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They should both be embarrassed playing on a bar table.Jayson Shaw is not the only one who has issues with players who are rack mechanics.
There are plenty of cry babies in professional pool, but for some reason only certain players get singled out.
Personally, it's OK with me if the top pros want to skip the Turning Stone. Keep that added 25K to the local guys who supported that tour at every stop. It would still be one of the best tournaments and venues to play or to watch. Besides, I can't be the only one that's tired of watching Shane or Shaw rob that tournament year-after-year.For me the bigger story line is the falling prestige of Turning Stone as a professional event. With schedule clashes (big surprise) it was clearly little brother to the Texas Open. No WPA sanctioning. No Matchroom ranking points. Only 4 competitive professionals participated and half of them opted to forfeit out early which is hard to picture happening if the event meant more to them. I know the struggle is real when you have scheduling constraints like a casino only offering two dates and more popular event overlaps with you. But if this event gets Matchroom ranking points next year, you wouldn’t want to see this happen again.
For me the bigger story line is the falling prestige of Turning Stone as a professional event. With schedule clashes (big surprise) it was clearly little brother to the Texas Open. No WPA sanctioning. No Matchroom ranking points. Only 4 competitive professionals participated and half of them opted to forfeit out early which is hard to picture happening if the event meant more to them. I know the struggle is real when you have scheduling constraints like a casino only offering two dates and more popular event overlaps with you. But if this event gets Matchroom ranking points next year, you wouldn’t want to see this happen again.
Compromise: a roving racker is available.
Loser racks. Winner gets to request a rerack twice. After the second rejection the ref racks, no objection allowed at that point. Would only require a very limited number of roving rackers
Earl is not a competing professional. Though still highly skilled, he does not qualify, as he has opted to sit out nearly the entire array of major pool events for the second straight year. Add that to his highly unprofessional behavior, found in every single one of his matches at Turning Stone, and case closed. Yes, he was selected for Mosconi a year ago in what was an insult to every American fan and to every American pro fully committed to a career in pro pool. He's got one very big fan in Barry Hearn, however, so a repeat of this insult can't be ruled out for 2022, despite Matchroom's announced commitment to becoming a meritocracy in which invitations are earned through frequent participation and superior play.For me the bigger story line is the falling prestige of Turning Stone as a professional event. With schedule clashes (big surprise) it was clearly little brother to the Texas Open. No WPA sanctioning. No Matchroom ranking points. Only 4 competitive professionals participated and half of them opted to forfeit out early which is hard to picture happening if the event meant more to them. I know the struggle is real when you have scheduling constraints like a casino only offering two dates and more popular event overlaps with you. But if this event gets Matchroom ranking points next year, you wouldn’t want to see this happen again.
Pros. Are you talking about SVB and Earl? There behavior was not professional. I always thought SVB was void a personality and Earl was released from the “Cocos Nest” on a day pass to participate as part of his therapy. Otherwise Earl goes back to the sanatorium to take his Thorazine in lieu of a lobotomy which SVB has had.For me the bigger story line is the falling prestige of Turning Stone as a professional event. With schedule clashes (big surprise) it was clearly little brother to the Texas Open. No WPA sanctioning. No Matchroom ranking points. Only 4 competitive professionals participated and half of them opted to forfeit out early which is hard to picture happening if the event meant more to them. I know the struggle is real when you have scheduling constraints like a casino only offering two dates and more popular event overlaps with you. But if this event gets Matchroom ranking points next year, you wouldn’t want to see this happen again.
I highly doubt that Shane supports the way Earl sharked practically every single opponent and showed continual disrespect for those who staged and directed the tournament. FYI, Shane wasn't there when Earl forfeited but I was watching from the stands (not from tableside, where there may be as few as four seats in total), and there's absolutely zero chance that Shane would have handled the incident in the match against Bucky Souvanthong the same way Earl did.BB, it's so easy to throw another ''under the bus'' till yah walk a mile in his shoes. SVB just said he supported Earls actions when he left. The event allowed the rail birds to get into his business of playing/competing and trying to win. He didn't need it, and I agree with Earls Choice. Me, at 73, I've been treated in the past year getting out, worse in all my years by this generation of????????????? persons that have no clue how to treat others. I even had a man follow me around for two days, even into the bathroom, and calling me school yard names every time he saw me for two solid days.
By the way B.B., your above post ''has no clue'' about other people, and shows me more about you than your Opinions of others.
Makes me wanna hear all the good the other posters have to say about YOU, since you're so good at throwing others under the bus.
Earl is definitely partly responsible. It also depends on what the railbirds were saying. Perhaps a ref was needed over there to regulate both partiesBlame the railbirds
Shane slowly evolving in to Earl?
I love it!
You could be right but, the railbirds with Earl are the same as they were with Mike the mouth. Both parties need each other and both encourage it.Earl is definitely partly responsible. It also depends on what the railbirds were saying. Perhaps a ref was needed over there to regulate both parties
People who are there just to pull Earl's chain should be removed.Earl is definitely partly responsible. It also depends on what the railbirds were saying. Perhaps a ref was needed over there to regulate both parties