Other than the doules matches, this shouldn't make much of a difference.
Outside of pool he seems like a legit good dude (like many of them), but in this case: is you want him to shut up, you gotta shut him up.
2 beers!!?
Why are you wasting your time posting if you don’t care? Could’ve saved yourself some valuable time
Not sure yet if others have piled on to skor, but while Savannah and Fedor both have very active online presences, I think it's nigh impossible to make an argument with a straight fact that either one doesn't work tremendously at their respective games. Savannah is becoming a real player, and is a threat to take down even some of the top women in the world. She's gone from "being pretty good for a 13-year-old girl" and at the level of a typical decent league player to one of the top few American-born women in the span of two years. Fedor is Fedor, just watch some of his practice sessions. I think someone just has a thing against self-promotion--which I agree with to some degree.
Are you the post monitor?
I think you bring up a good point. There's still a negative culture around pool in the US, which I think holds it back, as well. The kids who have parents pushing their interests and skills are pushing kids to learn piano, and/or soccer, etc. It's largely the kids who don't have the parental support who are going into pool. And that cycle reinforces itself. Who wants to have their kid play a seedy game in seedy establishments against questionable people?
Just seems weird to interject into a conversation on a specific topic where a bunch of people obviously care and are giving their opinions and be like “my contribution is that I don’t care”. Like uh, cool, thanks man. What’s your point here? Go hit some balls or something
I am soothing the nerves for the people who have their panties in a bunch because they are worried about a game that they aren't even in.
Early on I used to practice with pool balls on a 10' snooker table. After a couple of hours of that the pockets on the pool table looked like buckets. I was known as a shotmaker by many players in my era. That was a compliment I got quite often. Unfortunately my position play and cue ball control were not as good. C'est la vie.
Agree! Moritz plays as good or better than anyone out there on either side. I happen to like Shaw. He talks a lot of shit but he backs it up with strong play. Kind of like Muhammed Ali used to do once upon a time. If you can do it then it isn't bragging. One last note, Filler kills! He takes no prisoners.
Everybody on the USA team has the skill and knowledge to win some of these matches, but they can never get their heads into it.
In the Philippines everyone plays everyone else! No one ducks anyone. They may ask for (and get) games on the wire, but they get up there and play. The good players here do not sit around the poolroom drinking, smoking and having fun. They're there for business, which is pool, pool and more pool.
In my day, 60's and 70's, there were literally thousands of poolrooms all across the country. Every small town had a billiard room, or two. And they were all 8' or 9' tables. Bar tables were exclusively in the bars and for adults over 21. You grew up playing on a full sized table!
