Do you stay for the rest of the night to cheer the team on, or are you out of there after your last game ?
Do you stay the whole league night if you're done playing ??
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I almost always played last or second to last anyway. So yes. I always stayed til the end. And... I was always there early, as well, just in case I needed to play early on or something else needed to be done. I was never a captain because I was always recruited onto teams, which is how I liked it.
Other....
Sometimes I stay the whole night , sometimes I take off right after my match.
It's not a 'team' thing , we all understand that everyone has a life outside of pool so do what ever works best for you.
That you show up and give it your best effort while your there is really all that matters IMO.
Sometimes I stay the whole night , sometimes I take off right after my match.
It's not a 'team' thing , we all understand that everyone has a life outside of pool so do what ever works best for you.
That you show up and give it your best effort while your there is really all that matters IMO.
In one league, I stayed through everyone's match and then some, usually for an hour or so after the final match.
In another league, I was outta there the instant my match was done. Sometimes I'd leave stuff in my rush to get out of there.
Guess which league I liked more?
I get the sense people who are dying to leave early just don't enjoy league that much and feel obligated to be there. I like when the team sticks around and watches each other play. It gives a boost for the person playing to have his team sweating it... and it's kind of a drag when the last guy shooting is by himself.
In another league, I was outta there the instant my match was done. Sometimes I'd leave stuff in my rush to get out of there.
Guess which league I liked more?
I get the sense people who are dying to leave early just don't enjoy league that much and feel obligated to be there. I like when the team sticks around and watches each other play. It gives a boost for the person playing to have his team sweating it... and it's kind of a drag when the last guy shooting is by himself.
mcericville
Rack, Break, Run, Repeat
I usually feel like a jerk for leaving before my team is done playing but it's tough, I'm an undergraduate in college and our match usually isn't over before 10:30pm, but I always have work the next day from 10-12, class from 12-3, and work again from 4-10, so I have no time to get any homework or reading done unless I leave early.
However, I make it a point to never 'ask' to play early, I play whenever the captain thinks it makes sense. Sometimes I'm outta there at 8:30, other nights I get home at 11:30.
However, I make it a point to never 'ask' to play early, I play whenever the captain thinks it makes sense. Sometimes I'm outta there at 8:30, other nights I get home at 11:30.
The pool hall I play out of closes around midnight, so I'm usually one of the last to leave. Our team usually goes in on a practice table, so it comes out to a few bucks apiece. I think it's important to be around while our matches are taking place, in order to give timeouts, when needed, to the lower ranked players. In many instances, when most of the balls are already down, they would be inclined to take a risky shot that could lose the game and/or match, whereas a simple safety could win them the game/match if the safety were to award them ball-in-hand.
Usually stay unless I have to get up particularly early. It's not bad in my BCAPL league because the format is each player plays a game and not a race match - 5 players on each team each play one game per round for 4 rounds (5 games per round, total of 20 games). So the earliest you're done is if you have the first match-up in the final round, in which case there are only 4 games left before the night's over.
I'm not playing league now but when I did it would just depend on the situation at the time. If the weather was getting dicey I'd leave quickly and maybe even ask to have my matches moved up. Where I live is down an old logging road and there is the possibility that I wouldn't make it home if I waited too long.
Most times I would stay until the bitter end to await the outcome.
Most times I would stay until the bitter end to await the outcome.
Team sport...can you imagine the catcher in baseball leaving halfway thru the ninth because he doesn't need to catch anymore???
It's ridiculous. Stay. Support. Play. Watch. Build comraderie, give advice, take advice, reconstruct some shots where failures occurred. Learn from them as a team. It really upsets me when someone just walks out, like they are king contributor.
It's ridiculous. Stay. Support. Play. Watch. Build comraderie, give advice, take advice, reconstruct some shots where failures occurred. Learn from them as a team. It really upsets me when someone just walks out, like they are king contributor.
I could not agree more! It really bothers me when my teammates leave before the last game has been played. I hate hearing the excuse "I gotta get up early". We all gotta get up early! The poor bastard who plays last gotta get up early too, but he stays and plays in the last slot because that's what the team needed that night & the team should be there as a team until the end. Nothing sucks more than keeping your own score because you are the only one on your team left, playing an opponent who's whole team is cheering him on.
ChrisBanks
Banned
What's the point of having a team if you don't play together?
I stay till the end. Have always done so. Of course, now I'm the captain of one team, so I kinda have to
(tho I've seen other team captains leave early....makes me shake my head)
There's always things to learn, things to teach, being scorekeeper or letting them go to the bathroom, helping with time outs....oh yeah, and supporting your team!
That having been said, I have a couple players that like to leave early, up really early in the morning for work, and I dont gripe, so long as I have a couple others hanging in.
(tho I've seen other team captains leave early....makes me shake my head)
There's always things to learn, things to teach, being scorekeeper or letting them go to the bathroom, helping with time outs....oh yeah, and supporting your team!
That having been said, I have a couple players that like to leave early, up really early in the morning for work, and I dont gripe, so long as I have a couple others hanging in.