There *is* a back story not with this thread but with that member, who continues to float in and out of threads with flippant replies and sarcasm to many, not just me.
This thread was meant to be positive and happy. I just tire of the same AzB members, many of whom are unidentified and/or banned members posting, wreaking havoc on this so-called "pool-related forum."
As Mark Griffin so eloquently stated in his post, this is a time to celebrate pool, not rip apart every single detail of this event. It is okay to offer constructive criticism, of course.
If you want to know what's wrong with pool in America, it is the majority of American pool public who post on this forum, many of whom don't give a hill of flying beans about professional pool, yet feel qualified to tear into it at every juncture.
Barry Hearn, as far as I'm concerned, is one pool's best friends, not only here in the States, but around the world. I was hoping this thread would generate some positivity, but as you can read, there are those who can't see the forest for the trees.
Go to Facebook and it's a completely different environment in pool, thank goodness. People are happy. They interact in a positive manner. There's not much of what you see happens here on this forum on FB between pool peeps. Many, many, many pros from around the world post on FB, and I love reading their trip reports and seeing their photographs. You can't find pros posting here very often because of the negativity.
While I'm at it, I want to give a big shout-out and high-five to Doug Gordon who has been tirelessly working behind the scenes to help pool thrive around the world, especially here in Amercia.
