I don't dispute Scott's antics, but from a fast player(myself), stalling on purpose doesn't pale too much.
Rod.
P.S. I haven't watched so I really can't comment on Scott, just know what's been said. I have watched Alex get down on shots everyone knew he wasn't going to shoot, take some practice swings and get up and look for something other than what he'd end up shooting.
And another thing,
If you've played enough high $$ pool, or played at a very high level, you might realize what a tremendous shark that stalling really is. It's a powerful weapon, after a few hours of trying to fade a tremendously slow player, it breaks you down mentally, I don't care how strong you are mentally, it will pray upon you sub conscience as well as your conscience mind, especially if you happen to be a faster player. It will accelerate your mistakes!!
I can't hear any of the exchanges made between the two, I just hear Scott whine occasionally about this and that and bacon fat. Mostly about how he got unlucky,or if he had made that ball, or if he hadn't scratched. I never hear Alex utter a word about the rolls or anything else. Kudos to him for that! That is the way you're supposed to act, not only as a world class player, but as any class player.
I'm not a proponent of slow play, as anyone who has read my posts can plainly see. I don't believe it's good gamesmanship, on the contrary, I think it should be outlawed. It's an unfair advantage, and I don't care how it's sugarcoated, or layed off, it's just not right.
That said, I'm sure Ronnie is rolling over in his grave, he was the best I ever saw at sharking, not stalling, but pure timely words or movements, designed to catch your attention in mid stroke. Those of you who played him know exactly what I'm talking about. He was a master at it, and if you didn't put a stop to it he would torment you to death with it.