Careful Criticizing CSI Org

[couldnthinkof01]

He may loose his league but he can probably get some side work doing photoshop.

As long as he doesn't have a few too many white claws and pop off to his customers

 

[Island Drive]

Working in office at the BCA when they moved to CO, I've found these types of petty, immature actions in play.
I've seen full grown men crying, when they wanted/needed the BCA approval for their new program to be recognized in the industry.
Now-a-daZe it's become normal political behavior with Educated people, not just power trip league operators.
Men are men and women are women, and education still does not help many.
It's all up to the parents in the beginning when raising 2 legged animals.
Like an elephant, they need to be close, guided for at least 13 yrs.

 

[GideonF]

Yes, the comments weren’t from a random player but from a league operator—essentially a local ambassador and representative for the organization and a recruiter for new players. It's common for people in those roles to be held to a higher standard of avoiding public statements that undermine confidence in the competitions, governance, sponsors, etc.

My guess is that if the post had simply been a discussion about pocket size, this thread wouldn’t exist. But in a short message he:
– criticized the officiating
– criticized the policing of bad behavior
– criticized the welcoming of new players
– criticized the welcoming of lower-skilled players
– ridiculed the equipment
– called out a major sponsor
– wrapped it up with the phrase “BCA is fast becoming…”

Put together, that reads less like a narrow criticism and more like an insider saying the organization itself is going downhill. When comments like that come from someone tied to the league in an official capacity, it’s just not surprising the organization would respond.

How does someone have an 87 Fargo? People I’ve seen that can barely make a ball are at least 200

 

[Zerksies]

Well i guess BCA.

I will never have to play in one of their events in my life

 

[Bob Jewett]

How does someone have an 87 Fargo? People I’ve seen that can barely make a ball are at least 200

I've seen a dad who played much worse than his two pre-teen sons, and they couldn't play at all. He would have a negative FR.

One student who had played in league for maybe a year, had not only never played a draw shot, she was unaware that such a thing was possible. Really. Tap the cue ball in the direction of the object ball is a complete description of some players' technique.

 

[jasonlaus]

I didnt even notice the "buckets"

 

[mikepage]

How does someone have an 87 Fargo? People I’ve seen that can barely make a ball are at least 200

I have a good friend who has played league full time for years and has a robustness of 777 and a rating of 110. When she wins a game against someone I know, she runs to the phone to tell me about it.

Though I was able to convince my wife to take the 6-hour pool instruction course I co-taught, I haven't been able to convince her to try it much more. But I am confident if she did she would be destroyed by that friend I mention above.

It's actually a credit to pool as a discipline that there's about 1,000 points of rating range--10 doublings! Tic Tac Toe can't say that.