First of all, there is no such thing as an "experienced banger". With experience one won't be a banger any more, that is, if they want to get better. Any one who can play a lick knows this. There is no such thing as a mid level banger, for the same reason. You continue to insist that you know what you're talking about when, time after time, people with 40-50 years of experience tell you different. This is why a lot of us feel that you are not who and what you would like us to think you are.
The only advantage that bangers have is that they are unpredictable and that will only allow them to win against a decent player once every fourth or fifth blue moon.
Let me tell you a story, about a guy we'll call Ernie, 'cause that was his name:wink: Ernie just didn't have the mental capacity to learn to play so he just, in pool parlance, "rode the 9" a lot, ie: he shot with a hard stroke without actually aiming an actual shot. He played in the only large in-house league we ever had at the room. One night his opponent was an A player, at least when his game was on. Ernie beat this guy, badly, so badly in fact, that he quit the league that night. Fast forward a few years to the first B C Open 9 Ball Championship in Binghamton, NY put on by road player turned promoter Gary Pinkowski.
Ernie ponied up the money to play in the tournament, just so he could say he did. His first match was with a well known pro player from Ohio, who, it was rumored, might be playing good enough to take down the tournament and the $25.000.00 first prize. Their match was on the table next to the one Steve Mizerak was playing on so several of us locals saw both matches. Ernie began playing his usual "poke and hope" style and the pro was running out when Ernie missed, which he did often, seldom not leaving a shot for such an experienced opponent. At one point, the pro turned to the gallery with a questioning look on his face, then shrugged and went to the table and began to play the exact same way as Ernie but knowing how both the object ball and cue ball would react and where they would end up.
In the above mentioned league match, well, that was the only one Ernie won the whole session. You can play that way in a one-on-one situation and occasionally win but not very often. In the tournament, the Ohio pro took pity on Ernie and played the whole rest of the match the same as Ernie. Ernie lost, 9-0.
