If You Could Hang Out with your Mentor, Who would it be?
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Sweet Marissa
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In no particular order:
Jean Balukas
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Steve Mizerak
Mosconi
Jasmin Ouschan
Jean Balukas
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Steve Mizerak
Mosconi
Jasmin Ouschan
Greg Sullivan and Mark Griffin.
What I could learn from these two!!!!!
I wish there were a dozen more just like them.
What I could learn from these two!!!!!
I wish there were a dozen more just like them.
Randy Goettlicher (randyg) of Dallas Texas. This man taught me more in 3 days than I ever could have imagined and I am still getting better. There is no BS with this man. The success of his teaching is easily measureable. To spend a week learning from Randy would be all I want or need.
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Tampa Tubby Bob
Wish I could have spent six months on the road with Smorg. At the end of six months if I couldn't beat people with a stick I could definitely baffle them with BS!
Hu
Wish I could have spent six months on the road with Smorg. At the end of six months if I couldn't beat people with a stick I could definitely baffle them with BS!
Hu
Rex Case ... He was my mentor and I don't regret it at all. He taught me alot about the game and alot about life . I have a million memories of him and us and our road buddies hangig out together and I would not change that for the world. I may never be a pro player but I can honestly say that I have enjoyed this game . And enjoyed life through this game and if it were not for Rex I would of missed this dance ... I had no idea what it was till he taught me the game... I would'nt change a thing ...:thumbup:
Two of my early mentors were Fats and Puckett among the older generation. Fats was triple smart and very cagey at all times. He knew how to get a free meal (and one for me too!), and even a free room in a nice hotel. Don't ask! Puckett was just plain slick; on the pool table, with girls, gambling, just about anything!
Later mentors included Ronnie, who was just about the best game maker I ever saw. He knew some things about matching up and winning that no one else did. No one could match Ronnie's conversation either. Keith learned a lot from him whether he wants to admit it or not.
I spent a lot of time around Danny too, and if I had a chance would do it again. He was my favorite guy to hang with. Smart, talented, funny and a very loyal friend. And if you needed someone to watch your back, you couldn't find a better man than D.D.
Billy was a great teacher and educator. Just watching how he operated was a lesson in pool room management. He wasn't one to share his secrets though. You had to watch and pay attention. :wink:
Conrbread and Jersey Red were just fun to be around. Great personalities with great stories, completely uncensored! Two terrific players as well. J Red was quick to show you things on a pool table, and he knew a LOT! With C Red you had to play him to learn his tricks. Or watch.
One other guy who had a big impact on me was Richie Florence, the best pool promoter I ever saw. He made things happen, BIG THINGS!
Later mentors included Ronnie, who was just about the best game maker I ever saw. He knew some things about matching up and winning that no one else did. No one could match Ronnie's conversation either. Keith learned a lot from him whether he wants to admit it or not.
I spent a lot of time around Danny too, and if I had a chance would do it again. He was my favorite guy to hang with. Smart, talented, funny and a very loyal friend. And if you needed someone to watch your back, you couldn't find a better man than D.D.
Billy was a great teacher and educator. Just watching how he operated was a lesson in pool room management. He wasn't one to share his secrets though. You had to watch and pay attention. :wink:
Conrbread and Jersey Red were just fun to be around. Great personalities with great stories, completely uncensored! Two terrific players as well. J Red was quick to show you things on a pool table, and he knew a LOT! With C Red you had to play him to learn his tricks. Or watch.
One other guy who had a big impact on me was Richie Florence, the best pool promoter I ever saw. He made things happen, BIG THINGS!
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Raymond Steylards or maybe Walter Lindrum and of coarse the Fat Man.
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
Alive
Nick Varner..I got to spend time with Nick but I never thought it was enough.
Deceased
Hayden Lingo...I would've loved to meet the man that created One Pocket.
Nick Varner..I got to spend time with Nick but I never thought it was enough.
Deceased
Hayden Lingo...I would've loved to meet the man that created One Pocket.
Hippie Jimmy Reid
It would have to be Jimmy Reid for me!! He is a couple years older than me but we grew up in the same town playing in the same pool hall called Nick's Pool Room. It was quite the place with a shoe shine stand in the front entry and the pool hall behind it. No windows, old creaky oak floor, skanky bath room, no women allowed. You had to be 16 to get in but I started to sneak in when I was about 14. My Mom always new when I was there cause I stunk like cigarettes when I came home! She was cool about it though and I give her credit for putting up with me!!!
I'd love to just hang out with Jimmy and trade some stories about growing up in Gloucester and all the crazy times back in the 60's and early 70's there! It was one wild town and I still miss my old buddies that I hung out with then. Sadly many are gone forever but the memories remain!!
Dan
It would have to be Jimmy Reid for me!! He is a couple years older than me but we grew up in the same town playing in the same pool hall called Nick's Pool Room. It was quite the place with a shoe shine stand in the front entry and the pool hall behind it. No windows, old creaky oak floor, skanky bath room, no women allowed. You had to be 16 to get in but I started to sneak in when I was about 14. My Mom always new when I was there cause I stunk like cigarettes when I came home! She was cool about it though and I give her credit for putting up with me!!!
I'd love to just hang out with Jimmy and trade some stories about growing up in Gloucester and all the crazy times back in the 60's and early 70's there! It was one wild town and I still miss my old buddies that I hung out with then. Sadly many are gone forever but the memories remain!!
Dan