On Apr 30, 2:50=A0pm, John Blubaugh <jbluba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2:25=A0pm, David Babcock <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > >> someone who has never read a book
> > > not that I am going to buy it to find out
>
> > <snicker>
>
> > David
>
> I will admit that is very funny ;-) =A0 Seriously, for the good of
> bridge in the world, Uncle Big Bad has to go. As some have pointed
> out, I am no fan of Wolff. I saw him in action working in the same
> office every day for six months. It made me ill and the bridge radical
> and activist I became. In looking out for his own self-interest, he is
> the most ruthless man I ever met. Some people know the facts. I
> understand that it is just about impossible for anyone who doesn't
> know those facts to understand any of this. I try to avoid everything
> bridge but when this came out, I couldn't be silent any longer. I
> don't mean to offend anyone but Bobby Wolff and I already know that is
> impossible too. I'll give you another example. Wolff wanted to be the
> NABC Appeals Committee Csar (his actual words) and make all of the
> decisions along with Edgar Kaplan in high level cases. I find just
> about anyone who wants to be a "Csar" of anything to be offensive but
> especially so with Wolff.
>
> JB
I don't know anything about his personal life and don't particularly
care. But having read all the Appeal Casebooks for the past 10 years
or so, I find the thought of his being in charge of Appeals
committees ....................... disturbing.
I don't know if he would actually rule as he advocates in the
casebooks. Perhaps he is just advocating how he would like it to
be.
Now that the casebooks have been watered down so drasticly there's
nobody to comment on his suggested rulings which frequently violate
the laws and spirit of the game. HD (Hesitation Disruption) and CD
(Convention Disruption) have no basis in Law (AFAIK) and until he
returns (or advocates returning) the matchpoints won from the
consequences of an opponent's revoke, bid/lead out of turn, etc. I'll
take all his PTF (Protect the field) stuff with LARGE grains of salt.
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