If you saw a guy in the corner of the room playing with yellow earmuffs on his head, a contraption on his arm that looks like he trains dogs, and a 65" cue, you'd probably say some pretty colourful things about his playing ability and his need to work on his "feel" as well. Unfortunately, that guy is Earl Strickland, and he could spot you the 5 out. Making generalized comments about what people "need to use" to play pool is rather closed minded. In fact, you keep quoting "Master Instructor Fran Crimi". There are also Master Instructor Jerry Breiseth and Master Instructor Robert Byrne that advocated the tangent line. And visualizing it in order to determine the path of the cueball, and how to make the cueball deviate from that path by using draw or follow. It's how I learned the game. I still look at the tangent line when I'm in question about breaking up a cluster, or checking out a possible carom or scratch. So, tangent lines are useful to me. As such, your opinion is just your opinion. Stop making generalizations about how players should learn. There are different coaches, instructors, theories, etc. CTE does work for some people. Systems work for some people. Just because you see no value in it, doesn't mean it is without value. You're just too closed minded to acknowledge the fact that it works for some people, and you feel the need to tell "the truth'....you just seem to forget that it's "your truth".
Feel free to add me to the pile of people you have on ignore. I'd welcome membership into that exclusive treehouse.
