I will accept you invitation to read up on the subject a little more.
Classless Earl Strickland
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I will accept you invitation to read up on the subject a little more.
Again, I don't know him personally, but from what I've read and heard he only acts like this while playing pool- so I don't know if you'd really call that a mental illness. It seems too context specific. Really the only people that would qualified to know are the people closest to him and a trained professional to carefully analyze his psyche. Otherwise we all are just speculating.
After 15 years i am still very proud to own one of Earls playing cues!
Perhaps it is his preference to play the 'heel'. It seems to fit especially with tableside fan interaction.
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ive known earl since he was a kid and the person everybody desribes isnt the earl ive known. case in point . right before he moved to ny he came to a shithole poolrom in martinsville va to do an exhibition. only handful of people were there but earl put on a whale of a show with stories and serious skill trick shots. ( crazy force follow shots that not many champions can execute). Im much older than earl and he always acknowledges me from the old scufflin days and has a kind word. If all u guys knew the real earl and not the actor you would understand. not to mention the players hes influenced over the years with his style of play. when earl is in gear its like poetry in motion. watch shanes stroke and you will see almost a carbon copy of earl all the way down to his stance. just my two cents from an old scuffler.
Nice post Daniel. Thanks. Greenie for you dude.
There are (NO) top players today that didn't learn a tremendous amount from Earl or they wouldn't be top players at all. Love him or hate him he was like watching Zeus!!!
Every once in a while I go back to watching that video of a young Earl playing Mizerak 9 ball on those awful mustard color tables in Vegas, I believe. Earl was the Pearl.
I've met him many times over many years, including spending almost two weeks with him, during the Camel Pro Exhibition Series in the early 90's. Earl is definitely an okay guy when he's not at the pool table. Like many have said, his skills on the table are on a par with the best on earth (when he is "on").
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I see someone gets it.
Chuck-
Thank you for posting this. You are exactly on the money.
A little knowledge goes well with a little compassion.
Robin Snyder
Chuck-
Thank you for posting this. You are exactly on the money.
A little knowledge goes well with a little compassion.
Robin Snyder
Yes!!
Yeah 5 foot nothing Daz ain't kicking anybody's ass brother. Old Earl would embarrass him!
Preaching the truth!
Fact.
Exactly!
Mental Illness my A$$! That's just an excuse often used by narcissists, who never accept blame for their selfish choices of action. Narcissistic tendencies are usually exacerbated by fame.
OJ is a good example. A very charming and polite man to most he met, as he thrived off being seen as a great guy. But he couldn't care less about others, other than them blowing up his bubble.
OJ is a good example. A very charming and polite man to most he met, as he thrived off being seen as a great guy. But he couldn't care less about others, other than them blowing up his bubble.
WOW Colin......Your amateur diagnosis is wrong. I speak from my own personal knowledge and experience with mental illness when I say that your opinion is very far from fact or reality.
Ill say the same to you as I did to Stu, please do yourself a favor and read up on mental illness and the stigmas of mental illness. It should prove to be an eye opener for you.
Im sorry, but I advocate for mental illness awareness. It truly bothers me deeply when I see stuff like this. :frown:
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Earl Strickland battles Earl Strickland every time Earl Strickland plays.
Excuse me Chuck, but what makes you an expert on mental illness? I find it interesting that Earl only exhibits this abhorrent behavior when playing a pool match, kind of situation specific. This would indicate that he does have control over his behavior. I don't profess to be an expert on mental illness, but one could logically assess that Earl is not mentally ill, but rather somehow obsessed when playing pool for whatever reason(s).
I will only add this. When Earl has been warned with penalties for his behavior he has been able to tone it down dramatically. This is from my personal experience with him.
PM sent Jay! :thumbup:
Maybe your perspectives would change if you studied the writings of Thomas Szasz instead of the politically correct leftish gibberish that passes for psychology today.
And of course, if only warning him with penalties does the trick, then in reality, Earl should NEVER have had a problem in a tournament, at any time, right ? You warn him, boom, back to normal, and you play on. How has that worked out over the last 30 years? Not so well, correct ?
Of course, you know symptoms can trigger when more stressed. Do you think, maybe, just maybe, that playing in professional pool tournaments trying to earn a living and pay the rent can be one of those situations. Jay, you have it out for Earl, we know it, but you must stop dismissing the obvious.
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Oh, so you choose to stay ignorant...... good job!