I like Earl, but he'll always be a sore loser. Always has and always will.

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. It's folks like him who make marketing folks cringe. Poolmouse
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Yet, you guys are still watching the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and NASCAR, and the marketing types can stop themselves from signing up everyone..... as long as they are winner, it matters NOT what they have done.

SO, yeah, I'll take a competetive fire plug like Earl, and who likes to bark (not bite) over the hoodlums, rapists, drug cheats, wife beaters, etc. you guys all cheer for on the weekends. talk about hypocrisy at its finest...oh brother :rolleyes:
 
Perhaps all those championships are a result of his disdain for losing.
 
Taco said:
If you'd read the OP you'd know that Earl was signing autographs at the time. So it's not like the guy went up to him while Earl was sulking alone in a corner and the guy interrupted his bout of self-pity.[/QUOTE
I did read the post.
You interpret it one way, I interpret it another.
The fact that Earl was signing autographs after he just lost, means he has overcome his obstacles in leaps and bounds imo.
Instead of giving him credit for giving autographs at that bad time lets bash him because he treated some clown exactly as he should have been treated "Like a Doofus".
It's not ok to be rude just because you are clueless and if he did it with malice then he got off cheap.
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ChicagoRJ said:
Yet, you guys are still watching the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and NASCAR, and the marketing types can stop themselves from signing up everyone..... as long as they are winner, it matters NOT what they have done.
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Interesting. I don't watch any of that, partly because it does indeed matter. It matters a lot.





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Chopdoc said:
Interesting. I don't watch any of that, partly because it does indeed matter. It matters a lot.

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Hey Chop, I"m sure you are well aware, that you are in the minority, and I meam tiny fraction, right? Cause them thar sports be as big as day, and grossing Billiions of dollars, and players making $25M per year, and endorsement deals equal or more than that.

Sponsorships out the wazoo......for the worst of the worst in professional sports, heck, the worst of the worst in human kind quite possibly :)
 
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poolmouse said:
Woolly thinking...pool is a game; a tiny little joke in the public's eye, and it won't gain respect with clowns like him around. Keep dreaming. ;)
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You're the one dreaming. Please, by all means explain to us unlightened ones why the NFL is a monster mega billion dollar sport, and has sponsorship galors regardless of the wife beaters, rapists, and DUI driving killers, drug addicts, etc.....

Nobody can believe for a second that pool is where it is because some players are "rude"..... Nobody, and I mean nobody can be that naive. And I can assume, you don't watch your fav pro sports on the weekend, right ?
 
Black-Balled said:
.He is no more responsible for pools lack of success than lance is for doping in cycling.
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All Professional Cyclists dope. Period. It's a sport with huge sponsors and media coverage. When someone is caught doping, they pay the price.

Pool is a game with a delusional following, wanting to become a sport but never having the courage to clean up its own act.

Keep thinking Earl is a good thing for the *game* of pool. Keep thinking the game is a *profession*. Keep thinking he would ever survive drug testing.
 
I just dont understand al the posts that bash Earl. Yeah He's a Bit Extreme. but Until any of US are in his shoes (Once at the Very top of his game, now he's not and tormented by people, who think its funny to get him to go off. He's had illnesses. and has worked for years to overcome those) all of this would probably set most of us off.

then you factor in things like slow play, idiot fans comments directed to piss him off, and all of the bad rolls that happen during a long hard fought match. a temper tamtrum is expected once in awhile. Hell I find it hard not to lose my mind just playing some slow A$$ in my Weekly APA match, Imagine if its for 10- 20 grand. Just a thought.
 
ChicagoRJ said:
Please, by all means explain to us unlightened ones why the NFL is a monster mega billion dollar sport, and has sponsorship galors regardless of the wife beaters, rapists, and DUI driving killers, drug addicts, etc.....
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Wow, you're really comparing the game of pool to the sport of football? Really?
 
poolmouse said:
All Professional Cyclists dope. Period. It's a sport with huge sponsors and media coverage. When someone is caught doping, they pay the price.

Pool is a game with a delusional following, wanting to become a sport but never having the courage to clean up its own act.

Keep thinking Earl is a good thing for the *game* of pool. Keep thinking the game is a *profession*. Keep thinking he would ever survive drug testing.
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then we agree: neither individual is the cause for his sport's predicament/character.

You need some practice w/ ye olde conversational tact.
 
Chopdoc said:
Well isn't that pleasant?

Why are you so upset that Mr Strickland is a loser? I mean, you certainly must be deeply personally upset about it to mention physical violence.

The OP says that he actually does like Earl, yet you call him an "Earl hater".

You seem to have a serious issue with people commenting and discussing. You reflect on "idiots" over the course of 20 years.

