Something to think about....
I am here basically to learn. I assign value to those giving me advice, by how much they help my game.
That's all there is to it!
I could care less about who gets into what battle with whom - and I try to stay out of these things because I am not here to cause trouble, tick people off, etc. Again I am here to learn. I read all the forums and post to all the forums.
And I have learned some good stuff from each and every forum.
With that said, I have many videos/books by some "pros" which have done *nothing* for me. In some cases I have seen them demonstrating how to shoot a particular shot, yet they leave out "some of the necessary details". This advice has not done much to help my game. (A few pros do give excellent advice, share *all* their knowledge, etc.)
FL is one who has given me advice which has helped my game tremendously.
1. He told me Jimmy Reid was an excellent instructor. (I then bought Jimmy Reid's videos and learned quite a bit from them. Best videos I ever bought. I am very grateful for this advice.)
2. He said that a player should be able to "run 3 friggin balls". This may sound silly, but it is the key. If you can shoot in a ball, then leave good position for the second, then the third... well that is all there is to it. If you can do this with 3 balls, then you can do this with more than 3 balls.
So that is all there is to it in my book. It does not matter to me if a person is an "upstanding member of society" or whatever. The question is: Do they give good advice which helps my game or not?