I Am The Guy Who Bought Jl
- Thread starter Tompnation
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So by this logic ...she can steal your first born and slap you while doing it but... its ok... shes done more for pool then any of us mental bangers?
Please spare me. The women put a move on this guy and he probably went off verbally on her. Doesn't matter what was said at the end .... this started because JL stuck one in him at the very beginning and she knows it. But who is going to question her? Obviously she has more clout then this dude. He knows it and she does to. People bend over backwards doing for her including the TD, which in any case the two are friends and makes the situation for this dude worse. He probably felt intimedated by the TD to even ask him this 6 hours into the tourny eh? Whats he GOING to say? And then after thinking about it he was like "hell no". I dont blame him either. I mean really ... she IS the goddess of the pool universe who just simply performs selfless acts of heroism for the entire pool world at a moments notice. Why question her authority.
.....whack.....
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if george was there he would have made it right. hes always been an honest guy and well liked from what ive seen. then he would have told jl that she was wrong. she a player like everyone else. no need to treat her different.she want jelly for this and that when se wins. HA HA. i won 3 dimes from her beating some guy in the derby and she didnt get a cent of jelly cause she thinks she miss thing and everybody should bow down to her. i said my part.
THAT'S IT, I've heard enough.
lulz.
lulz.
Try to remember folks that JL has done ALOT of good things for this sport both from the perspective of introducing new people to the game and treating many existing fans with respect and grace. At the DCC a few years back JL was sitting there sweating a money match her hubby was playing and a handicapped kid asked her for her autograph. She told the kid to wait there, left the action room and came back a short while later with a cue. She autographed the cue and gave it to the kid.
All of us here have made mistakes and many of us here have made huge mistakes. This event imo is not deserving of people saying things about JL's character and reputation, considering the positive things she has done in her life for pool. Cut her some slack and let it go.
All of us here have made mistakes and many of us here have made huge mistakes. This event imo is not deserving of people saying things about JL's character and reputation, considering the positive things she has done in her life for pool. Cut her some slack and let it go.
And that is why she has the following, and popularity she has. If she felt some guy who bought her in a calcutta was being an A$$ (whether he gave her half or not), then she can react the way she wants to. I have seen her be nothing but gracious, and completely professional towards other players and fans alike (including myself). This one incident will have no bearing on what type of person she is in my eyes. I guess part of that is because I would have handled the situation differently than the OP, but if I woulda been upset (I don't get upset easily) with the way things went in this instance; I certainly wouldn't have dealt with her in a way that would have made her leave....
Hope to see her come back around my neck of the woods....(never seen our poolhall so packed, and she treated everyone there GREAT!!) :thumbup:
My suggestion for the future would be to Jeanette:
She does treat her fans/public great. I have witnessed it to. This is also the reason that she makes a very nice income in sponsorships, endorsements, exhibitions, etc. I would stick to this aspect of pool and not worry about a $140 Calcutta. Her being in a pool atmosphere and promoting pool by her being there is worth more to her in the long run than winning a handicapped calcutta for one day.
BTW - Tompnation - if you ever meet Willie in person, you would change your feelings about him. He honestly is a great guy and has an open mind about everyone. I am not sure if you were threatening him by wanting to know his name, but there is no reason to go there. It is hard to sometimes decipher want someone was inferring in a post, so I might be wrong but Willie stating that 'you could beat me up' makes me think that he got the same feeling.
She does treat her fans/public great. I have witnessed it to. This is also the reason that she makes a very nice income in sponsorships, endorsements, exhibitions, etc. I would stick to this aspect of pool and not worry about a $140 Calcutta. Her being in a pool atmosphere and promoting pool by her being there is worth more to her in the long run than winning a handicapped calcutta for one day.
BTW - Tompnation - if you ever meet Willie in person, you would change your feelings about him. He honestly is a great guy and has an open mind about everyone. I am not sure if you were threatening him by wanting to know his name, but there is no reason to go there. It is hard to sometimes decipher want someone was inferring in a post, so I might be wrong but Willie stating that 'you could beat me up' makes me think that he got the same feeling.
drumrolllll........+1
watchez said:
I agree with you 100% on the things that JL should focus on.
I also agree 100% that williebetmore is one of the nicest folks you'll ever meet. Had these two crossed paths under different circumstances, they might very well like each other.
My perception (it never ceases to amaze me how differently numerous people will understand/comprehend/decipher the exact same words) is this.
- Willie is good friends with JL and he posts here on a regular basis and most people know who he is outside of the forums. It made sense for him to be the one to "tell her side/defend her".
- Willie thinks of Tom as a possible forum troll due to not really being known & not knowing his real or full name.
- I think Tom took offense to Willies accusations of trolling because Willie is a complete stranger to him and he was using an alias as he called Tom out.
My take on it was that Tom felt it was like "the pot calling the kettle black" because here's a guy using an alias that he doesn't know calling him out for being unknown. Forget that you know willie, read his post, and then read Tom's post, all the while looking at them from Tom's perspective of not knowing Willie, and I think it'll seem less antagonistic/threatening. JMO
I like your wording, and offering 10% for free would be a great gesture for the player. Nice way of saying, pay on time ya get 50%, paying after the dust settles only gets ya 10%.
