Club champion acquires TXG (merged)

[Red4282]

24 minutes ago, Mitchell said:

Wonder what the views were in comparison to other TXG videos for the  most recent Cobra driver release one with Matt and Jose Miraflor?

For me, matty was txg.

[Mitchell]

7 minutes ago, Red4282 said:

For me, matty was txg.

The point was that Matt apparently now will still have some involvement with TXG, haven’t seen any statement to this as of yet. It was very obvious by some of comments made by Matt in video that he will still have some involvement, extent of which is unclear as of yet. 

[Red4282]

49 minutes ago, Mitchell said:

The point was that Matt apparently now will still have some involvement with TXG, haven’t seen any statement to this as of yet. It was very obvious by some of comments made by Matt in video that he will still have some involvement, extent of which is unclear as of yet. 

He is? I thought he said he would still appear in videos in January that were filmed pre acquisition…

[Mitchell]

6 minutes ago, Red4282 said:

He is? I thought he said he would still appear in videos in January that were filmed pre acquisition…

You’re absolutely correct, either forgot that had been mentioned or just wishful thinking 🤦‍♂️

[Red4282]

Well well well… looky here!!

 

 

[PixlPutterman]

2 hours ago, Red4282 said:

Well well well… looky here!!

 

 

And a good video too

[Kale_m]

Nevermind lol 

 

matt is back on his own! 

Edited January 23, 2022 by Kale_m

[sharkhark]

On 1/21/2022 at 1:34 PM, Mitchell said:

The point was that Matt apparently now will still have some involvement with TXG, haven’t seen any statement to this as of yet. It was very obvious by some of comments made by Matt in video that he will still have some involvement, extent of which is unclear as of yet. 

Where did he say this? I heard him say he's gone. Done. No involvement at all going forward and that he has his own video production business and will have zero to do with TXG?

 

If you're getting confused by Cobra videos they were filmed well before the sale.

 

Edited January 23, 2022 by sharkhark

[Mitchell]

35 minutes ago, sharkhark said:

Where did he say this? I heard him say he's gone. Done. No involvement at all going forward and that he has his own video production business and will have zero to do with TXG?

 

If you're getting confused by Cobra videos they were filmed well before the sale.

 

Already addressed in thread that misconstrued Cobra video because did not catch statement about video releases still pending prior his to departure- in fact, said same within a very few posts after the one you so graciously quoted.

[minhjn]

RB needs to be on more TXG videos.  He's pretty good on camera, and he also swings it at a speed that us normal dudes can relate to. Let's Ian be in the analyst chair

Edited January 23, 2022 by minhjn

[picardyThird]

3 hours ago, minhjn said:

RB needs to be on more TXG videos.  He's pretty good on camera, and he also swings it at a speed that us normal dudes can relate to. Let's Ian be in the analyst chair

Agree that the addition of RB is a much-needed improvement. I do think that it was a bit of an overcorrection in terms of "comments/questions from the hitter". I felt that while some of his comments were good and helped to move the video along, others felt unnecessary, overly verbose, and bogged things down. A step in the right direction, but he needs to find a happy medium.

[rgk5]

Ryan and my son are good friends.  Ryan is never short of words and really knows the gear.

[MaineMariner]

TXG is starting to feature Ryan Barath in their videos and, as I thought, it's a great fit. Good work, TXG.

[mj2936]

Matty Boi has his own youtube channel. It is in the early phases but so far has put out some great videos and looks promising. Looks less gear focused and more instructional at this time, but he did put out his first equipment video and sounds like more to come hopefully in the future.

[Stall]

8 hours ago, mj2936 said:

Matty Boi has his own youtube channel. It is in the early phases but so far has put out some great videos and looks promising. Looks less gear focused and more instructional at this time, but he did put out his first equipment video and sounds like more to come hopefully in the future.

 

 

I just watched his review of the new Callaway driver. Got to say as much as TXG's video's miss him hitting bombs, his new video really missed Ian providing the commentary. Matt standing hitting bombs and trying to talk at the same time/or cut to do so really wasn't the fun that we are used to. 

[STank724]

The How To Choose a Wedge video from yesterday was a real snooze fest IMO. It was a very interesting topic, but it just seemed “off” and there was SO much talking to the point that I was fast forwarding through, which I never do. I think the vids have definitely lost some entertainment value.

[Red4282]

On 2/1/2022 at 7:52 AM, Stall said:

 

 

I just watched his review of the new Callaway driver. Got to say as much as TXG's video's miss him hitting bombs, his new video really missed Ian providing the commentary. Matt standing hitting bombs and trying to talk at the same time/or cut to do so really wasn't the fun that we are used to. 

He could use another person to interact with but then again no other youtuber really  has that. Maybe he just needs to do a bit better with edits. No intro or music or any of that. 

