I just got off the phone with Earl and he told me to post what actually happened.
He was playing Alex and Alex was tilting the rack. Earl noticed this and made a comment to Alex. Alex was not happy that Earl had called him on this but corrected it. Next rack Alex tiled it again and so Earl said something and the conversation got a little heated "The Archer comes by the table and starts sharking me too, most of the players are cheaters and will do things just to get me pissed off and try to manipulate the rack".
The TD came over and told me that I was just going to sit down and be quiet and play pool and I asked "Why can't I defend myself? the guy is tiling the rack, surely I am aloud to say something to defend myself from guys doing that to me?" The TD gave me a warning and some people in the crowd cheered at that. They allowed him to do this to me and made it so I could not question Alex's rack. So the crowd supported hi decision to handicap me. Although I don't know if they knew what the reason was for me getting into it.
I lost that match and had another at 8.00, I arrived a little late but waited until 8.25 for my opponent. At that time I asked the TD "Where is my opponent?" the TD said "I have to call him" . "YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM??" Its 8.25? thats when the TD gave him the boot.
So thats Earl's side of it. Just passing on the message,.
So thats Earl's side of it. Just passing on the message,.
This is a great post!dead on post,i vote it post of the year!
I think you may be correct. If Johnny Archer was sharking him it shows a level of dislike and if he wasn't and Earl Strickland thinks he was it shows that he does not trust Archer. So the bad blood match has another side to it along with all the others that have been witnessed.Looks like the Bad Blood match with Archer just gained momentum:wink:
I await Alex's post.
What does Earl mean by "tilting" the rack? I'm not familiar with that term.
In all my years of pool, I have never heard of a player being ejected for questioning where his opponent is or why the TD would be calling a player who had already missed his start time.
The discussion should never have had to happen in the first place. 15 minutes late? You lose!
Steve
I just got off the phone with Earl and he told me to post what actually happened.
He was playing Alex and Alex was tilting the rack. Earl noticed this and made a comment to Alex. Alex was not happy that Earl had called him on this but corrected it. Next rack Alex tiled it again and so Earl said something and the conversation got a little heated "The Archer comes by the table and starts sharking me too, most of the players are cheaters and will do things just to get me pissed off and try to manipulate the rack".
The TD came over and told me that I was just going to sit down and be quiet and play pool and I asked "Why can't I defend myself? the guy is tiling the rack, surely I am aloud to say something to defend myself from guys doing that to me?" The TD gave me a warning and some people in the crowd cheered at that. They allowed him to do this to me and made it so I could not question Alex's rack. So the crowd supported hi decision to handicap me. Although I don't know if they knew what the reason was for me getting into it.
I lost that match and had another at 8.00, I arrived a little late but waited until 8.25 for my opponent. At that time I asked the TD "Where is my opponent?" the TD said "I have to call him" . "YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM??" Its 8.25? thats when the TD gave him the boot.
So thats Earl's side of it. Just passing on the message,.
I was watching the live stream and the announcers said they talked to the td and he said he expected to eject Earl in his next match. If that match is archived it will be on the audio.
I suspect Earl was never going to finish this tournament regardless.
the public busts his balls?
what about what he does to them?
always talking trash to them.
get real he brings it all on himself.
he should be kicked out of more tourneys.
I await Alex's post.
I was there and that is not even close to the truth!!!!I just got off the phone with Earl and he told me to post what actually happened.
He was playing Alex and Alex was tilting the rack. Earl noticed this and made a comment to Alex. Alex was not happy that Earl had called him on this but corrected it. Next rack Alex tiled it again and so Earl said something and the conversation got a little heated "The Archer comes by the table and starts sharking me too, most of the players are cheaters and will do things just to get me pissed off and try to manipulate the rack".
The TD came over and told me that I was just going to sit down and be quiet and play pool and I asked "Why can't I defend myself? the guy is tiling the rack, surely I am aloud to say something to defend myself from guys doing that to me?" The TD gave me a warning and some people in the crowd cheered at that. They allowed him to do this to me and made it so I could not question Alex's rack. So the crowd supported hi decision to handicap me. Although I don't know if they knew what the reason was for me getting into it.
I lost that match and had another at 8.00, I arrived a little late but waited until 8.25 for my opponent. At that time I asked the TD "Where is my opponent?" the TD said "I have to call him" . "YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM??" Its 8.25? thats when the TD gave him the boot.
So thats Earl's side of it. Just passing on the message,.
I was there and that is not even close to the truth!!!!
he's tripping...