Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on January 28, 2007, 12:34:18 PM
Seriously, if you've watched the tour the last two weeks, you've seen the lefties dominate. It happens. However, if you look closer, you'll be able to notice why. With very few exceptions, Couch has been amazingly accurate while throwing an angry bowling ball. Sure, he's strayed a board here and there. Even these guys miss once in a while. For the most part, IMHO, the lefties have had success the past few weeks because they've scored AND bowled better than their opponents. Angelo had the entire lane to himself. Which, for some, is as much a hindrance as it is help. For these guys, never. Norm Duke explained this to a "t". He had plenty of opportunity to burn in his line or create a little hold area durng practice and the breaks.
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Post by: Rock77 on January 29, 2007, 08:43:56 AM
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Post by: lsf_21 on January 29, 2007, 11:33:17 AM
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Post by: Necromancer on January 29, 2007, 01:22:34 PM
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hes simply the worst tellivision bowler ever.
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legends/lane masters.....what more do you need?
I agree 100%. Him and Mike Machuga are the worst bowlers I have ever seen on TV. I saw Mike Machuga in real life too and he is just as bad.
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Post by: Sawuser on January 29, 2007, 09:04:50 PM
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Post by: Necromancer on January 30, 2007, 08:21:04 AM
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If you guys have never bowled on a nasty condition that made you look as bad as Brad, then I understand how you can say the things you are saying. When you have absolutely no shot, everything goes away including your confidence. If you ever do get a condition like that, I hope you think back on the comments you just made about him.
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One of the best things I learned from my college coach is that "there is no such thing as a bad lane condition and no such thing as no shot". I have followed this advice since and it has paid off. People that complain that there is no shot or the lanes are bad are those that shouldn't be bowling in the PBA anyways. It is similar to when people blame computers for everything going wrong from virus's to hard disk failures. It isn't the computer (the bowling lanes), it is the operator (the bowler). I could of beaten Brad Angelo throwing a straight ball from the outside line.
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Storm X-Factor Vertigo
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Ebonite Vortex Afterburner
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Storm Hit Blue Pearl
Ebonite 14 Fun Ball
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Post by: AmfTrack on January 30, 2007, 08:26:07 AM
Post by: Necromancer on January 30, 2007, 12:25:33 PM
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LOL...If Brad Angelo couldn't find it, then it probably wasn't there. If you haven't ever been locked out then you haven't been to enough centers.
It has nothing to do with him not finding it. Even the commentators were making fun of his lack of skill. If he gets a strike and can't repeat that shot, then he never deserved to be on TV to begin with. Also, whenever I "can't find it" as you say everyone experiences at some point, I don't blame the lanes. I blame myself for not being accurate enough to repeat shots and not being skillful enough to "find it". I find so many league bowlers crying about the lane conditions and it makes me mad. When I bowl 250 one game and 160 the next game, I don't start complaining about the lanes. I just admit that I choked and played poorly.
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Current arsenal:
Storm X-Factor Vertigo
Storm Trauma ER
Storm Recharge
Ebonite Vortex Afterburner
Columbia 300 Messenger Ti
Storm Hit Blue Pearl
Ebonite 14 Fun Ball
Current Average: 202.16
Hand me any reactive pearl and enjoy the show!
Post by: mrbowlingnut on January 30, 2007, 01:31:01 PM
PDW looked lost in the round of 64 does that make him bad also???? He is right handed and had really really bad ball reaction, he changed balls,lines everything and just kept throwing up his hands like what the he11 is this again?? I think they choose to shut down the right handers a few weeks and it will be a different deal as they go back east again. If you bowl out west even on regular league shots they change very quick here in vegas from the altitude 2200 feet and the dry desert air. You can have the nuts one game and it is gone in the next 5 frames, probably more my lack of vertisility but i see it happen to better bowlers left and right. Lower friction lanes surfaces and more oil volume has made you have throw oil sponges that unless you change fast your done.
Post by: Close300 on January 30, 2007, 04:49:08 PM
Post by: leftehh- LG on January 30, 2007, 08:12:41 PM
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Post by: Sawuser on January 30, 2007, 08:18:20 PM
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Post by: lsf_21 on January 30, 2007, 08:19:35 PM
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Post by: Strider on January 30, 2007, 08:20:47 PM
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Post by: scotts33 on January 30, 2007, 10:11:03 PM
What about Mr. Walter Ray the week before on a lefty shot? Some of the best bowling I've ever seen! Adjusted speed, line, release, roll.....please folks that have it on tape please go back and tell me this wasn't some of the best adjustment bowling ever rolled on a PBA TV show?????
Angelo didn't hit crap but look at WRW the week before!
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Post by: Strider on January 31, 2007, 07:54:40 AM
Close300: Angelo out averaged Wollenbecker 234.3 to 210. Your point is what?
BrunsBob has a post on the 3rd page here (http://"http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=151521&ForumID=2&CategoryID=2")that helps explain Angelo's difficulty.
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Post by: APheLion on January 31, 2007, 08:07:50 AM
j/k
the guy just tried and couldnt find it, it was like 1 board to the right and it was going to brooklyn, one board left it would not make the turn. he should ve moved in on the lane that he went brooklyn but he chose to stay, anyway he bowled bad, hope he can recover from that
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Post by: Myrrodin on January 31, 2007, 06:41:43 PM
Post by: No Open Tenths on January 31, 2007, 06:54:34 PM
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What about Mr. Walter Ray the week before on a lefty shot? Some of the best bowling I've ever seen! Adjusted speed, line, release, roll.....please folks that have it on tape please go back and tell me this wasn't some of the best adjustment bowling ever rolled on a PBA TV show?????
I thought the same as you. Walter ray put on a clinic on a very hard shot. Absolutely on par with Norm Dukes mastery of the five board earlier this year.
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Post by: JessN16 on January 31, 2007, 07:59:28 PM
1) Brad Angelo has talent, or he wouldn't be where he is and have led the tour in either average or points, I forget which, within the last couple of years.
2) He has trouble on TV.
This happens to describe a lot of people, including Patrick Healey and -- whenever he faces Walter Ray at least -- Pete Weber.
I think someone made an astute observation earlier about Angelo's pushaway, and how his game seems better geared for a longer format than just one or two games. Or, it could be just garden-variety choking going on.
What's undeniable, though, is after this many failures on TV, the problem is with Angelo and not the lanes, and it's up to him to find a solution. Furthermore, was this most recent tournament not on Viper? I've yet to see a difficult Viper layout. Not saying it doesn't exist; I just haven't seen it.
Jess