[casey_0507]

12 hours ago, STank724 said:

The How To Choose a Wedge video from yesterday was a real snooze fest IMO. It was a very interesting topic, but it just seemed “off” and there was SO much talking to the point that I was fast forwarding through, which I never do. I think the vids have definitely lost some entertainment value.

20 min is too long. 8-13 min is the sweet spot for golf vids

[K48]

 

[eric61]

Matt Blois just talked about his split with TXG in a YouTube livestream — the first one he’s done on his own channel. I’ll share a quick recap because I know there’s a lot of interest in this. 

 

Matt said he had for a long time seen TXG as something he would be involved in for decades, and had stopped expanding his personal business in part to focus on TXG. His personal ambition was to be “some kind of partner in the company” — either in TXG itself or splitting the YouTube channel off as a separate business entity that he would own a share of. 

 

“I believed I had earned a certain stake in it, and that’s not something we agreed on,” he said, referring to himself and Ian. 

 

He said without becoming a partner — I think referring to an ownership stake — he would’ve left eventually, but that the Club Champion purchase really sped that up. He said he saw TXG as a long-term thing that he’d be a part of that would have been built up slowly on its own, rather than a business that would be purchased for expansion. 

 

He said Ian let him know that the purchase was in the works several months ahead of time, and that it took him time to decide what he would do. 

 

Matt said he didn’t have personal animosity with TXG and didn’t like seeing his friends/former business associates there being criticized. 

 

“I don’t wish them any negative anything, and I would encourage people not to blast them in the comments,” he said.

[bvanlieu]

Was a good live stream and you get to see Matt as Matt, not as a duo doing Golf Content. His mental health struggle and journey to get better is much easier to hear about directly from him in this format then from the TXG channel. Kudo's to Matt for talking about a difficult topic we can only hope its therapeutic for him to do so. We all love this game and watch content about the game: this live was more personal and about topics far more meaningful than golf. 

 

No CC/TXG conspiracies, just different directions and wishing the best for his friends (not past tense). Those that want to support Matt and his new efforts (and charity for mental health treatment) should check it out. Those that want to poop on TXG should focus it on the CC threads where people report about actual bad experiences (seems to be plenty of them) and remember that's CC, not TXG who I can't recall having a trail of bad experience threads at all. 

 

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by bvanlieu

[Red4282]

8 hours ago, eric61 said:

Matt Blois just talked about his split with TXG in a YouTube livestream — the first one he’s done on his own channel. I’ll share a quick recap because I know there’s a lot of interest in this. 

 

Matt said he had for a long time seen TXG as something he would be involved in for decades, and had stopped expanding his personal business in part to focus on TXG. His personal ambition was to be “some kind of partner in the company” — either in TXG itself or splitting the YouTube channel off as a separate business entity that he would own a share of. 

 

“I believed I had earned a certain stake in it, and that’s not something we agreed on,” he said, referring to himself and Ian. 

 

He said without becoming a partner — I think referring to an ownership stake — he would’ve left eventually, but that the Club Champion purchase really sped that up. He said he saw TXG as a long-term thing that he’d be a part of that would have been built up slowly on its own, rather than a business that would be purchased for expansion. 

 

He said Ian let him know that the purchase was in the works several months ahead of time, and that it took him time to decide what he would do. 

 

Matt said he didn’t have personal animosity with TXG and didn’t like seeing his friends/former business associates there being criticized. 

 

“I don’t wish them any negative anything, and I would encourage people not to blast them in the comments,” he said.

Yea, he wont say it because he is such a good guy but he helped build txg up and then got ditched on payday. Pretty sad. 

[minhjn]

2 hours ago, Red4282 said:

Yea, he wont say it because he is such a good guy but he helped build txg up and then got ditched on payday. Pretty sad. 

that’s how I think it went down as well. He certainly earned a piece of something and for Ian not to recognize that is sad

[jonflesh]

On 2/9/2022 at 5:19 PM, Red4282 said:

Yea, he wont say it because he is such a good guy but he helped build txg up and then got ditched on payday. Pretty sad. 

Kind of how I see it as well. As an American, I would have had no idea txg existed without the YouTube channel. Ian and Matt just worked perfectly on air together. Whatever chemistry is needed for 2 on air personalities to have “it” is, those two had it for me. 
 

That channel was huge at least in terms of American growth for their brand. I knew plenty of guys in the us who bought their gear (bags, etc) and either went up there for fittings or planed to solely because of how awesome the channel was. 

[MysteryV]

As someone who used to look forward to new TXG Vids, hop on Monday livestreams, and watch every video - one key takeaway here is just how much value good marketing has.

 

For the last 2 years I've been saying "when we get through this whole pandemic thing, I'm going to book a trip to see Ian and buy a full setup from TXG".  Since the split, not only have I not enjoyed the content nearly as much, but I no longer have any interest in spending that type of cash on the experience.

 

Now part of this is because I've had 2 underwhelming experiences with Club Champion (my general opinion was that the focus is to optimize with the most expensive options even when a cheaper option will do just as well - but ymmv).  But another part is that Matt was a big part of the experience.

