so instead of changing the pool tournaments around and putting 9 ball marathon tournament back

you decide to put another 9 ball speed tournament in place?

its a good idea i admit

but most miss the 9 ball marathon tournament me including, and a speed tournament aint much of a tournament

This is just a one off to allow me to restart the server (it does say once only on the tournament page).

The 9 ball marathon and tournament changes are discussed here:
http://www.funkypool.com/thread/16263/no-more-9-ball-marathon/2

Actually, this upcoming restart includes the code for the proposed new tournament schedule.