Like everyone on the planet (aside from Sanford), I obviously love this.
One question, though - why was Sanford so salty? Seems like Rico made some good reads and just flat out won the match. The stare at the end was awkward. It's like a "Do you know who I am and what you've done? How DARE you beat me." Seemed weird.
It's not a pride thing, it's not an ego thing, it's not about the other guy at all really.
The truth is simple
It hurts to lose.
You put so much work and preparation into something and you just barely come up short. No one is going to care how close the game was, no one is going to give a shit about what matchup it was, All that matters is if you won or lost. Anyone who goes to a tournament knows that and it's something that will always be in the back of your head. So to see it slip through your fingers just barely is really rough if your passionate about what you do.
Same thing happened to me in the losers final of my KI pool.
Guy won the set 3-2 on a sliver of life time out. Walking out of the room all I could think about was putting my fist through the hotel lobby wall. I wasn't thinking clearly at all and didn't come back down to earth for hours.
It's something a lot of guys struggle with and a bad habbit that can be very expensive, lol.
