Well that's too bad. I thought the match was on. But I don't blame Schmidt for ducking if he and his stakehorse think Harriman is too strong. I see this appearance fee as just being a stumbling block intended to derail the rematch.
You know, I keep hearing impuning statements directed at Harriman, but I'm still curious about whether there is any truth to Harriman's assertion that Schmidt's arguments, during the last match, over previously established jump cue rules, had no merit, and that the 10 minute argument that ensued was intended solely to prevent Harriman from capturing his victory, he was ahead 9-8. IMO, if Schmidt did pull a chickensh*t move like that, he's the one that should be stigmatized. He is the one that people should avoid playing. Is anyone who was there willing to clear this up? Harriman says to ask the TAR people if they believe John was sincere in disrupting the ordliness of that match. I asked, but TAR avoided the question, and Deadpoked scolded me for stirring sh*t.
Here's something to consider: How do you think Schmidt would have reacted if Harriman pulled that on Schmidt when Victory was in Schmidt's hands? My guess is he'd be a little pissed - and act just like Harriman. IMO if Schmidt and his stakehorse know they avoided a second loss to Harriman, only as a result of a chickensh*t ploy, and they know that Harriman is pissed, and has been practicing steady to right things, there is little wonder about what is happening here.
Finally, let me dispell a little more BS, as I see things. Earlier in this thread I read Schmidt's opinion that his and Harriman's game was even, but he later lamented that Hariman has been practicing 10 times as much as he has. Well it sounds to me like Harriman's game isn't even any more, and Schmidt knows it. I also read that Harriman sleeps on his friends couch four feet from a pool table, and has no girlfriend, and no life. Yet Harriman says he's been remodling his home, like Schmidt has, and has a girlfriend, like Schmidt has. And, what's Schmidt saying about Harriman sleeping beneath a picture of Schmidt, and throwing darts at the picture? Sounds like either Schmidt shares a bedroom in the same house, and is privy to all this juicy gossip, or he is talking out his a*s. Either way he won't play pool with the man again, $10k and duct tape notwithstanding.
I am sorry if this post rubs anyone the wrong way, and if I have erred in any details, please advise me so I might correct things/apologize. I am egged on, however, by TAR's avoidance of my question as to the sincerity of Schmidt in disrupting his last match with Harriman. TAR could have unequivocably backed Schmidt - which they did not. That speaks loudly to me. So again, if anyone was witness to Schmit's disrupting the match when victory was at hand for Harriman, please help clear this matter up.
