corvette1340 said:I like Shane a lot and think he's the best player out there right now, but Corey doesn't need to stop by every ATM if they are going to play rack your own 9 ball. All he needs to do is stop by my house. You guys might need to stop by the ATM. Woof.![]()
I watched the TAR match race to 100 in 10 ball, and to me, it seemed that Shane had a more consistent break, in power, exact point he was intending to strike the 1, and CB positioning.
I think that assuming Corey is anything better than 50/50 against Shane in 9 ball is not taking the relative skillsets into account. From what I saw, Shane was very close to being as creative as Corey. He CERTAINLY was getting out more often "when he was supposed to", and was making more balls than Corey.
Do you seriously think Shane hasn't racked for himself thousands of times to get his own "rack you own" dynamics down?
Don't get me wrong, I personally thought that Corey's outs looked a lot "easier" in the 10-ball matchup, but let's be honest here. In that match, Shane had a lot stronger mental game.
Shane is capable of bringing his best for a good, long time, and especially when he needs it. Corey seems to be easily distracted. I don't know whether it is because of interests in his life outside of pool, but it looks like Corey doesn't come to the table at the beginning of a match as hungry and confident as Shane.
Against someone of Shane's caliber, you need to bring your A-game from the very first ball. Another thing to look at: Shane doubled Corey's score in the TAR match early on, and then Corey got a chance. Corey won like 7-8 games in a row. What did Shane do? Got up there and shot Corey's nuts off, AFTER Corey won like 7-8 games in a row.
Even against someone as horribly strong as Corey, Shane was giving no chances for 7-10 games at a time. He'd let a ball leak out on an end-to-end safety, Corey would run 2 racks, play a mediocre safet, and Shane would kick into a dead-nuts saefty, then lock Corey down for another5-8 racks, using packages and lockdown safeties.
I dunno. I think it would be a good match, but after the beatdown Shane gave him when Corey looked to be playing fairly well, I don't really think Corey wants any part of Shane in 9 or 10 ball. I mean, CRAP, Shane's liable to make 2-3 balls every time, with perfect position on the 1 70% of the time playing rack your own 9 ball.
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