{"id":5616,"date":"2015-11-06T19:06:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2015\/11\/column-hr152-a-lavare-a-capu-e-ru-ciucciu-ci-perdi-a-lisia\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:23:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:23:24","slug":"column-hr152-a-lavare-a-capu-e-ru-ciucciu-ci-perdi-a-lisia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2015\/11\/column-hr152-a-lavare-a-capu-e-ru-ciucciu-ci-perdi-a-lisia\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR152 \u201cA lavare a capu e ru ciucciu, ci perdi a l\u2019isia!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, November 6,\u00a02015<\/span><\/span>
\nColumn HR152
\n\u201cA lavare a capu e ru ciucciu, ci perdi a l\u2019isia!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American Darts Organization team has just finished playing in the World Dart Federation World Cup in Turkey. Steve Brown, the Team Captain\/Manager\/ADO representative to the WDF\/Communications Director – a man of many hats posted…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud of the American team.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all due respect Mr. Brown, as a former two-time American team captain and dart fan, \u201cWe are not proud of the finish by the ADO Team. Both the men’s and women\u2019s teams\u00a0finished 12th.\u00a0 That’s \u201cfaulking sorry\u201d\u00a0– it’s a disgrace for a country with a proud darting tradition to finish behind the likes of darting “powers” Lithuania (men) and Italy (women).<\/p>\n

The apparent ADO philosophy?\u00a0 Showing up is enough.<\/p>\n

No it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

Is it fair to blame the ADO? Possibly not, but who are you going to blame? A player who missed a double? A team “manager” who’s there because he\u2019s there? Don\u2019t be silly.<\/p>\n

The ADO sets the standards for selection, therefore the performance of the team. They seem to\u00a0 take the Hillary Clinton approach –\u00a0\u201cWhat difference does it make?\u201d<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t file with the IRS (as required by law) and they don\u2019t publish a newsletter (as required by their bylaws and as promised to their members) yet,\u00a0 no one is held responsible. The difference is that many darters actually love the sport and the country. The ADO \u00a0doesn\u2019t have an agenda beyond “ME.”<\/p>\n

Does the ADO \u00a0have a plan to ensure that players representing the dart players of America are prepared for world competition? Of course not. To quote an old Calabria proverb…<\/p>\n

\u201cA lavare a capu e ru ciucciu, ci perdi a l\u2019isia!\u201d (Washing the head of the donkey is a waste of soap.)<\/p>\n

As Michael Corleone said, \u201cThe fish rots from the head.\u201d<\/p>\n

The latest example of the ADO\u2019s cavalier attitude to international competition is that the American\u2019s Cup Team was selected \u201cby performance\u201d while the \u201cbest 8 players in the USA\u201d were playing in the World Cup.\u00a0 The national qualifying event was held at\u00a0the Ghost\u00a0on the Coast tournament – a tournament run by two people from the South Strand Dart Association that has no ADO leagues<\/u>, therefore no ADO\u00a0 members<\/u> and no other tournaments<\/u>. Why hold a national event there? <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA lavare a capu e ru ciucciu, ci perdi a l\u2019isia!\u201d<\/p>\n

Congrats to Tom Sawyer for his top 16 finish and Larry Butlers\u2019 top 8. Sawyer lost to Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas, 4-2.\u00a0 Labanauskas would lose to eventual World Cup champ\u00a0 Jim Williams of Wales,\u00a06-5. On his way to the top 8, Butler beat the reigning World Cup singles champion, Wesley Hams, 4-1.\u00a0 Butler would \u00a0lose to Scotland\u2019s Ross Montgomery.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s Team Captain posted, \u201cSo, you probably already know (sorry, I decided to hit the buffet before posting), but Larry Butler lost his quarter-final against Ross Montgomery (Scotland) 5-3. Just needed a couple more 12 or 13 dart legs.\u201d<\/p>\n

No sh** Dick Tracy. Just a few more 12 or 13 dart legs would have made a difference.<\/p>\n

Now, the rest of the story…<\/p>\n

During the playing of the match one source reports,\u00a0\u201cRoss recruited\u00a0 monkeys to taunt Butler in the quarters while he was on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

World Champion Gary Anderson – as quoted by dartjournalist.com – calls fellow Scot Ross Montgomery\u00a0\u201ca disgrace for Scotland.\u201d This from a nation that condones taking sheep as dates to the prom.<\/p>\n

With Scotland\u2019s Ross Montgomery headed for a semifinals match again John Michael of Greece, things got interesting.\u00a0 Someone \u201cassociated\u201d with the German team lodged a complaint against John Michael, claiming he was \u201cineligible\u201d to compete under WDF bylaw 7.05 (6) – the PDC rule. The German person can best be described as a \u201cHarridan.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the same rule that kept the American\u2019s #1 Stacy Bromberg from playing a few years ago. The ADO went along with the ruling rather than tell the WDF to \u201cPUAR.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPUAR?\u201d The four words uttered by John Kramer to Eric Bristow before the American Team beat England \u00a0the 9-0 in a World Cup past that America should have won. Why didn\u2019t they ? Missed a double in the singles.<\/p>\n

Prior to the playing of the World Cup, the \u201cAGM” (Annual General Meeting) entertained a motion to abolish the rule. It was defeated. Wonder how the ADO representative\u00a0and the WDF vice president (from America) voted?<\/p>\n

John Michael has earned\u00a0\u00a31,500 playing in the PDC over two years. The question arises why the \u201cGerman representative\u201d waited until Michael had reached the semi-final to lodge the complaint? At no point in the singles was Michael drawn against a German player.\u00a0 When the WDF Executive excluded Michael (from not only the singles but all further events) the Greek team withdrew. The German pair of Puls\/Sensenschmidt did get a bye to the round of 32 – where they lost.<\/p>\n

Dart players love to gossip. The rumor at the World Cup was that if Germany had not protested John Michael then the Scots were prepared to do so. Why didn\u2019t they do it in the first place?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t look good.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, the WDF, like FIFA, have taken what should be good honest competition and turned it into an ego building exercise for a group of people who are impressed with their limited accomplishments. The World Cup should be for the players<\/em>. If a vote were taken, there are few if any players who would have voted to eliminate John Michael from the World Cup. Players, for the most part, have a sense of fair play, wanting only to compete against the best.<\/p>\n

A World Cup is like a duck floating on a placid mirror-like, azure pond. The duck, like the event, appears to be casually gliding along enjoying the scenery with nary a care. What most don\u2019t see is that under the surface the duck is \u201cpaddling” like mad, pushing away the garbage in its effort to move forward. \u00a0\u00a0The World Cup has the same characters as a placid lake. On the surface players moved along while consistently trying to push away the underlying garbage that impedes them in their quest.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lavare a capu e ru ciucciu, ci perdi a l\u2019isia!\u201d<\/p>\n

The ODC gave some Halloween costume advice last time out. He was asked, \u201cWhat did you go out as on Halloween?\u201d<\/p>\n

He went out as the most interesting man in the world. How was he dressed? Just his usual attire. Yes he was recognized by one and all.<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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