Looks like USA has a very strong team for this year's Mosconi Cup. However, I always wondered why they never chose Rob Saez to be on the team. The guy always seems to finish high in tournaments and obviously is mentally tough.
Looks like USA has a very strong team for this year's Mosconi Cup. However, I always wondered why they never chose Rob Saez to be on the team. The guy always seems to finish high in tournaments and obviously is mentally tough.
Do you think Corey just decided "been there, done that" with the Mosconi Cup?
Do you think Corey just decided "been there, done that" with the Mosconi Cup?
I love a man in a pink shirt. Shows strength.![]()
Looks like USA has a very strong team for this year's Mosconi Cup. However, I always wondered why they never chose Rob Saez to be on the team. The guy always seems to finish high in tournaments and obviously is mentally tough.
This year's Team USA has four guys out of five with at least one US Open 9-ball title and should have had five, as Hatch's selection over Deuel still baffles me.
I feel both Hatch & Deuel should be on the team. My issue was the Strickland vs. Deuel dilemma. Deuel should have been picked over Strickland. I feel the team is going to regret picking Strickland.
I feel both Hatch & Deuel should be on the team. My issue was the "Strickland vs. Deuel" choice.
Deuel should have been picked over Strickland in my book.
Deuel is acts more professional, has won it before, is more creative, more level-headed, and makes for a better teammate.
Strickland has proven himself to be an embarrassment over the years.
I DON'T CARE HOW TALENTED SOMEONE IS—DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO ACT UNPROFESSIONAL!!!!!
I feel the team is going to regret picking Strickland again.
Robb -- with two "b's" to his first name -- Saez is dedicated professional pool player who gives his all in every event.
I'm not sure how to say this without it coming across wrong, but Robb doesn't hang with pool's darlings, the ones who are on the industry members' lists, the dancing monkeys who put money in their pockets.
To his credit, Robb Saez is *not* a follower and is the captain of his own ship; thus, why he may have been over looked for consideration to the Mosconi Cup.
With no professional tour in America, it is absolutely ridiculous to rate one player above another. With regional tours banning or handicapping pro-caliber players, it doesn't provide a good measuring stock.
I've known Robb since he lived in New England. I remember sitting in a Philadelphia hotel room with him and a few other players one day, relaxing between matches at the Capital City Classic. Robb was still living in New England. He poured his heart out to me stating that he wanted to cultivate his skills and become a professional pool player. He was passionate -- and still is -- about pool.
I wish Robb all the best. He's a good kid in my book.
Keith, Ray the stakehorse, and Robb Saez in Quincy, Massachusetts, on the Joss Tour. :smile:
I feel both Hatch & Deuel should be on the team. My OWN issue was the "Strickland over Deuel" choice.
Deuel should have been picked over Strickland in my book.
Deuel acts more professional, has won it before, is more flexible, more level-headed, and makes for a better teammate.
Strickland has proven himself to be an embarrassment over the years and still so; think argument with Jeremy Jones during Bonus Ball.
I DON'T CARE HOW TALENTED SOMEONE IS—DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO ACT UNPROFESSIONAL!!!!!
The team is going to regret picking Strickland again.
Plain and simple, Robb Saez doesnt play good enough!