Mark Wilson stands down as United States captain

[Celtic]

Not no but hell no. Hasn't he done "enough" TO this sport already?

He was there a few years ago as an assistant coach/cheerleader/leech. He did nothing other then sit there and watch them lose and then collected his paycheck.

Buddy Hall was a great player a long time ago but his sportsmanship and ethics are questionable at best and he was "not" a good ambassador for the sport and was instead personally involved in one of the more famous black eyes it recieved.

There in no way Hall should be there. He is exactly the type of person the team does "not" need.

 

[westcoast]

So how many short race events must we lose in a row before we start working on our weaknesses and stop making excuses?

Apparently it's more than 7.

If you look at it from the perspective of the players, what is the incentive (besides pride) to prepare better for the MC?

Almost none of the tournaments or gambling matches they play are formatted like the MC. They make their money playing in tournaments and in match ups that very different from the MC. I think if the USA really wants to do better at the MC, tournament formats will have to change and that isn't really up to the players.

 

[jasonlaus]

If you look at it from the perspective of the players, what is the incentive (besides pride) to prepare better for the MC?

Almost none of the tournaments or gambling matches they play are formatted like the MC. They make their money playing in tournaments and in match ups that very different from the MC. I think if the USA really wants to do better at the MC, tournament formats will have to change and that isn't really up to the players.

People can say this all day long but how many times do our players start out down 2 - 5? Not many. So this excuse of short race is BS
Jason

 

[smashmouth]

Earl all day
maybe even as a player coach

haters wouldn't go for him though

 

[spartan]

Mosconi cup captain is more like a national team coach Not a club coach like in NBA,EPL, La Liga.
Most of the stuff said (in terms of time, training , resources etc ) are available and can be done by a club coach but not a national team coach . Players have to earn living and have little time with MC Captain while MC Captain has little resources, control over players except for those few weeks he is with them . Every year different set of players and the 5 are not confirmed until few months before MC. Heck, he does not even have the official mandate like a national team coach since he is not mandated or officially recognised by national pool associations so I doubt he can really make big impact in terms of grooming , breeding future players in long run . He is just chosen by Bossman of Matchroom sports so is just de facto national team coach .
And is MC Captain even paid remuneration ? All in all a thankless job . Grooming future players and scouting talent is a long term role MW will excel in but not a short term role like MC captain.
A lot of what the most successful Captain in MC history , Johan R has done with Team Europe are fixes that can be done in short term . Choose 2 Captain picks who can mesh with the team. Work on winning mentality, confidence, self belief , performance under extreme pressure, team dynamics . That excludes drastically changing technical skills of players which takes long time. If he has to teach a player technical skills , then he has selected wrong person for team. It does not sound nice but by and large , MC Captain should be a quick fixer and fix the fixables. Cos,the reality is MC Captain has less influence on the end result than the players . I am guessing MC Captain's influence on the end result is less than 50%, in most cases , likely around 10-20% :grin: