "non compliant break" both need to go. I prefer Bad break, short break, etc..

Bad break sounds like a shitty break not an illegal one.

 

[straightline]

Bad break sounds like a shitty break not an illegal one.

Perhaps. I prefer the buzz talk.

 

[Colonel]

I know I am old school, but it's a 'nine ball break', not a 'golden break'!!! It seems like all of the terms in pool have transitioned to their English variants.

It seems things are changing since MR. In addition to your take on the 9 on the snap, balls are pocketed, not potted. You draw a cue ball, you don’t screw it. You billiard or carom a ball, not cannon it.

 

[straightline]

Combinations in short rack games are seldom plants either.

 

[pt109]

Combinations in short rack games are seldom plants either.

Well……plants and nursery cannons kinda go together

 

[garczar]

I don't know if anyone said josh roberts but he's quite good imo. Knows the game and doesn't over-talk the match at hand.

 

[azhousepro]

It seems things are changing since MR. In addition to your take on the 9 on the snap, balls are pocketed, not potted. You draw a cue ball, you don’t screw it. You billiard or carom a ball, not cannon it.

"I think he's going to pot this one in the middle". Makes me want to pull my hair out, if I still had any.

 

[Nick B]

Just wait until MR puts in John Virgo..."Where's the cueball going!"

 

[muskyed]

I like JJ and Earl

 

[Bob Jewett]

Well……plants and nursery cannons kinda go together

Which leads us right into pots, Howerton's disgust notwithstanding.

 

[Swighey]

It seems things are changing since MR. In addition to your take on the 9 on the snap, balls are pocketed, not potted. You draw a cue ball, you don’t screw it. You billiard or carom a ball, not cannon it.

"Pot" is a more natural form of verbing (using a noun as a verb) than "pocket". Hence, when the global English speaking pool community comes together "pot" will eventually become the default term everywhere. Likewise rail (because that's what it actually is) is slowly sidelining (no pun intended ) cushion in English pool and will eventually do so in snooker.

Likewise, yes you draw rather than screw - and you even more so cannon rather than billiard or carom which will forever struggle to be even considered as verbs.

Center/side/middle - really, who cares, each to their own, it's obvious what's meant.

Top, bottom, follow, draw, screw (back) - again it's obvious. "English" might need a little explanation vs "side" or the universally acceptable "sidespin". Likewise "plant" makes little sense compared to "combination".

The new global language of billiards will be different from what we are used to but we can still locally use the terminology we are used to for as long as we want to hold out. There'll even be some fellas saying "bigs" and "smalls", heaven forbid!

 

[garczar]

"Pot" is a more natural form of verbing (using a noun as a verb) than "pocket". Hence, when the global English speaking pool community comes together "pot" will eventually become the default term everywhere. Likewise rail (because that's what it actually is) is slowly sidelining (no pun intended ) cushion in English pool and will eventually do so in snooker.

Likewise, yes you draw rather than screw - and you even more so cannon rather than billiard or carom which will forever struggle to be even considered as verbs.

Center/side/middle - really, who cares, each to their own, it's obvious what's meant.

Top, bottom, follow, draw, screw (back) - again it's obvious. "English" might need a little explanation vs "side" or the universally acceptable "sidespin". Likewise "plant" makes little sense compared to "combination".

The new global language of billiards will be different from what we are used to but we can still locally use the terminology we are used to for as long as we want to hold out. There'll even be some fellas saying "bigs" and "smalls", heaven forbid!

Huh???????? Fk snooker talk. Pool has a well established list of terms to describe it. Don't need any snookerheads jacking with it. If there's a snookerhead doing commentary i either turn it off or kill the sound.

 

[sjm]

I know I am old school, but it's a 'nine ball break', not a 'golden break'!!! It seems like all of the terms in pool have transitioned to their English variants.

I prefer the term "golden break."

As pool has become increasingly global, it makes sense to use terminology that applies to the king of all sports, football (known as soccer around here). It is in soccer games that reach overtime that the rules can mandate completion of the overtime period, in which case a goal is not golden. Other times, the rule is that the next goal will be an instant winner and when this is the case, the term "golden goal" is often used to denote such as goal.

To most of the world, "golden goal" is a well-known term, and I think referring to a nine on the snap as a "golden break" is a very simple way of saying that it is an instant winner.

PS Ice hockey is another sport where the term "golden goal" is used, whenever rules indicate that an overtime goal is an instant winner.