Last night during the SVB vs Dennis CSI barbox 8b match Dennis melted down and quit.
A few days ago I listened to Jay Helfert in the booth saying "Dennis has no quit in him; I've never seen him give up in a match", this comment made as Dennis was making an impressive comeback attempt after being down, I think, 6-0 in a CSI 9b match. Immediately I thought to myself, I'm aware of 3 times Dennis has given up and quit matches.
Back to last night.
Shane was playing brilliantly and was having great success with his break and Dennis was struggling with his break. When the score was approx 5 or 6 to 1 in favor of Shane, Dennis went over to the commentator booth and complained about the magic rack. He then complained to the TD who got him a new magic rack.
Dennis' body language in the chair was clearly the 'I give up' look and when it was his turn again to break, I think it was 7 or 8 - 2, he went to the table, still wearing that same body language, racked, then broke the balls wildly and the cue ball went flying off the table.
He then went over by his chair and began unsrewing his cues and John the TD came over and called a forfeit.
The rack wasn't the problem, Shane was having no such issues.
Dennis DOES have quit in him.
I fully understand that with the alternate break format there was little to no chance for him to win but you just shouldn't give up and a big concern over this type behavior is that it shows total disrespect for anyone who might have bet on him.
The other instances I recall were:
at the 14.1 challenge final at DCC vs Max Eberle a few years ago, Dennis was far from being out of it but he kept peering over the bleacher seats trying to watch Alex in another final and he finally just raked the balls and conceded so he could go watch the rest of Alex's match. Just crazy!
Dennis was in an action match, I believe at another DCC where he felt like he was trapped in the game with the spot he gave and he refused to continue and whined and whined about it.
In another DCC match, maybe a year or two later, playing against SVB in pb, Dennis actually took a ball from the ball box to use it to see if a ball would fit in a tight spot where he was intending to shoot. The look of disbelief on Shanes face was priceless as he (SVB) asked Dennis to hold up while he summoned a ref. I want to say it was Jay who came over but maybe it was another ref. It was called a foul and I'm pretty sure Dennis conceded that match, also.
My opinion is that this behavior from anyone, let alone one of the best in the world, is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike.
best,
brian kc
A few days ago I listened to Jay Helfert in the booth saying "Dennis has no quit in him; I've never seen him give up in a match", this comment made as Dennis was making an impressive comeback attempt after being down, I think, 6-0 in a CSI 9b match. Immediately I thought to myself, I'm aware of 3 times Dennis has given up and quit matches.
Back to last night.
Shane was playing brilliantly and was having great success with his break and Dennis was struggling with his break. When the score was approx 5 or 6 to 1 in favor of Shane, Dennis went over to the commentator booth and complained about the magic rack. He then complained to the TD who got him a new magic rack.
Dennis' body language in the chair was clearly the 'I give up' look and when it was his turn again to break, I think it was 7 or 8 - 2, he went to the table, still wearing that same body language, racked, then broke the balls wildly and the cue ball went flying off the table.
He then went over by his chair and began unsrewing his cues and John the TD came over and called a forfeit.
The rack wasn't the problem, Shane was having no such issues.
Dennis DOES have quit in him.
I fully understand that with the alternate break format there was little to no chance for him to win but you just shouldn't give up and a big concern over this type behavior is that it shows total disrespect for anyone who might have bet on him.
The other instances I recall were:
at the 14.1 challenge final at DCC vs Max Eberle a few years ago, Dennis was far from being out of it but he kept peering over the bleacher seats trying to watch Alex in another final and he finally just raked the balls and conceded so he could go watch the rest of Alex's match. Just crazy!
Dennis was in an action match, I believe at another DCC where he felt like he was trapped in the game with the spot he gave and he refused to continue and whined and whined about it.
In another DCC match, maybe a year or two later, playing against SVB in pb, Dennis actually took a ball from the ball box to use it to see if a ball would fit in a tight spot where he was intending to shoot. The look of disbelief on Shanes face was priceless as he (SVB) asked Dennis to hold up while he summoned a ref. I want to say it was Jay who came over but maybe it was another ref. It was called a foul and I'm pretty sure Dennis conceded that match, also.
My opinion is that this behavior from anyone, let alone one of the best in the world, is disrespectful and unsportsmanlike.
best,
brian kc
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