I don't understand why you posted. Was it to make a physical threat? I would really like to know.

You complain about whining, but it looks like that is exactly what you are doing.








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I'm not threatening anyone, just telling it like it is. You don't walk up to people and put your hands on them. You don't know if it was a pat on the back, or a solid slap of enthusiasm that was harder.
I attend a lot of tournaments. When you see me, come up from behind and slap me on the back. Better yet, put your hands on my wife or daughter and we'll see if we can't give you a lesson in etiquette that will be long lasting.
 
poolmouse said:
Wow, you're really comparing the game of pool to the sport of football? Really?
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Wow, you are kinda slow. I"m not comparing the games, I'm comparing that one sport has folks that are mean, nasty, violent drug addicted wife beaters and murderers, and it did NOT scare off any sponors, or any fans, or any TV deals.

Thus, it is fair to say a few rude folks in pool is a walk inthe park. I play in a league with 16 teams, and they are 5 man teams, and I'd rather have Earl there than about 20 of the 80 players that show up every Thursday !!
 
Does anybody know why Earl scratched his nose with his left hand instead of his right hand? I think we need to examine this in depth.
 
"please give me your money or I'll blow your head off.

DoubleD said:
I know very little about Earl or any other pro players, so my commenting on this is purely to shed light on the fact that some people are simply uncomfortable with physical contact from strangers or acquaintences, not because they were beaten, molested or anything else.

I am one of those people.

I've never had problems shaking hands, because I learned early on that is what men do. Oddly enough, shaking hands started out in the same way that salutes did--to show someone that you had no weapon in hand.

It used to be that if someone I didn't know touched me, I tensed up and I got a small case of vertigo.

I am much better now--I don't panic when it happens. When I first started hanging out in bars in my early twenties is when I really learned that I had a problem. There was a gorgeous young cocktail waitress I used to order drinks from who one night at closing (we'd 'known' each other for months--in the 'hi, how are you? I'll have a G&T' sort of way) gave me a hug. I effing froze, pushed her away (gently, I didn't throw her to the floor) and asked her not to hug me. The hurt that was in her eyes is something I'll never forget. I felt badly about it for a long time, I still kinda do, but it was simply a reaction for me--I didn't think about it.

So, regardless of whatever else I have read about Mr. Strickland, in this case I tend to have a lot of empathy for him. Unless you know a person, keep your damn hands to yourself. If you feel the need to walk around hugging people and patting them on the back, maybe you are the one who is wired incorrectly. If you feel the need to do it to a pseudo-celebrity (or a celebrity in a small circle of people), you are definitely out of line. End of story.

JAM, you and I have had differences in the past, but I'm sorry about your brother. I understand the discomfort he can feel, even if we came at it from different paths.

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You have a solid point, it's wise to respect someone's "life space," you may have an "unpleasant" awakening.

Earl's had some traumatic things happen in the way of being stuck up at gunpoint and various other violent episodes. From my experience stick up men are not courteous and I've never heard of any of them saying "please give me your money or I'll blow your head off." :groucho:

We can all relate, it sometimes leaves a lasting impression and besides it's disrespectful to touch someone inappropriately, and who's to judge what is "appropriate"......I would guess "NOT" the person doing the touching. 'Common Sense is the Teacher'
 
I'm in the keep your hands to yourself camp

Earl was wrong to use the language he did. Part of the cost of being a professional "on stage" is acting like one. Having said that, an unexpected touch has met with a violent reaction a lot more times than once when I was not expecting it. Not bright to touch anyone when they can't see you are fixing to do it and anything other than offering a handshake or a hug from the front to someone you normally hug is an intrusion on their space. Like others, I had a young lady that knew me grab me unexpectedly from behind long ago. I was able to change the angle of the punch coming up as I spun the opposite direction from expected enough that it brushed her hair instead of the original contact under the chin that was my plan as I spun. The fear in her eyes left no doubt that she realized the "joke" was one she would never repeat again.

I can compete well and not win and be at peace with myself. I can compete very well and lose a match to a single moment of stupidity and have the fires of hell burning inside. I have never been ugly to the other competitors and often compliment them but it isn't a time to get chummy with me. I'm quite sure that every match Earl loses he blames on himself not without some justification. Earl is capable of winning any match he gets a single shot in.

It wouldn't be good TV which is all important but I think an athlete deserves a five minute regrouping period after a tough loss, injury, or wreck. There would be a lot less stupid things done and said on camera but where is the entertainment in that?

Good losers aren't winners. Gracious losers might be winners but know that the graciousness is often surface deep. There is perhaps nothing worse after a tough loss than a spectator spending five minutes or longer telling you how you should have won. A very close second is sympathy when it is the last thing you want.

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