Who wins? Bartrum or Lassiter?

Long Sets were a Norm

Da Bank said:
Lassiter was one of the top 5 or so players to EVER play the game. Bartrum isn't even in the top 5 alive today, but he might be in long sets.

Lassiter by a landslide
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Chris may be a good player today at long sets but the older players were used to those. Many of the sets played were "ahead" and "freeze out". Quitting winner wasnt the norm.

Lassiter would have to have been in a wheelchair for Chris to have a chance of even playing him even.
 
crawfish said:
Sorry, among deceased players, Bill Brasky stands above all of the rest. When Bill got to the Pearly gates, he put in his punch style hotel card. The gates opened and all were singing "Welcome to Braskyville."

I once saw Bill Brasky run 611 racks. He dropped down under the table from what we thought was exhaustion. Later we found him with 12 ladies under the table. Evidently, he became bored with pool.
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To Bill Brasky! Chug.gif
 
Please....

I dont understand why a guy plays a few long sets and is labeled the long set king. I saw the stream. Where were the packs? Where was the Smart, creative play after several hours. The ONLY reason the set went long is because niether player could beat the other. Nothing against either. Let this man be what he is, and stop trying to compare him to pool gods. If he was a pool god, the 8 ahead sets would last an hour, not 8.

Da Bank said:
Lassiter was one of the top 5 or so players to EVER play the game. Bartrum isn't even in the top 5 alive today, but he might be in long sets.

Lassiter by a landslide
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You smoking some gooooooood stuff

If Lassiter were alive today it would be a NO- contest. Seeing as how he has been dead 20 years I do give Chris a slightly better chance of winning.
 
True Dat !!!

Lassiter was the MAN!! And as the other poster stated, looooong sets for the cheese were the norm NOT the exception. Hell for years they didnt even have tournaments and long grueling backroom sets were ALL they had. And yes we all know lassiter is dead, cannot play, therefore Chris MIGHT win.

eyesjr said:
I dont understand why a guy plays a few long sets and is labeled the long set king. I saw the stream. Where were the packs? Where was the Smart, creative play after several hours. The ONLY reason the set went long is because niether player could beat the other. Nothing against either. Let this man be what he is, and stop trying to compare him to pool gods. If he was a pool god, the 8 ahead sets would last an hour, not 8.
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Am I the only one here that finds it disrespectful to the fallen heroes to even have this question asked?
 
Are you a crack addict.lassiter was in the top 5 players at all games ever period.I asked nick varner who he thought was or is the greatest all around player ever and he said lassiter and he should have said himself since he has won more world titles at different games and the only player to win world titles at 5 different games of billiards.chris is a very skilled player with no world titles and to my knowledge not even a top 5 in any world championship.i bet that chris could walk around a little easier without your head up his ass.please compare legend to legend not legend to a high quality road player.oh yeah if you respond back please put down the crack pipe.
 
This is quite possibly the silliest thread ever and I feel dumber for having read any of it.:smile:

BTW- my vote would be for Brasky
 
Guys, guys. I started this not to offend any of the deceased legend's fans, but to laugh at the ridiculous OTHER threads about who could beat who. And look at the number of responses. Tell us anything?
 
Thread failed miserably. Comparing a dead Lassiter to McCready is just silly. The thread I started was a valid one asking who would win between Bartram and McCready today, given that McCready had taken a couple of years off.
 
corvette1340 said:
Thread failed miserably. Comparing a dead Lassiter to McCready is just silly. The thread I started was a valid one asking who would win between Bartram and McCready today, given that McCready had taken a couple of years off.
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"Silly" is the key word. We are comparing a pretty great player to a dead dude (although a legend), and still got argumentative tones. Hilarious. 4 pages of "silly." By the way, I still like Keith in a "two shot foul" game given two months on the table first. Couldn't stake with my broke ass, but I'd pay to see it. Tax man has me on speed dial.
 
