Darren Appleton's post on FB about the pro division at SBE

[btown]

I know I repeat myself from a posting of a year or so ago, but apparently the advice I gave then has gone unheeded, or just has been dismissed, by some of the people in this thread, so here goes aqain, in shorter form.

You will never improve your game by being "dead money." You will not LEARN anything by playing Efren Reyes. You may enjoy the experience, and you may want the memory of having done it, but you will not LEARN anything that will improve your game by playing him.

You will improve your pool game by 1.) Taking lessons from qualified instructors, 2.) watching better players play, 3.) reading books and studying instructional tapes, 4.) getting tapes of matches from Accu-Stats and paying attention to the commentary, 5.) playing players who are one or two grades above you (if you are a C, try to get a B- to play with you), 6.) practicing by yourself in a place where you will not be disturbed.

I want to match up with you. lol

 

[cardiac kid]

When I think of the proliferation of 7 footers I just hang my head. If all I had to play on were bar boxes I wouldn't play nearly as much if at all. I have a feeling 6 footers are on the way. The horror.

Philly,

Do you really think there would be more than a half million people playing league pool on a nine foot table today? Forget the leagues. How about a half million people playing pool today? Nine foot tables are what I was essentially brought up on. At Seventy, I love the seven footers. It allows me to compete with all those young whippersnappers. Is it a perfect world. No but, me and thousands like me are still competing and supporting the pool world. As for six footers, a pox on them!!!!

Lyn

 

[spartan]

All well said, now I just wonder if I'm the only guy that has grown tired of promotors that try to quash criticism by playing the "why didn't you just call me" card?

They didn't call because they have criticisms that they wanted to express publicly. It's that simple really. Plus in 2015 it's probably a more effective method of encouraging change than a phone call is.

No you are not only one.
I know it is not going to happen anytime soon but I await the day the consumer masses rise against such almost dictatorial prohibitions (ok I know this is not Hunger Games) and take their people power back.
The nonsense of promoters shouting down consumers does not happen in big sports like tennis, F!, golf. OK I know pool is not big sports but heck even late Steve Jobs will get slammed if he tries to pull stunt of trying to shut down public criticism. Yes Steve had habit of doing that calling journos to talk them off writing bad reviews or negative reviews

Darren comments is like a product review in tech or consumer retail industries. As long as product reviews do not get personal or gossipy or slanderous, they can be aired in public.
Product reviews ain't pool sex scandal. Bad idea for promoters to try to snuff off negative reviews. Bad idea.