Dennis Hatch wants a job

One million dollars over 30 years is an average income of $33,333 a year. I don't think it's poor money management. It's called living off your income. Not to mention expenses. Imagine trying to make a living competing against the best in your field. Oh and you have to put up your own money against them. They basically play to win each others entry fee. Some times money is added. Maybe is is looking to get a job with the understanding that he is a pro pool players and needs allowances for his main profession. If all pro players had to get jobs there would be no pro pool. Period. If they would have to have a full time job like most of us. Than pool would become a hobby and getting time off to travel across country would be an exception. Do we want pro pool or not? If we do than we need to support it and not knock it. People act like these guys are bums. Is SVB a bum? Well what if he wasn't on top of the pool world. Would that mean he is a bum?
 
PINKLADY said:
Dennis is cool. i hate that he's put hisself in this position. he's very personable. and i think being a bouncer/security would be a shoe-in for him!

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Pink,

Dennis is also a professional boxer. His hands are considered deadly weapons. First time he punched an unruly patron, he'd probably be arrested, sued or both.

My guess is Dennis should find a job in the pool industry where he can showcase his skills. Saw him last Saturday here in Rochester with Johnny Archer. His people skills were excellent. Made the entire evening fun for the audience. Wish him the absolute best of luck in his search.

Lyn
 
I hate to state the obvious.
Dennis, find yourself a nice poolroom like "Q-Masters" become the House Pro like "Dave Bollman" did. Get a small weekly salary, Give Pool Lessons at a reasonable prices that average people can afford, Lean to do top quality cue repairs and tip installs, etc...........................

All the while you can go to school to learn other skills if you wish to take your life in a different direction.
 
macguy said:
Thats not really a good analogy. Most working people over a 30 year period will have made like 500 to 700 thousand dollars and have nothing to show for it beyond surviving. If they are lucky they may have some equity in a home but a lot don't even have that.

They will also have lived lives of getting up in the morning and going to a job they hate, hardly taking a vacation and almost never have a chance to realize any kind of dream. I would not be so quick to feel sorry for someone like Dennis Hatch. Just the fact that we are on here talking about him puts him above most people.

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."
Henry D. Thoreau

Most people names are not even known beyond their immediate circle for friends. They live, survive and die with three unread lines in an obituary, there are few exceptions. To have the chance to have done what Dennis has done in his life regardless of the financial rewards is quite something. Now or sometime soon he may wish to move on to a new phase of his life, but I seriously doubt he will or should have any regrets about his life as a pool player.

It is easy to wish we had done this or that in the past but the truth is, we are who we are at the time we are. That means that who you are today is not who you were then and we all change over time many times.

It may make someone feel superior to knock someone like Dennis due to his life choices. Those kinds of criticism often come from their own frustrations with their own lives regardless of their financial position. Money can't buy what Dennis has accomplished, he is exceptional.
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:thumbup:

http://www.matchroompool.com/team-usa/article/1ap7dacaqbmoj1e75q7y2a9xaf/title/dennis-hatch

Favourite food and drink: Steak with a glass of red wine
Like About Pool: The excitement and rush of playing in front of crowds, traveling,
Dislike About Pool: The Money
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Describe Yourself in Ten Words: A very sensitive motivated passionate competitive person who has a big heart.
 
I know a guy that can speak 7 different languages and does manually labor. He is very smart. Just because you an investment broker, banker etc. Doesn't mean the guy cutting your grass isn't smarter or more skilled than you. There are guys who can take an entire engine apart and rebuild it but don't want to be a mechanic for a living. There are people who if they wanted could make lots of money because of their intellect or skills. They chose to go another path. Kinda stupid to judge anyone for their job choice or how much money they make. You could be working for them if that's the path they wanted in life.
 
jmurphy said:
I hate to state the obvious.
Dennis, find yourself a nice poolroom like "Q-Masters" become the House Pro like "Dave Bollman" did. Get a small weekly salary, Give Pool Lessons at a reasonable prices that average people can afford, Lean to do top quality cue repairs and tip installs, etc...........................