 

Since his departure, the look of the videos has declined (lighting, focus, sound), the content has declined, the discussion has declined, and the test swing quality has declined (all my opinion obv).  It no longer feels like the world class, polished, professional shop that I'd be willing to spend thousands to visit.

 

All that said, I still believe Ian to be one of the best fitters on earth.  I also don't hold the partnership piece against him.  Business is business and if he built the business and payed Matt as a marketing consultant with no promises of making him a co-owner - then that was the contract and it sounds like he honored it.

 

Still - to my original point - I just don't care about the brand like I once did, and that speaks to the additional value Matt brought - likely above what he negotiated and received in compensation.

[Mustard_Tiger]

I have not watched TXG since Matty left. And I'm pretty sure I never will.

 

But I'm watching Matty's channel, which I like.

[boothbym]

17 hours ago, MysteryV said:

As someone who used to look forward to new TXG Vids, hop on Monday livestreams, and watch every video - one key takeaway here is just how much value good marketing has.

 

For the last 2 years I've been saying "when we get through this whole pandemic thing, I'm going to book a trip to see Ian and buy a full setup from TXG".  Since the split, not only have I not enjoyed the content nearly as much, but I no longer have any interest in spending that type of cash on the experience.

 

Now part of this is because I've had 2 underwhelming experiences with Club Champion (my general opinion was that the focus is to optimize with the most expensive options even when a cheaper option will do just as well - but ymmv).  But another part is that Matt was a big part of the experience.

 

Since his departure, the look of the videos has declined (lighting, focus, sound), the content has declined, the discussion has declined, and the test swing quality has declined (all my opinion obv).  It no longer feels like the world class, polished, professional shop that I'd be willing to spend thousands to visit.

 

All that said, I still believe Ian to be one of the best fitters on earth.  I also don't hold the partnership piece against him.  Business is business and if he built the business and payed Matt as a marketing consultant with no promises of making him a co-owner - then that was the contract and it sounds like he honored it.

 

Still - to my original point - I just don't care about the brand like I once did, and that speaks to the additional value Matt brought - likely above what he negotiated and received in compensation.

I feel the exact same way. Looked forward like none other to every one of their videos and now that’s gone.

[Red4282]

44 minutes ago, Mustard_Tiger said:

I have not watched TXG since Matty left. And I'm pretty sure I never will.

 

But I'm watching Matty's channel, which I like.

Yea my watching of txg has declined dramatically, I still occasionally click one if something interests me… their latest, just RB and Mike…. Painful. They are trying, so I dont mean to pick on them, but the quality of content has suffered badly. I think RB has good technical knowledge with equipment, so he offers something. The vibe has very much turned into club-championish where truth takes a backseat sometimes.

[third-times-a-charm]

19 hours ago, MysteryV said:

As someone who used to look forward to new TXG Vids, hop on Monday livestreams, and watch every video - one key takeaway here is just how much value good marketing has.

 

For the last 2 years I've been saying "when we get through this whole pandemic thing, I'm going to book a trip to see Ian and buy a full setup from TXG".  Since the split, not only have I not enjoyed the content nearly as much, but I no longer have any interest in spending that type of cash on the experience.

 

Now part of this is because I've had 2 underwhelming experiences with Club Champion (my general opinion was that the focus is to optimize with the most expensive options even when a cheaper option will do just as well - but ymmv).  But another part is that Matt was a big part of the experience.

 

Since his departure, the look of the videos has declined (lighting, focus, sound), the content has declined, the discussion has declined, and the test swing quality has declined (all my opinion obv).  It no longer feels like the world class, polished, professional shop that I'd be willing to spend thousands to visit.

 

All that said, I still believe Ian to be one of the best fitters on earth.  I also don't hold the partnership piece against him.  Business is business and if he built the business and payed Matt as a marketing consultant with no promises of making him a co-owner - then that was the contract and it sounds like he honored it.

 

Still - to my original point - I just don't care about the brand like I once did, and that speaks to the additional value Matt brought - likely above what he negotiated and received in compensation.

 

It was one of the worst golf business decisions in recent memory. In order to save costs or personel or whatever - whoever's decision it was - to cut out Matt and not only not bring him in closer and solidify him as par of the new TXG/CC they actually completely ruined the brand and the marketing and did just the opposite. They would have made money hand over fist by keeping Matt but instead now they will be losing money and customers and etc for many of the reasons you just stated.

 

It's like when you see a business fighting over something with a cost of $100 but it ends up costing them $100,000 worth of future business and etc if they would have just bit their lip and played the game properly.

 

Really stupid business move. Comical, actually. Makes you wonder if the person who made these decisions for the YT channel and for Matt really knows what they're doing at all.

[LeftyMatt24]

I haven’t watched much txg since but found the vokey one to be helpful instead of just reading the grinds online.