Still our best team
If they could work together maybe. Problem is pros here fight over,a couple hundred thousand in prize and sponsorship money which is not enough to keep them on the road.
Dechaine just chopped up Busty, but he's not even considered for MC.
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Still our best team
If they could work together maybe. Problem is pros here fight over,a couple hundred thousand in prize and sponsorship money which is not enough to keep them on the road.
Take a look who's winning all the money in the tournaments on U.S. soil. Filipino players come over here and dominate! Only Shane has a chance of stopping them from winning everything.
Yep...and it ain't gonna change anytime soon with the likes of Aranas, De Luna, etc. coming here. The Philipinne Islands is a factory for quality pool players.
Maniac
Really? Jay, when did Klenti move to Manila?
Regarding skill level, Busty is older, for sure, but the match with Mike when I started this thread was no contest. Mike would have beat Shane the way he was playing.
Regarding the personalities, how did Earl stay on the team for 3 decades? How do the NFL/NBA/MLB primadonnas stay on the team?
Maybe the function of the coach should be to reel in all the egos and personalities that the best players often have, and make them work to the team's advantage?
Regarding dogging it, all of the USA's players pretty much dogged it for the past 10 years. That's why we lost so bad every year. Mike wasn't the only one.
Regarding the personalities, how did Earl stay on the team for 3 decades? How do the NFL/NBA/MLB primadonnas stay on the team?
Maybe the function of the coach should be to reel in all the egos and personalities that the best players often have, and make them work to the team's advantage?
Regarding dogging it, all of the USA's players pretty much dogged it for the past 10 years. That's why we lost so bad every year. Mike wasn't the only one.
Earl got under the opponent's skin not his own teammates. I was told that when MD was on the team his own 'mates didn't want to be around him. How much of that is accurate is open for talk but i've heard it from more than one source.
Bergman was at the first boot camp in Iowa, but didn’t go to the next one in Vegas in July. I don’t think a reason for missing it was ever given, but the result was that he was out of the running. (And I don’t think a ranking was ever given, but it’s pretty clear he’d be on the team if he was in the group.)
#4: http://www.matchroompool.com/news/initial-team-usa-squad-named-mosconi-cup-xxv/ This may not be a ranking but he's on there at #4.
he'll have a shot when he grows up
What was that stat I recently saw...something like Mike is the ONLY player in the world with a winning record vs SVB? I’ll try to find it.
None of these guys market themselves.
Shane sh-ts all over himself in MC every year. So does the rest of the team.
Jason
Interesting that Matchroom's June 12 news release on their site shows 16 players on the initial list. But essentially the same release posted on AzB with the same date lists 14 players (without McMinn or Saez): http://www.azbilliards.com/news/sto...-mosconi-cup-initial-team-usa-squad-is-named/. I thought McMinn was added to the group later, and I wasn't aware of Saez being in the group.
[And I believe Deuel has been on the team 9 times, not 10.]
Jay said the Philippinos come here and win everything...that was my point....
Not accurate. I am 1-0 against him. But it was only a two game match.... and he was six.
hahahahaha!!!!