NH Steve said:
That surprises me from Scott -- I mean the way he took a scratch on the wrong side of the stack -- twice. I think he is very fortunate that Efren didn't draw him into a sell out trying to avoid a third scratch. By the way, the other thing that looks 'backwards' about this sequence is that usually I think of being frozen to the stack as the toughest place to leave the cue ball, yet Efren chose to put Scott back toward the rail twice. Basically, I guess Efren was concerned about the 8-ball on Scott's side of the table near the stack. In that case, apparently Scott used the threat of that 8-ball (?) effectively, so he wasn't entirely on the wrong side of the stack... although lll didn't show the actual cue ball positions that Scott took his scratches to, I am going to guess that Scott was using the top of the 4-ball (?) to protect the 8 -- and even protect from Efren kicking behind the 8. Can you show us lll?
I looked for slight differences in the cue ball position to see if Scott was hoping for a slightly different angle or something, but the only difference I really noticed was that the cue ball started quite a ways off the rail, and ended up variations of closer to the rail (when Efren rolled back there), so I don't think that was what Scott was fishing for.
Maybe Scott just didn't like his options too much and was hoping that Efren would do something different to open up some other Scott Frost creative move -- and when that did not happen, Scott just went with the best he could come up with and hope for the best.
steve
post 12 is after the break
scott put him right in top of the 2
the cd now is at home
ill post it tonight if still necessary
post 13 is efren 1st reply
look at how he left scott froze
post 14 scott bumped the 2 again
scott kept saying he REALLY didnt want to take another foul
thought of 3 rail kick and one rail kick off the head rail
he didnt feel comfortable with those options
then he mentioned about making it a longer game so he might get away with a mistake (tougher to go 10 and out than 8 and out)
the commentator mentioned to scott why efren didnt try to do more on his turn
scott did mention that the 4-8 were lined up favorably towards his pocket and efren had to be aware of that
also the concept of put the guy back where he doesnt like it
post 15 shows efrens reply
the cue is alittle more on line with the 2nd diamond and further from the rail
i hope this explantion helps