Nick Varner....

[Terry Ardeno]

Just wanted to get the train back on the tracks

Nick Varner is, quite simply, one of the jewels in the crown of American pool. Great player and a great man.

Well said, SJM.
Since this is a thread extolling Nick, let it also be said that I can't remember anyone, from fellow pro player to autograph or picture seeking fan EVER having anything but praise for Nick. One of the few pros who I can't remember anything negative being said about him by anyone.

Great player and great man indeed.

 

[Fatboy]

I had the pleasure of speaking to Nick today for 20 minutes. What can I say that hasnt been said?!?!?! He is a true champion of life, not just pool. I want him to be a part of the Fatboy Jamborees that we will be doing next year, he loves the idea. With people like Nick, JA, Shannon behind me great things will happen, I know I cant do it with out the big boys!!!

 

[Scott Lee]

Eric...Just like the Kevin Costner movie...You're building it, and they WILL come! It portends to be THE privately held event, anywhere west of the Mississippi! I, for one, can't wait! :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

I had the pleasure of speaking to Nick today for 20 minutes. What can I say that hasnt been said?!?!?! He is a true champion of life, not just pool. I want him to be a part of the Fatboy Jamborees that we will be doing next year, he loves the idea. With people like Nick, JA, Shannon behind me great things will happen, I know I cant do it with out the big boys!!!

 

[DrawtheRock]

Class Act

Well said, SJM.
Since this is a thread extolling Nick, let it also be said that I can't remember anyone, from fellow pro player to autograph or picture seeking fan EVER having anything but praise for Nick. One of the few pros who I can't remember anything negative being said about him by anyone.

Great player and great man indeed.

Hadnt seen Nick in a very long time but talked to him for quite a long time yesterday in Phoenix. He is the same guy he was before he even won the world championships--a gentleman that is a CLASS ACT. He is truly an ambasador for pool and cares about the game..he also can still play pretty sporty.

 

[SJDinPHX]

I know I'll rub a few the wrong way with this comment, but I do not consider bank pool to be a major discipline in pool. For most of pool's history, it was a game played in America only, and mostly in a small geogrphic area in America. In fact, until recently, it was a game that many pros didn't play even once in a lifetime, and it remains a game not played at all in many countries in which pool is played well.

Perhaps Derby City is in the process of making this happen, but until bank pool is a game played widely worldwide and bank pool fields are internationally diverse and balanced, I think calling anybody the world bank pool champion is inappropriate.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that bank pool is a game of enormous skill, and I can't wait to watch the bank pool event live at Derby City next month.

Guess what I'm suggesting is that Nick Varner has won the world championship in four major pool disciplines, not five.

I agree with both you, and Terry. It is a great game but it is also very much a midwestern game that is not played in most of the rest of the country,
or the world for that matter. Don't make it a bad game, just not a game one might consider a "major" event.

Dick