Vote for '05 Louie Roberts A/E Award

Who gets your vote for the '05 Louie Roberts A/E Award?

  • "Little John" Macias

    Votes: 30 46.2%

  • Sparky Ferrule

    Votes: 9 13.8%

  • Scott Frost

    Votes: 14 21.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 12 18.5%
  • Total voters
    65
  • Poll closed .
JAM said:
Not wanting to engage in a debate about the semantics of the word "entertainment," I believe the entertainment provided by Alex Pagulayan and Tony Watson in the previous years is more in line of what they're looking at when considering the prospective candidates. :) :)

JAM
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I know it's not your intent, but let's not forget the word "action" as well, as that is an equal part of the equation. I think Scott was not only in constant action as a player, but was also in non-stop action as a backer.

And again, all three candidates are noteworthy for sure.

Fred
 
Renegade said:
How about Keith?
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Had this award been around four or five years ago, Keith would have won it already. Especially at that time where he was getting back into heavier tournament and match up mode.

Can he get a fair game now?

Here's a write-up I did a few years ago. Note to Keith and JAM, I didn't watch the entire set or night, so I don't know how the session ended. I only reported on the first half hour or so. Please feel free to correct me as to the outcome:

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I was in Derby City a couple of years ago when Keith was playing Sparky all week. At one point, they had left their table for a break, and some other game (Frost and Jimmy Fusco, 5-ahead, 5 large) started up on it. When Keith came back, he wanted "his" table back. They wouldn't give it back, so Keith says, "well, I'm taking my cueball" which apparently must have been a red circle or something special."

I know Frost and Fusco were pissed (I think they were in the middle of a game at the time), but it was too comical for either to get too mad. There were no tables left in the practice room, so Keith literally with ball in hand marched into the tournament room. Now there was still a tournament going on, but he walked right through everything to the Chapel area ( a small side room that looks like a Chapel) that had tables in it.

So, the picture is this:

Keith McCready, with the ball, dressed only in a worn out and grungy golf-style shirt with a few cigarette holes, some old gym shorts from the 70's, and dirty white socks. No shoes. He looked like he just crawled out from trying on clothes at the Goodwill box. And his skinny legs were in dire need of covering. As he walked, the socks were slipping off as socks do, so the toe ends were just flapping away in a clown-like fashion as he strutted through the tournament arena with ball in hand. There were probably 3 dozen people following him in a mock Pied Piper fashion all the way until he found an empty table in the Chapel. Fusco was one of them trying to get the ball back!!! All the while, McCready was just a yapping away.

"C'mon Sparky! Let's play."

And they played.

And Keith got smoked.

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Fred
 
Lil JOhn is the right choice

:p :D :p Lil John and I have had our share of run -ins over the years, but I have to say that no one has the gamble and love for action that John Macias has. We have bet probably close to a million dollars in the last 5 or six years and John usually will match up a fair game with ANYONE - no one is barred. He should definetly win the Louis Roberts award, Gabe should be second. :cool: :p :cool:
 
Hey, how about Rachel Abbink - she's always in action, she gambles/matches up like a guy - and I think all of the guys that are always watching her play will agree that she's very entertaining to watch...in her own special way ^_^
 
I vote for John Hager Jr, He is Action!!! Always, Like his dad, He has class, He has heart, Up & tough too beat" BUT", you just might!! "That:, makes Action in my book!! ;)
 
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Smorgass Bored said:
What a selection. I dislike Sparky because he's a lowlife scumbag. I dislike Lil John because he 'stole' $500 from a friend of mine with a bad check and while he had money for constant gambling, it took him EIGHT MONTHS to buy his worthless personal check back. I like Scott Frost the most of the three choices. For action and entertainment and even though you may get dumped or cheated out of your money, I'll have to vote for Lil John (though it Kills me)...
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Ricky Byrd should win the award he stake cliff against efferin also against scott frost all of lil john action was staked by ricky plus ricky played 3 different sets for more than 10000 his self .lil john had 80 dollars when he got to ky.smorgass contact me i'll give more info on the sets that ricky staked and thats why he should win the action awards all them other guy are broke
 
Integrity is a must

One of the problems of the billiards life is the dumping and the bad reputation the sport has gotten from the players that do. There in lies the problem why there is not one tournament that has a million dollar purse. Some of the old timers fixed that when the casinos put odds on a tournament and the players got together and decided who would win and bet money on him. Integrity HAS to be restored in this game to increase the purses and gain BIG name sponsors. If anyone will notice, most tournaments are sponsored by billiard related companies. There aren't ANY major sponsors from corporate America. In order to obtain that, we NEED to put respectability BACK into the game. And glorifying someone who is known to cut on a bet, to dump, and who owes someone in nearly every city on tour is NOT going to help. Little Jon should NOT be rewarded for the black-eye he gives the game.
 
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