Soonerdallas,
You are entitled to your opinion but I can poke so many holes in your post.
I would start by pointing out that I never said Brunswick didn't want big names too. Just look at Walter Ray and PBIII.
What I said was they are the only company with a stable of regional stars. Smallwood, Hess, and Sterner are regional STARS.
A couple of the examples you cite attempting to refute my claim are horrible examples. Kretzer is no star, he's a scrub. No disrespect intended but he's not in the same class as a guy like Big Hess. Also, anyone close to the industry knows the only reason Roto Grip has Kretzer on staff is because he's buddies with Robert Dong and Lee Upp. Come on, now. After the scandal last year where Lee Upp pulled the wool over Turbo's eyes while he was actually selling for Vise, I'm surprised Roto Grip even considers that guy employable. Kretzer has hooked his wagon to those guys probably because he otherwise couldnt land a staff position. But why else would a scrub like Kretzer be on staff if not for who he knows at the company?
Now I don't really care what Roto Grip or Vise does. Everyone knows Vise is the most unethical company out there. I'm only here to state that Brunswick staffers are solid, they're regional stars, and Brunswick rocks.
Your not making any sense, you say the competition just wants the big names and Brunswick doesn't.Dan Maclelland no titles is columbia 300 pro staff. Mitch Beasley is with Track and has not titles. Brian Kretzer was national staff already with roto grip when he won his first title. But somehow brunswick wants the regional players. Tom Hess, Tom Smallwood, Ryan cimenelli, and Jason Sterner all had to win a title for brunswick to give them a contract. So you have it backwards, once there a star they get signed.No theory. Just stating facts. No other company ties itself to regional stars. The competition only wants the big names.
