The Brunswick guys aren't bashing the brand, it's the whole cg and static weights argument. Lane 1 is convinced they matter, and Brunswick knows they don't. That was the theory 20 years ago. Things have changed, and Lane 1 is still stuck in the past. Then of course there's the whole egotistical way Lane 1 has presented themselves as the best ever, their diamond cores are completely revolutionary, their balls hit harder than any other company, and they claim that bowling with their stuff will raise your average 10 pins.
Yeah, they make good equipment, I used to throw them, had 15+ balls once upon a time, and they were good, but not noticeably better than any other company. The bottom line is that cg doesn't matter, because as soon as you put holes in a ball, the cg location changes, not to mention you can easily change cg location with hole placement, and static weights don't matter because 1 ounce here or there isn't going to affect a 240 ounce ball. They're preaching false information as gospel, and it's leading to the confusion or miseducation of all kinds of people. Since I ditched all those theories and started listening to my pro shop guy among other people, my ball reaction with new equipment is so much better than anything I ever drilled for myself with those old theories. He can absolutely nail a reaction for me, whereas I wasn't able to do that with the cg and static weight stuff. Drilling stuff the correct way, among thoughts and suggestions as well, has raised my composite average 10 pins from last year.
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This is Fluffy. He is the Destroyer of Worlds.
