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[JCIN]

Does the super villain need a nefarious sidekick?

His name is the The Sleeve.

 

[cleary]

No Justin never indicated that he was speaking on behalf of CSi...and I noted that in my original post. However, I (and I'm guessing many others on AZB) know Justin exclusively through his work/ownership/association with TAR and CSI. So when Justin speaks, it is difficult to simply dissasociate his comments from CSI, especially when his comments happen to be pool related, and more specifically when they're related to the business of pool promoting. The fact is maybe nobody cares, and that's ok too.

And the term "competitor" is an absolutely appropriate and accurate term to describe two pool promoters. Just because two organizations may have some mutual interests, that in it and of itself generally does not disqualify them from being considered economic competitors. Now, if you were to tell me that Mark Griffin owns 50% of the U.S. open 9b...then I would possibly agree with you. And in that case, I would have probably considered Justin's comments to be a good natured attempt at self-deprecation.

Just rest assured, I'm sure the HR department at CSI will take the appropriate disciplinary actions. Write him up and add anther pink slip to his file. It's possible, as punishment, they could stop matching the 100% contributions to his 401k or even possibly take away his pension he's worked very hard for if this behavior continues. In today's corporate world, everyone must be on their best behavior and bite their tongue.

 

[DallasHopps]

I'd like to register a formal complaint for the cartoon not being in color.

You're better than that, Justin.

 

[tduncan]

Just rest assured, I'm sure the HR department at CSI will take the appropriate disciplinary actions. Write him up and add anther pink slip to his file. It's possible, as punishment, they could stop matching the 100% contributions to his 401k or even possibly take away his pension he's worked very hard for if this behavior continues. In today's corporate world, everyone must be on their best behavior and bite their tongue.

That was some funny stuff there.:thumbup:

 

[joelpope]

I have stayed out of the whole rack thing because you cant win with the internet but I will tell a story just to give you one point of view on what people call "racking mechanics".

A few years after John Schmidt won his US Open I was at a 10 ball event with him and the other guys in Florida put on by Corey Deuel. As players do in downtime some were goofing around on the table and Schmitty was bemoaning the fact that his 10 ball break for lack of a better word sucked.

One thing led to another and the next thing I saw was another player (I want to say it was The Smooth Criminal) giving John a lesson on how to rack 10 ball. There was no nefarious business going on he was just showing him how to rack the balls good and tight with no gaps. John was amazed at the difference when he broke the racks this player racked and his own. For the next thirty minutes John had his head buried in the rack practicing getting everything tight and square.

He said that up till then he just kind of threw them in the rack and tried to get them tight and wailed away. Never paid a lot of attention to the rack and just chalked things up to having a bad 10 ball break. Same guy who has made his living playing pool for years and is a US Open champion.

The above is in no way a shot at John. He's a world class talent at the game and I consider him a friend. Its to illustrate that sometimes people who just dont pay attention to something can attribute certain results as magic or talent or "mechanics". When its really just attention to detail and proper execution.

Now if you apply Occams Razor to the fact that Shane has won the last three US Opens in a row what makes more sense:

1. He has rigged the racks to beat the best in the world. For three years in a row. All the while under the nose of the players and refs who have the chance to inspect every rack he makes.

2. He spends more time and effort on practicing the rack and the break than anyone else on the planet therefor executes these skills very well.

Obviously its #1 because Shane is a super villain who is out to dominate the vast world of 9 ball by any means necessary.

care there bud... if the forum can't handle a truly funny ass cartoon how are they going to deal with the cold hard facts on why Shane has the best break in the business?



think about how many hours Shane put in before the US Open trying to figure out how the 9 on the spot has to be broken differently from the one ball on the spot?