@leopoldmozart I don't have the inclination, or perhaps even knowledge of where to look, to see how Many competitors each era had. Which era had better bowlers is one discussion, but another is which era had More competition. The last 5 or so years is where it's really changed since it's more like Nascar where it's the same guaranteed faces every week. I don't know about the 70s, but to lead a tourney in the 90s, you had to go through A LOT of people.
....Haters can hate on PA all they want, bowl him for money. Also, I love his self talk. If you don't like him, it is because you just aren't comfortable with people being themselves. Which means I don't like you.
@WesSeid I totally agree, though I'm exaggerating on the actual multiplyer. I mean, the Firestone prize fund was $100,000 in 1965, and by 1992 it was at $300,000. If the prize fund followed inflation, it should have been about $450,000. In any case, prize fund comparisons are always unfair.
@djm50able My guess is that it's the 5 pin. Sometimes Barnes' ball rolls out toward the end and he loses penetration on the 5, so that the 5 could have been hit on the left by the 2 pin as it went straight back on the thin hit. Or, the ball and the 2 pin could have hit it simultaneously (the ball hits it but the 2 stands it up), and it fell to the right. Or the ball could have missed it completely and we are seeing mixer action from the head pin.
people love PA as a whipping boy but the fact is he is better than you if you are watching this. anyone who has 10 titles will always be better than us. he may not be an attractive man, he might be a little annoying at times but the feeling of victory out there is amazing and we will never know the pleasure of stepping up to take a pba title in the 10th and laying an amazing shot. its also more annoying to see these videos being spammed with people saying "shut up"
@@DaveBais He was likely referring to player of the year voting. Kind of like a "I've done my part winning this title, now it is up to you guys to vote for me."
@dbkparm :P WRW bowls against much tougher competition than Earl did, and is PotY at age 50 against that competition. Walter is just ridiculous, really. During his big run back around '97 or so, Nelson Burton said WRW is the best bowler he'd ever seen. That reminds me of when 4-titles Norm Duke was on a show back then and Burton said he'd go on to win 10+. Also on Jason Couch's first show said, "This man is going to be around for a long time." All that aside... Bob Vespi ftw. :)
@mrrogersdiedtoday Right now, the bowler in the past that malott is comping with is a young Mike Aulby. If Malott continues to win tournaments over the next 6 or 7 years (he'll have to put a lot of effort into keeping in shape), he could have a career as good as Aulby's. But right now, his career is comping with a young Billy Hardwick Jr. without his bizarre come-back in the 70s. To ever be as good as WRW or Earl Anthony, Malott would have to have his bones replaced with adamantine.
@leopoldmozart Yeah, I never really consider winnings for much since someone could just win one big tourney or for awhile there shoot 300 for $100k, etc. Plus, prize money ebbs and flows with bowling's popularity. One thing sort of related to this I find interesting is Bo Burton comments over the years. He said in the 90s WRW was the best he's ever seen, and he's still mowing people down. He said on Jason Couch's first show, "I think this man will be around a while," and he sure is. etc.
@gokarter1393 As long as you keep your grades up, easily. It just depends on the school you go to and whether their team is on the serious side (Nebraska, Sagniaw Valley, Morehead) or more on the club side (Ohio State, Kent State, Vincennes).
Patrick Allen rules, is the best bowler in the PBA! Very stupid the people who say negative things to PA..... if you don't like PA, please don't watch his games :) but Patrick Allen rocks!!!!
@WesSeid Well...I guess this discussion is like arguing who was the greater baseball player: Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, or Barry Bonds. It's hard to compare players across eras. If you just look at records, Earl and WRW were by far the dominant bowlers of their eras. Earl was more dominant in the 70s than WRW was in the 90s, but WRW had a longer period of dominance. I give the edge to Earl just because I think the bowlers he dominated were better than today's. But I could just be sentimental.
@WesSeid WRW didn't even come close to bowling against the kind of tough competition that Earl did. Earl Anthony was #1 during the golden age of pro bowling, when the prize funds were (adjusted for inflation) 5 to10 times what they are now. Today, unless you are one of the top 20 or so pros, you can make more money as a school teacher. That's not going to attract the very best. Heck, Johnny Petraglia was from that era, and he's still competitive with present day pros.
@leopoldmozart Interesting about the prize money and inflation though. That would mean every time they do a $ comparison between old and new players, the new players should have their $ total multiplied by 5 or 10 since the prize funds are 5-10 x lower after inflation.
@leopoldmozart You're saying the very old bowlers would be tougher competition than the modern players? That's crazy. Knowledge and time has made athletes in pretty much every sport better than their predecessors. There are individual anomalies, sure, but that's not what you're theorizing. Even Bo Burton and Randy Pederson have said WRW is the best ever, and Bo was saying that way back around 1995.
He's not the flashiest, he's not the most powerful, not the hardest-throwing, his limbs go all over the place at the foul line, and yet the best bowler ever is Walter Ray Williams Jr.. And it's not close.
so how is yea acting like a jackass? hes simply freaking happy andhes accomplished alot in his career. he never did anything to be called a jackass. he didnt run around and slap people a high five or do anything stupid. 10 hoss. 10
A lot of them just look like LUCKY shots, not great shots. There are some great ones but most look like they just hit light or heavy and got lucky. Just my opinion.
@mrrogersdiedtoday health issues aside Robert Smith most definitely could and without the arrogant attitude of Wes Malott. It is a shame that Smith is plagued with health issues, when he gets better then well see his skill, besides wes malott is not capable of playing defferent lines as Smith.
