You must be a bigger Earl fan than I. I think his skills are diminishing and the likelyhood of Earl doing big things are behind him. It would be nice to see him rip off some huge event, but sadly we have seen his best pool years already. He deserves the respect of being world champ regardless of how he plays the game today. He does still play the game at a high level, but lets face it time moves on and stands still for no-one.