tylerdurden
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I just finished watching the Shaw Orcollo finals at hard times. I'll just state my opinion on this and try to back it up after any responses.
The gist is, once a tournament decides on a format, be it rack your own, 10-ball, 9-ball, the "order" (or lack thereof) that the balls are placed in the rack it really needs to be a non-issue after that. What I mean is, if players are complaining, it needs to be curtailed in fairness to all. It just seems there is not much to discuss once the rules are in place. Non-racking players need to be in their chairs and not unfairly impeding in any way the current shooters racking and breaking.
So there is no confusion, the Shaw final with Orcollo went EXACTLY as I would have hoped, which is why I brought it up. I love to see this. Shaw didn't complain, there were no problems and that is the way it should be. If a player is running racks, there is really no "unfairness" as far as I am concerned. Each player has that same opportunity; it isn't any more unfair than a straight pool match imo where one guy can put a big run together. If you want to run a tournament where both players get more of a chance, that is fine of course, but once set I really feel TD's need to just make sure things run smoothly and temper the whiners. There just seems to be a certain sect of players out there that go willingly into rack your own tournaments that complain about people playing good pool on them. They think they are somehow entitled to shoot. I have no idea where this frame of mind comes from, but i'd love to see it curtailed. I think it is an important point and one that needs addressing. The irony is of course, the worst whining comes when a player is doing what we all want to do, what he is supposed to do, and what we all want to see, that is, playing good.
One last note.... I think good players of course have the ability to tune out anything unfair their opponent may be doing, but that isn't really the point I'm addressing. I am talking more about people who stall and whine and complain when their opponent is simply following the guidelines of a tournament.
The gist is, once a tournament decides on a format, be it rack your own, 10-ball, 9-ball, the "order" (or lack thereof) that the balls are placed in the rack it really needs to be a non-issue after that. What I mean is, if players are complaining, it needs to be curtailed in fairness to all. It just seems there is not much to discuss once the rules are in place. Non-racking players need to be in their chairs and not unfairly impeding in any way the current shooters racking and breaking.
So there is no confusion, the Shaw final with Orcollo went EXACTLY as I would have hoped, which is why I brought it up. I love to see this. Shaw didn't complain, there were no problems and that is the way it should be. If a player is running racks, there is really no "unfairness" as far as I am concerned. Each player has that same opportunity; it isn't any more unfair than a straight pool match imo where one guy can put a big run together. If you want to run a tournament where both players get more of a chance, that is fine of course, but once set I really feel TD's need to just make sure things run smoothly and temper the whiners. There just seems to be a certain sect of players out there that go willingly into rack your own tournaments that complain about people playing good pool on them. They think they are somehow entitled to shoot. I have no idea where this frame of mind comes from, but i'd love to see it curtailed. I think it is an important point and one that needs addressing. The irony is of course, the worst whining comes when a player is doing what we all want to do, what he is supposed to do, and what we all want to see, that is, playing good.
One last note.... I think good players of course have the ability to tune out anything unfair their opponent may be doing, but that isn't really the point I'm addressing. I am talking more about people who stall and whine and complain when their opponent is simply following the guidelines of a tournament.
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