Alex and Scott

NH Steve said:

Well in a nutshell, they both play at an incredible level, and both of them bank great and run balls with the best of them. Scott gets higher marks on creativity*, but Alex a little higher in execution. But the real difference that I see is that Alex has more patience, and he has observed that Scott will now and then cough up a bad shot (* hence the asterisk when it comes to Scott's creativity) because sometimes Scott gets too aggressive with his creativity when he should not -- i.e. when he is well ahead in the score, or the score is even but with the balls are in favorable position for Scott.

I think a big part of Alex's strategy is to patiently wait for Scott to make these mistakes, which result in some games swinging from Scott over to Alex. In a closely contested match, these occasional game swings add up and take their toll. If Scott can reign it in when he has the advantage then I think he has a chance to win. If he doesn't, I think it is going to be tough for Scott to win back games he lost when he should not have.

That's my opinion, lol.

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Tom Wirth said:

I had a short text message conversation with Scott over this very issue yesterday morning. He agreed that he sometimes pushes the envelop too far and creates an unforced error when he holds a lead. An occasional lack of "Controlled Aggression".

Tom

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tonygreen said:

T. In another thread you said you would like to know how many games came down to one ball .?
I think what would maybe even more interesting how many ball did Alex pocket ...
55wins x 8 plus the amount of balls owed and paid in addition to the amount of balls given to Scott's pocket
... SF 47 wins x 8 etc . . .

Real fight night stuff !

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LSJohn said:

Yeah, those would be some impressive numbers, but I think Tom was trying to figure out what the score would have been after that many games if Scott was getting 8-7.

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tonygreen said:

Me too, but, my questions usually go by the way side because my points always have something to them.

This group has nothing but disdain for anyone not exactly in -line with their agenda (lol). Not un-expected. Most know Pag could give Frosty 10-8 but they will never agree because then my handicapping scale would be endorsed. C ' est la vievie

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tonygreen said:

I am going to keep as brief as possible. The scale is based on 100 levels; we all know that the APA scale of 7 does not do the job. I overheard some ball bangers the other day saying that there is a new rating (I didn't investigate).

In essence each level 1 to 100 is represented by 1/2 a ball.

S. Frost for example good play at a level 94 or 95 today and tomorrow he could play at a level 98 or 99.

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tonygreen said:

Many are aware of themselves and how they are playing on a given day. Have you ever heard an old timer say (the player I was 20 years ago could give the player I am today 5 or 6 balls) it' s for this reason, they know their game is off.

A local champ can play around 80 or 85 on the scale E. Reyes I put around a 92 or 93 on the scale but he has flashes of his old self and if the only is right you may see him at a 95 or 96 on the same scale. The local champ knows that he needs 6 n1/2 to 8 balls and in a long game Reyes can give him the 6 ball spot or 12 levels. Reyes can give him 12 to 6 but rather give him 14 to 8 (as many know the longer game gives the stronger player more time.

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