I have some random thoughts about his 14.1 game from last night and the last time he tried this.
I saw Sigel, Varner, Mizerak, Martin, Rempe, Hopkins, Nagy, Murphy and West at their absolute 14.1 peaks. I saw Mosconi while still playing very well in his 60s, Lassiter a bit after his peak and everyone since then. I never saw Cranfield or Eufemia and obviously never saw Greenleaf.
IMO shaw's ability to pocket balls, get position, push balls around with control and hit the break shot is ahead of all of them.
If I have any criticism (and it's probably idiotic for someone like me to criticize him) I think guys like peak Varner, Nagy, Appleton, Schmidt, Rempe and maybe a couple of others took the balls off the table a little better. Shaw goes into the balls a LOT more often in situations I think those other players would work around. IMO that opens the door to getting stuck, tying balls up, having a tough combo etc.. His shot making is so incredible, it rarely matters because he'll just make some really tough shot and get back in line. But I think if he took the balls off better, 1000 would easily be within his range because when he's rolling, he pretty much mever misses. I wish I saw Lassiter at his peak to know whether they were comparable shotmakers.
