Pathetic Shark
Banned
Didn't your mum ever tell you?
"Don't feed the troll"
And his missus.
Didn't your mum ever tell you?
"Don't feed the troll"
Scary stuff.
Please, put the blame where it belongs: With the last generation of great players (hustlers)... the guys who squeezed-out what they could and left the game for dead.
Perhaps you see it that way but I don't. It's the reason for my vehement posts regarding alternating break that touched on the analogy I gave.
I believe there's more pressure with a traditional winner breaks format as it changes the game dynamic. It's easy to keep your equilibrium when you know you're going to get a shot at the table every other rack. It's tougher when you're locked in the chair watching someone lay a package on you. Can you control your apprehension so when you get to the table you can respond?
It's also a huge disadvantage to rhythm/gear players to break & run a rack & then having to take a seat.
Pool has always been about controlling the table & applying pressure by doing so. It's difficult to apply that pressure when you have to relinquish the table every other game, a different mindset.
Hypothetical situation:
The year is 1985. We trade Hall, Varner, Sigel, Rempe, etc. to Europe for just Ralph Eckert.
Fast-forward to 2016.
Is pro-pool in America all the better or all the worse for it?
Would it have made no difference?
The early events with players like MAchine Lou Butera (forgive the spelling) Mike Massey, etc were genius.
Great entertainment. No one actually cared who won lol
Oh come on. We all cried for weeks about the rolls, the rules, the break etc and labeled everyone who didn't traitors, then sent them to America to practice! That's what i remember anyhow.
With Brexit in full swing, maybe next Cup should be one country against another country: USA versus, say, England or Netherlands or Germany?
Weeks?
Years more like - didn't the USA dominate the early years?
Yeah sure Jen, always cheap excuses. Why don't you accept it for what it is, and always will be.
Short races, Blah, blah blah blah, blah. So what. Team USA needs an extra 5 games in order to be able to catch up.
Screaming Fans. Blah blah blah blah blah. Yes. Totally their fault, all the time. Pretty sure if no one was allowed in, just the Teams, you figure then that would make a difference.
Why are you always such a sore loser.
Well, it certainly won't be USA vs. Land of Sasquatch! They don't have enough champion-caliber players to form a team, so they come on an American forum and bash the American team. :grin-square:
Well, it certainly won't be USA vs. Land of Sasquatch! They don't have enough champion-caliber players to form a team, so they come on an American forum and bash the American team. :grin-square:
That's what sports fans do, Jam.
They have their team, and they will hate on any team that they go up against.
Sore loser much Jenny Poo. It's seriously showing. Who said anything about Canada.
Ohhhh, it's an American Forum now, so Canadians don't belong.
I thought it was for everyone, USA, Canada, Europeans and so on.
Excuse me if I'm not waving the FKIng flag for you. I have more relatives in the UK than I do in Canada. I have 2 cousins in the USA, one is a Lawyer so automatically a Dick.
The other one is just a Dick.
This place is always so quiet before you show up and start shite with people constantly.
And then you go whining to the Mod. Bait, Run and Report. Your usual MO.
Well, it certainly won't be USA vs. Land of Sasquatch! They don't have enough champion-caliber players to form a team, so they come on an American forum and bash the American team. :grin-square:
Let's do it on a per capita basis. We are one tenth of the size of the US. You field 5 players. So, making it proportionate, we would have to field one world class player, to your 10.
We pick Alex. Which player are you sending to play against him?
If you get Alex, do we get Mika, Shaw, Appleton, and Thorsten?
Do any of the above have actual US citizenship? If so, have at it. Alex has a Canadian passport. And citizenship.
Bustamante lives in Europe. Can he play for the Euros?
Except Land of Sasquatch doesn't have a team.
Look, I don't see any shame or anything wrong with losing. I wouldn't still be a Redskins fan if I did.
I am, however, disappointed with the same American pool aficionados demeaning the American player and its coach as if they have no talent. It's always the same Americans doing it too.
Of course, I would like to see Team USA do better, but I'm not going to tear 'em down as if they're rubbish. I give 'em credit for playing in that kind of an environment, which is not easy. I'm actually pretty impressed with the performance of Rodney and Justin this year.
If you notice, though, every time Team Europe ends a match, the entire Team Europe and Marcus is over there high-fiving them and congratulating them. On Team USA, there's something missing when a match ends. I'll let you decide what it might be. I actually think this is the biggest disconnect and causing the problem. It's not the caliber of play. :smile:
Well, it certainly won't be USA vs. Land of Sasquatch! They don't have enough champion-caliber players to form a team, so they come on an American forum and bash the American team. :grin-square: