Can squirt mask a bad stroke?

Possibly a very stupid question, or possibly one that's been answered
before, if so, just point me to where it was and drop it.. or, in the case
that it's a stupid question, tell me that as well, but preferrably
diplomatically... ;)

Anyway, as stated in another post here, I've recently purchased a Joss cue.
Honestly, I couldn't tell you if it has less or more squirt than my
McDermott or Viking... but... I've noticed that I've missed a lot more shots
with it, by a wider margin than I did my McD or Viking.  Last night, at
league practice, I started trying to pay more attention.  Ok, ok, should've
been doing that prior, but I kept blaming my misses on not staying down,
eyes moving back to the cue ball at the point of hit, etc.. etc. but, last
night, I think I finally paid close enough attention that I figured it out.
I was letting my stroke move around.. Meaning, that when actually striking
the cue ball, the cue itself wasn't in line with where I wanted the cue ball
to go.  When I really concentrated on keeping a good stroke, all of a
sudden, voila, I'm making shots right and left, and getting the postition I
want as well.  Ok, so maybe it wasn't that big of a voila, but... ;)

Anyway, I'm just wondering... if the Joss say has less squirt than the McD
or Viking, could it be that more squirt actually masks a bad stroke?  I
mean, I didn't "feel" like I was stroking the cue any differently than I had
been in the past, but I was still missing shots, easy shots.   So, could the
McD and Viking actually have been "making up" somewhat for my lack of a good
stroke?  And now the Joss is "forcing" me to make a good stroke?

Sorry for the rambling, just something that had me thinking was all. *shrug*


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