Well, let me take a stab at it. he's neutralizing the break to where it isn't going to play a major factor in him winning or losing.
Viffer wants someone to break for him, so he's got a high percentage of a ball going down on the break. Meaning Viffer ain't a rack mechanic and he want's someone that will make a ball on the break. Cuz you know... you get to shoot if you make a ball after the break.
And if you don't make a ball on the break????? Well.... you have a man like John Brumback stepping up to the table with 9 balls out there to choose from and lets just say.. the man can run out on you, or if not run out, he's going to probably get 3 or 4, or leave you no shot. So starting out of the gate, being either a loser of that game already, or lost most of your spot already, or have no shot to shoot at...
ALL BECAUSE YOU DIDN"T MAKE A BALL ON THE BREAK! You can see why Dippy wants someone breaking for him now, right?
Now the calling the "bank off the break"... I can't say I've heard that one.... but it's obviously something they've played in the past or agreed upon. To me, it can't be a legal bank, because it's not clean. But they could be waiving that rule, just on the break. Viffer's probably allowing John to call a bank shot with one of the balls on the break. Kind of like when someone might get a call 8 in 9 ball. They have to call their shot, so when they break.. they got nothing to lose by calling the 8 ball somewhere.. there's a chance in hell of it going in.
Same thing here.. John has probably a chance in hell of making some bank off the break. Sounds like when John breaks, it's kind of almost like a regular shot. He has to call a bank, and if he misses... he sits down. 9 times out of 10, he probably sits down
This further makes the chance of John breaking the balls solid.. pocketing a ball or two off the break, then running out, much less likely to happen.
Which means they both get their money's worth. John has to really work his ass off for the win and must play at a very high level and sustain it, all while having tremendous pressure on him to play great every game, because of the amount of balls he has to make, compared to so few Dippy has to make. Banks can come off tits and sell out in any pocket at any time.
Dippy gets to have fun and try and get those 4 balls or whatever he goes to, while watching the sweat drip off John's face
Hope that helped
PS I would love to see some banks at the TAR studio... EXCEPT!!! I want to see John and some other top banker go at it. Nothing personal against you Dippy... I would watch you and John go at it too, and have fun watching it.. but we're talking the breaking in of the studio.. and that just has to be done by 2 top level pros..
I'd be happy seeing you two got at down the road a bit... but the first few contests have to be top players.
You can understand where i'm coming from on that , right dippy?
