Team USA Still in the Lead
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Reading the words written by so-called American pool fans is not pleasant. It's always the same ones belittling Americans over and over again. They are traitors in my book.
I predict this will be the last year of the Mosconi Cup with a Team USA, thanks to those American traitors. Why would Barry continue a Mosconi Cup for Team USA with American fans like this?
I can deal with the caliber of play. I can deal with losing, but I cannot deal with those traitors. They are the reason professional pool in America suffers. If we cannot keep a fan base, what is left? Leagues. That's where pool is at in the States.
These pro players you are seeing now in America are a dying breed. I hope the young American players stay in school or go back to school and develop a career where they can make ends meet because pool has no future in America this juncture. None! Bye-bye, American pool pie.
On what evidence?
Why change a winning formula?
It's cheap easy tv. A simple tournament to run and manage. Eagerly anticipated. At the right time of year. The most popular televised pool in the world - but a country mile.
One set of fans moaning and one set of players being a bit useless at it aren't going to change that.
And nobody really cares about facebook or this forum in the real world
hehe no need to explain the poolworld to me!
what i meant is this, maye the one or another die hard pool fan never heard of that cup :grin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Cup
But you admit it was a bad example, surely?
Alternate break = more pressure. So seeing as the American players seem to fall apart under pressure it's no wonder you aren't a fan
.Yes I'm aware of the Davis Cup. I was merely pointing out, for those not aware, that Matchroom already run such an event called the World Cup of Pool. Thus, it is not likely that the Mosconi cup will be "replaced" by such an event - based on the existence of the event already.
Diehard USA fan's might not be aware of that event mind as the USA get battered in that too usually.:thumbup:
Edit to include:
10 years old now that event
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_of_Pool
But you admit it was a bad example, surely?
Alternate break = more pressure. So seeing as the American players seem to fall apart under pressure it's no wonder you aren't a fan
Didn't your mum ever tell you?
"Don't feed the troll"
You got your trolls mixed up. BankIt is *not* a troll.
One of this forum's biggest trolls continues to float in and out of threads every single morning, much like this morning, writing nasty comments to others.
I haven't been posting here in a long while, but due to the Cup, I thought I'd enjoy a little back-and-forth on the threads supporting Team USA. The same troll continues to target members here and attempts to cause havoc in the threads.
If you like this kind of banter, have at it.
Yes, the BCA organization sold out and gave up on professional pool. You're right. If we had an organization, things might have been different. A tour comes to mind.
Blame goes to the so-called governing body of professional pool, the BCA.
Yeah I've noticed this as well.
For example:
Or:
Or even:
Not to forget:
Floating in and out of threads, she said... writing nasty comments to others, she said... trolling, she said... etc.
Anyway, to get back on topic: after tonight, the US won't be in the lead anymore.
But you admit it was a bad example, surely?
Alternate break = more pressure. So seeing as the American players seem to fall apart under pressure it's no wonder you aren't a fan
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.
I'm going to assume that by winner you actually mean holder, as otherwise this sentence makes no sense... but even then: ties do not "go" to the holder. In the event of a tie the holder retains the trophy (i.e. it doesn't change hands) however the result is unchanged. A tie is a tie is a tie.
It's 11-10 to the US (with a single draw/tie). By the close of player today it will be 11-11... and a 7 year winning streak for Europe
.I disagree. I think there's more pressure when you know every shot counts, and you can't rely on stringing a package together to get you back into a game after making several mistakes. I think you see more shots dogged or bottled in alternate break formats - due to the added pressure.
We can agree to disagree, though
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I guess after today, I'll see you next year -- maybe. :grin-square:
There's not much pool action in this forum anymore, sad to say. I used to really, really enjoy reading and posting here, but it is not worth the effort to post pool-related news when the only thing you read are the sarcastic words written by know-it-all trolls who hide behind their computer monitors.
The post count is way down on AzBilliards in the recent times. Wishing you the best, Voiceofreason. Maybe I'll see you next year, if there is a Cup.
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 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?