crawfish said:
"Silly" is the key word. We are comparing a pretty great player to a dead dude (although a legend), and still got argumentative tones. Hilarious. 4 pages of "silly." By the way, I still like Keith in a "two shot foul" game given two months on the table first. Couldn't stake with my broke ass, but I'd pay to see it. Tax man has me on speed dial.
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I would pay to see it also, as would a ton of other people. So, you admit that my thread asking who would win between Keith and Chris is a valid one, since you said you'd pay to see it?
 
corvette1340 said:
I would pay to see it also, as would a ton of other people. So, you admit that my thread asking who would win between Keith and Chris is a valid one, since you said you'd pay to see it?
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I guess, but it is so outta the blue that it seems to be picking at someone to come outta retirement. If he's not playing, there's a reason. Whether there's no money, other interests, I'd just let the guy live his life. This poking at him is merely that...poking at him. Why come up with this poll? Jam? Keith? Why not pick two players that are actually playing pool? It does nothing but stir shit up. We ALL know who we bet on in "primes." Im not trying to dig up McGuire to hit balls with a current homerun leader. Makes no sense except to poke, or rib.
 
Ktown D said:
I think after 2 or 3 good cycles he could probably get right back up on the old horse.:D
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I swear to God, when I wrote that, I knew someone would make a reference to juicin'.
 
crawfish said:
I guess, but it is so outta the blue that it seems to be picking at someone to come outta retirement. If he's not playing, there's a reason. Whether there's no money, other interests, I'd just let the guy live his life. This poking at him is merely that...poking at him. Why come up with this poll? Jam? Keith? Why not pick two players that are actually playing pool? It does nothing but stir shit up. We ALL know who we bet on in "primes." Im not trying to dig up McGuire to hit balls with a current homerun leader. Makes no sense except to poke, or rib.
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It wasn't like I just picked two players out of a hat, lol. I simply wanted to know who everyone thought would win since Jam said Keith would win and then Bartram said to bet. Sounds like a valid argument to me since the two parties involved think they are the favorite. How exactly is that picking on Keith?

If there was a poll that asked who would win Keith or Crawfish and the majority of people said Keith, would that make you mad or feel like you were being picked on?

It was a simple question, one that will probably never be truly answered. But, people are free to voice their opinions regardless of who they are for or against.
 
crawfish said:
I guess, but it is so outta the blue that it seems to be picking at someone to come outta retirement. If he's not playing, there's a reason. Whether there's no money, other interests, I'd just let the guy live his life. This poking at him is merely that...poking at him. Why come up with this poll? Jam? Keith? Why not pick two players that are actually playing pool? It does nothing but stir shit up. We ALL know who we bet on in "primes." Im not trying to dig up McGuire to hit balls with a current homerun leader. Makes no sense except to poke, or rib.
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The reason McCready gets mentioned in these scenarios is because we all want to see him play again. By all accounts (and there are many), he was a totally electrifying player in his prime, who beat everyone there was to beat. Sadly, it seems like there's precious little video of him playing his best, and practically zero video of all the back-room money matches that earned him his legend status. He's not only still alive, but doesn't have any physical barriers that I'm aware of (I'm sure I could be wrong) to prevent him from playing his best game again. He's just rusty because he doesn't play much anymore. So I think it's natural and understandable that we all want to see him in action again, and that we speculate about what would happen if he was playing today's active players. It's his prerogative to get back into pool or not, on his own schedule. But the fans are going to talk about it, and try to encourage it in our own way, because we want to see it happen.

-Andrew
 
Agree with the previous post by A. Manning. I don't know all the reasons Keith isn't coming back, but presumably it is because: 1) there is no financial reward; 2) it isn't exciting to him anymore; and 3) he has nothing left to prove to anyone (he's already been on the top of the pool world).

I would also love to see Jean Balukas come back, but--I think--she's not competing for those same reasons.

#1 we can potentially do something about, but #2, 3 are out of our control...

EDIT: to keep this on track. There is nothing we can do to bring Lassiter back, so #1 is also out of our control there.
 
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