All the while you can go to school to learn other skills if you wish to take your life in a different direction.
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I like this post for Dennis
 
Perk said:
Pretty sure Networking has always been the number one way to get a job. Facebook is one of the top social networking sites out there. ProPlayers have tons of followers. He will get leads this way. As with any job search you cant rely on one method of job search.
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Yeah really!! I havent looked at a newspaper job section for over a decade!! Oh and all of those on here bashing him about looking for work need to relax. At least he wants to work :rolleyes:
 
Dennis is also a professional boxer. His hands are considered deadly weapons.
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Yeah. You have to have your hands registered by the local Police force in that particular city that you are working in. And then you're ok.

You could get into some trouble if they are not and you hurt someone.
 
cardiac kid said:
....Dennis is also a professional boxer. His hands are considered deadly weapons. First time he punched an unruly patron, he'd probably be arrested, sued or both....
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that would explain his biceps of steel that i broke a nail on, just grasping his arm! i've seen him in action - he's BIG. he's SURE. he's got NO FEAR. and yet he's very PERSONABLE.

not that he reads AZB. but i could see him as a bouncer for a nightclub, taking tips for added cash, and ensuring women's safety, etc etc. it's actually a lucrative job. and i get your point, cause it applies to marines & martial arts too. there should be a way around it?

i'll say it again - if Bonus Ball had done their job, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
 
JAM said:
Dennis is a survivor. Whatever he pursues, he will be okay.

It does reveal what the current state of affairs is in professional pool. Instead of cutting down Dennis, you folks should be looking at how the BCA let this happen to American professional pool. If they had been doing their job, what the mission is of that organization from its very genesis, none of this would be happening. Damn the BCA!

I wish Dennis all the very best. :smile:
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dennis better learn how to play poker , or deal it pool is a touh racket in cali, ju sayin.
 
Get a CDL and go to the boom in North Dakota and drive a truck, Heard they make about $85,000 a year. Might even be able to pick up a few bucks playing pool and he won't be far from South Dakota if he wants to gamble with another big time player.
 
Dennis didn't ask me to start this thread, I did it because I know how it is to be out of a job and have no real prospects. I felt he humbled himself by getting out there on FB and asking for help. I have skills and experience and I am having a tough time finding a job. I can relate. This wasn't about putting down the current state of affairs in the pro world or about money management. I don't know what choices if any he made that led to this. That's none of my business. I was just hoping to find the guy some work.
 
itsfroze said:
The CSI events are Invitationals.
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I thought there was 3 events the pros could play in besides the invitationals. Like the grand masters 8 ball or something like that. I thought Mark mentioned it in a pod cast.


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jburkm002 said:
I know a guy that can speak 7 different languages and does manually labor. He is very smart. Just because you an investment broker, banker etc. Doesn't mean the guy cutting your grass isn't smarter or more skilled than you. There are guys who can take an entire engine apart and rebuild it but don't want to be a mechanic for a living. There are people who if they wanted could make lots of money because of their intellect or skills. They chose to go another path. Kinda stupid to judge anyone for their job choice or how much money they make. You could be working for them if that's the path they wanted in life.
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I knew a caddy that slept in the woods in the summer. Not sure what he did in Winter but he was homeless. He did the NY Times crossword daily just using the Across words 90% of the time.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Yeah. You have to have your hands registered by the local Police force in that particular city that you are working in. And then you're ok.

You could get into some trouble if they are not and you hurt someone.
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Hog, you are joking, right ?? I have a deadly weapon, a Glock, and I can use it to defend my life... just like a boxer can use his hands or a martial arts expert can use his skills as well. OK, I do have to register my gun, but nobody is registering their "hands" around these parts. I think this "myth" has been around as long as you Hog :)
 
ChicagoRJ said:
Hog, you are joking, right ?? I have a deadly weapon, a Glock, and I can use it to defend my life... just like a boxer can use his hands or a martial arts expert can use his skills as well. OK, I do have to register my gun, but nobody is registering their "hands" around these parts. I think this "myth" has been around as long as you Hog :)
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I've also heard people say "registering myself as a lethal weapon". But I question that.

I DO know, after a big mexican dinner, my exhaust is lethal. Do I have to register that? :grin:
 
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