Because of B&Rs by the opponent, there's no guarantee of seeing everyone play in the Team matches. Neither Alcaide nor Styer hit a ball in the Team match on Day 1, and Alcaide was just a spectator again for Day 3's Team match. I guess you could say they "played" by sitting in the player's seat for those games, but they never went to the table.
SJM at the 2024 Mosconi Cup
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B&Rs happen, they each had at least a game
The Mosconi is modeled on the Ryder Cup, and the final day of the Ryder Cup is always singles matches alone. The need for the day one full-team match in the Mosconi was to introduce the players, some of whom, unlike in golf, are not household names. To be frank, I'd be OK with it if they eliminate the day one team match.
You get to see every player every day anyway. Yes, I know there have been a handful of exceptions over the years, but they are rare.
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I disagree. I felt FSR was Team Europe's best player by a lot.
This is not accurate. I have attended all but one of the Mosconi Cup events at Alexandra Palace. European fans at Alexandra Palace do not make a habit of sharking American players once they are over the shot.
American and European fans alike are, of course, very rowdy until the player gets down over the shot, but that's fair game at the Mosconi.
This was a screw up, but as I noted, things improved on Day 3, so there's evidence that fans began to understand the boundaries of propriety.
Comparing the 2022 Mosconi at Bally's Las Vegas to the 2024 edition at the Caribe Royale in Orlando is a close call. Both were good hotels with solid facilities, and both arenas were set up well.
For me, I'd rather be in Vegas. Matches are always synchronized with British prime time, so in Vegas the matches started at about 10:30 AM if memory serves. Your "pool day" was always over by 5:00 PM, and you had a full evening to socialize every day in a city with a million different things to do.
That said, Orlando must be counted as a success, and I'd be happy to return to the Caribe Royale, a fine hotel.
I rather see them do true scotch doubles on the full team events. That would be interesting'er (for us hillbilly southerner country music fans)
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And what about cymbals?
I play guitar, cymbals are a must just add a drum kit. A live band is fine with me, invite an orchestra if you want. Just be quiet when a player is on the shot, then give it a 1234 Enter Sandman.
Hope that answers your question.
That might be fun.
No one seems to remember that rant Styer made after grabbing the mic away from the lady interviewing him after he won his match. He told the crowd they were only yelling at 60% and he wanted them to rev it up to 100%. He wanted them to get louder when Team Europe makes a mistake, a foul, a scratch, a missed ball or bad position. During his tirade he used profanity to make his point. It was a call for bad sportsmanship and they got the message loud and clear. Go ahead, shark our opponents any way you can. It was a very bad look for Tyler and way out of character for him. I was kind of shocked watching this. It just had no place here!
Meanwhile the Euro players were pretty much all complimentary of the efforts made by their opponents, the U.S. Team. I didn't hear any such nastiness from them.
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Other than the swear, I didn't think Tyler was out of line. At least that is how it looked to me on TV. He wasn't trying to encourage sharking or being nasty, imo, he was just trying to get the fans to up the pressure.
The ones who sharked either haven't watched much pro pool, I'd guess, or had too much to drink. I suspect the crowd will be loud, but better behaved, at the next Mosconi in Florida. (I don't think it is going back to Vegas, Frazer loved the Orlando crowd).
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Seems I did not avail myself of all the dining options, so If I'm lucky enough to attend in 2026, I'll try to do better.
Your interpretation of his impromptu speech was a little different than mine. I heard him directly call out to U.S.fans to cheer loudly for any and all Euro errors. That's blatant bad sportsmanship in my book! After that kind of encouragement where do you draw the line.