Is Schmidt's and charlie 626 Legit

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Seconded that.
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That’s all folks!
I'd give up if I was you too. A little bit of healthy skepticism was good for all early on but it turned into the irrational ramblings of a sad and delusional few soon after.

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KRJ

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I'd give up if I was you too. A little bit of healthy skepticism was good for all early on but it turned into the irrational ramblings of a sad and delusional few soon after.

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BAM.
 

gerryf

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As any 14.1 player knows: if the balls open up just a wee bit more because of dry conditions it is huge.

Lou Figueroa
Yes, i can see that, depending on the pattern.

I can understand that a fast dry cloth would make a bit of a difference, but I'm not sure it amounts to all that much. If it was a major factor, it's easy to duplicate, and there would be dozens of runs higher than 500. All the top players that have the skills to set personal records in the 200-400 range would be doing it.

Did anyone who saw the Schmidt video think that the balls were spreading abnormally easy? No one mentioned it, and there were top players in attendance, and they commented on the many difficult situations that Schmidt extracted himself from.
 

lfigueroa

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Yes, i can see that, depending on the pattern.

I can understand that a fast dry cloth would make a bit of a difference, but I'm not sure it amounts to all that much. If it was a major factor, it's easy to duplicate, and there would be dozens of runs higher than 500. All the top players that have the skills to set personal records in the 200-400 range would be doing it.

Did anyone who saw the Schmidt video think that the balls were spreading abnormally easy? No one mentioned it, and there were top players in attendance, and they commented on the many difficult situations that Schmidt extracted himself from.

Small amounts of separation are significant at 14.1 and players will often just barely nudge clusters enough to make one or two frozen ball makable to open up the rest of the cluster.

And I disagree about there being more runs. The game of 14.1 just isn't that popular and most high caliber players spend their time honing their rotation and 1pocket skills. There just hasn't been any incentive to become more proficient at 14.1 much less set high run records. I think BC's project, The Legends of Straight Pool, will change that.

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Brookeland Bill

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If you are not apart of their 'semi public' thats is OK, also if you have a table and practice 14.1 on a regular basis - your opinion is valuable to me. Please note that I do like Westerns - just not the one schmidt, charlie and the bca are TRYING to produce. If yer a member of john's facebook crowd - yer opinion has less value. Only honest answers are appreciated - I am passionate about the game and keeping it legit so I again I'm only interested in reading genuine responses. Thanks for your participation in what is very possibly another media experiment on the 'general public'. So is it legit? Or do you think (like me) it had a great deal to do with his recent new cue sponsor and hall of fame induction? Also do ya'll think they ( crooked powrs that b) have a legal right to make such a grandiose claim and not offer the video to general population - as proof of their 'claim'?
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Can anyone imagine the conversation if the Mosconi run was on a 9 footer and John choose an oversize 8?

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Can anyone imagine the conversation if the Mosconi run was on a 9 footer and John choose an oversize 8?

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Well shoot.

As long as we’re all putting on our fairy princess outfits and dreaming of pretty things: can anyone imagine the conversation if Brunswick had just offered Willie $10,000 for running over 7-800 balls?

No, Cause we would be having any conversation about 626.

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logical

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Well shoot.

As long as we’re all putting on our fairy princess outfits and dreaming of pretty things: can anyone imagine the conversation if Brunswick had just offered Willie $10,000 for running over 7-800 balls?

No, Cause we would be having any conversation about 626.

Lou Figueroa
Sure, we can do that one next.

I don't exactly see it as equally academic but OK.

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Well shoot.

As long as we’re all putting on our fairy princess outfits and dreaming of pretty things: can anyone imagine the conversation if Brunswick had just offered Willie $10,000 for running over 7-800 balls?

No, Cause we would be having any conversation about 626.

Lou Figueroa
Brunswick did more than offer Mr. Mosconi $10k for running over 7-800 balls...

John had no such guarantees.
 
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As any 14.1 player knows: if the balls open up just a wee bit more because of dry conditions it is huge.

Lou Figueroa
Same for snooker. There are more century’s now than ever before. Are the players that much better? Nope. Just touch the reds and the pack opens up more. Why? The balls have more elasticity and the cloth is faster. Those little differences account for why guys are running 100 century’s in a season now.
 

gerryf

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Can anyone imagine the conversation if the Mosconi run was on a 9 footer and John choose an oversize 8?

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Yeah, Jimmy Caras said the only reason to miss on an 8-footer was fatigue. Doesn't seem to be true for a 9-footer.
 

Patrick Johnson

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As long as we’re all putting on our fairy princess outfits and dreaming of pretty things: can anyone imagine the conversation if Brunswick had just offered Willie $10,000 for running over 7-800 balls?
The legitimacy of the run depends on his motivation? What if Brunswick had offered Schmidt more for running 7-800 balls?

All these what-if scenarios (on both sides) are irrelevant. What if we simply deal with what has actually happened?

pj
chgo
 

Black-Balled

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The legitimacy of the run depends on his motivation? What if Brunswick had offered Schmidt more for running 7-800 balls?

All these what-if scenarios (on both sides) are irrelevant. What if we simply deal with what has actually happened?

pj
chgo
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lfigueroa

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The legitimacy of the run depends on his motivation? What if Brunswick had offered Schmidt more for running 7-800 balls?

All these what-if scenarios (on both sides) are irrelevant. What if we simply deal with what has actually happened?

pj
chgo

gee, I just don't recall tying in the issue of legitimacy into our little Twilight Zone episode.

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gerryf

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And I disagree about there being more runs. The game of 14.1 just isn't that popular and most high caliber players spend their time honing their rotation and 1pocket skills. There just hasn't been any incentive to become more proficient at 14.1 much less set high run records. I think BC's project, The Legends of Straight Pool, will change that.

Lou Figueroa
I think if fast dry cloth made a huge difference, the day after the JS 626, Danny Harriman would have ripped apart his table and installed a new cloth and massive heaters. He did try that, didn't he?

Hohman, Filler, Ko, Orcollo and many others as well.

There's all kinds of variables, but the biggest one is the player's skill, which Schmidt seems to have.
 

KRJ

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Well shoot.

As long as we’re all putting on our fairy princess outfits and dreaming of pretty things: can anyone imagine the conversation if Brunswick had just offered Willie $10,000 for running over 7-800 balls?

No, Cause we would be having any conversation about 626.

Lou Figueroa
Yeah, that record would have been busted up too, ;)
 

lfigueroa

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I think if fast dry cloth made a huge difference, the day after the JS 626, Danny Harriman would have ripped apart his table and installed a new cloth and massive heaters. He did try that, didn't he?

Hohman, Filler, Ko, Orcollo and many others as well.

There's all kinds of variables, but the biggest one is the player's skill, which Schmidt seems to have.

I don't know, ask them.

And it has been proven in many sports that player skill can be amplified with the right conditions/equipment.

Lou Figueroa
 
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