I think this post sums it up the best. Bill's biggest problems are the following:
1. He thinks the "TOP" (or "bestest" as I heard him refer to them) players are the only qualified players to answer his question. He thinks that if the "answer doesn't come from the 'TOP'," it ain't worth his time. When you consider that Bill's expertise is in 3C, certainly not pool, one can easily see how misguided this stance is.
2. Bill equates this "how to aim" topic with the notion of "would you want to get surgery from a medical school student, or would you rather get it from a top specialist with over 20 years of experience on your very condition?"
(Yes, without getting into details, let's just say there are some offline discussions going on via PM.) As you can see, Bill has some misplaced priority/importance issues, using this faulty analogy to equate with aiming a pool ball. It's a friggin' pool ball and a stick -- it ain't cancer surgery!!
3. Bill obviously has some deep-seated mistrust of instructors of any type (as evidenced in other forums against the likes of Randy Goettlicher ["randyg"], Scott Lee, etc.) What "predator" pointed out in his post above, is very sound -- do you really think that Michael Neumann (Jasmin Ouschan's coach and instructor) would want to get into a money match with Jasmin herself? Do you really think that he is more of a "TOP" player over Jasmin and can outshoot her? The answer is an obvious and resounding NO! Jasmin would CRUSH him in a match. But Jasmin has retained his services, because he's obviously a very good coach, who understands the fundamentals of good pool-playing fundamentals and strategy, and he's clearly able to convey these things in a lucid, helpful manner to Jasmin for integration into (and correction of, in appropriate cases) her game. He doesn't have to be a better player than her. But Bill misses that very point.
4. Can "TOP" players better explain how they aim any better than folks with equivalent qualifications (e.g. instructor certifications -- especially road-seasoned ones like randyg, Scott Lee, et al.)? The answer here also is an obvious and resounding NO! In fact, if you ask "TOP" players how they aim, many of them can't even explain to you how. Many of them simply don't know how, or can't explain it in words. They just do it. It's an ingrained action after many years of dedicated practice -- committing shots to muscle memory, so that they are AUTOMATIC. And, to be painfully and brutally honest (I know I'm going to catch some serious sh!t over what I'm about to say), let's consider the education level of your average "TOP" player. Do you really think that these guys/gals are PhDs or highly schooled/educated/trained people? We know the answer -- with very few notable exceptions, they aren't. In fact, you'd be lucky if you can grab a random sampling of 50% of the "TOP" pros, and see if they have any post-high school education at all (and even having a high school diploma [or even G.E.D.] may be a challenge in certain cases!). Many of them can't even read/write in a clear, coherent manner. ("TXT"-speak has unfortunately poisoned our society with an "r u sure u can aim 2 pockt the ball w/ n e accuracy?" method of expressing oneself -- look at the way some of these guys/gals post here in AZB!) And you'd want someone like this to explain to you, in a clear well-constructed manner, how to aim? Bill seems to think so.
5. Bill is completely missing the boat on what he did wrong here. He doesn't get it. This is a public forum, after all (the "Main" forum, the last I looked), and folks from all walks of life read/post here. But to hang a sign out there, in clear view, that basically says "no commoners allowed" is reminiscent of "back of the bus" caste thinking. If he truly wanted feedback from only "TOP" level players, why post the request here? Why not "Ask the Pros" or the "Ask the Instructor" forums?
(Well, based on previous interactions he'd had in those forums -- especially the latter one -- we know the answer to that one! 
) He'd been informed time and again, that with only one or two exceptions, NONE of his "prized list" of players read/post here. Granted, some of the replies he got early on could get your hackles up if you were the one receiving them. You treat those as isolated, individual cases, and respond to those appropriately, with replies focused on only that one individual. You don't paint the entire readership (or the ones posting respectfully) with the same broad arrogant condescending brush. This is not Ivory Tower Politics.
Don't get me wrong -- I *know* who Bill is. He really needs no introduction -- his credentials are well-known. And one can "feel" that if he/she met Bill in person, one can see how "down home," level, and nice a person he really is. But how one is in person, and how he/she portrays him/herself in public -- especially when in a challenging situation, can be two different things. In Bill's case, it obviously is.
Respectfully,
-Sean
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