by men talljie aunt » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:12 am
There are so many responses I would like to post, but at an attempt of brevity (which I will fail), I will have to make do with the following comments. First, Joe caught me last night in a moment of weakness. I was up later than normal and I had a couple of beers in me. I stooped to his level and engaged in "Porky's" style banter full of crude humor and raunchy site-gags. I am sorry to disappoint the numerous people who sent me personal messages egging me on to wage war against "this blowhard." Joe, if you want to consider this me taking another azz whuppin, go ahead, as Robert Barisford Brown would say, it's your prerogative. I will simply view it at what it really is: taking the high road.
To everyone else, go back and reread my posts. I simply stated that all of the 14U A teams (IMHO) would be in Garland. I did not say that all the teams in Garland are A teams. If you cannot understand that concept than perhaps you need to be taking the reading comprehension TAKS test this week. IMHO there are really only a handful of true A teams. I have repeated this numerous times before. This would include teams like the Kruzers, 96 Fusion, DBat Mulvaney, possibly teams like the Diamonds, Tx Elite 14U and Glory Poole. Again, my opinion, but based on what I have seen with my own eyes and based on the fact I have seen most of these teams compete at the highest level of tournaments.
Based on Huh's research it looks like they have only played Elite and Fusion from the above list. The Fusion game was pool play and that doesn't count, however they do get props in my book for playing and beating Elite this Spring. I stand corrected and you have my apology for my inaccurate blanket statement made last night. I will say this though, Huh if you want respect for your team, than play with and against those teams I listed above on a regular basis. Not that my opinion should matter to you anyway. I believe you have a really good team and perhaps they could compete with the best teams, but you will never know until you throw yourself into the deep end. Again, I could be wrong here but I dont believe I have ever seen your team at any type of qualifying tournament, and only until last Spring did your team begin to compete regularly at A or Open level tournaments.
All of this ASA/VTD discussion is a farce. Prior to this year, if you wanted to play a tournament, you signed up on VTD and played. Yes, you had to be a registered team; yes, you had to have insurance; yes, you had to have travel permits. I cannot speak for anyone else but nothing has really changed for us this year. We are still able to play when we want and where we want, regardless of the governing body. It is extremely naive though to say that ASA prevented your team from playing. Also, here is the difference in mindsets between the true A teams and everyone else. For the most part, they carefully choose which tournaments they enter based on the level of competition because they want the most bang for their buck, so to speak. That is why they are playing friendlies this Spring. They would be playing those friendlies regardless of what governing body is in place. They simply want to compete against each other. It is not about trophies or wins in pool play or anything like that. It is about throwing yourself into the deep end on a regular basis and seeing how you respond and react. If any of those other teams want to compete, then just make a phone call or send a text or email. Also, ask yourself this, why are not most of those teams listed above not signing up for the tournaments I am playing? Is it because they are afraid to compete against us or is it something else?
"Here's the deal, I'm the best there is - plain and simple. I mean I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence."
