I liked Earl's style of commentary, my all time favorite is Billy I. I learned a lot from his accu stats commentary. I guess I am trying to learn when I am watching pool.
It's was ''so'' refreshing to have someone in the booth that knows very little about the match (like 99% of the public viewers), but asks or states the dumb questions to help educate the audience and themselves.
I'd rather have 60% stories and chat between the commentators while there is nothing special going on at the table. Lots of fun things were revealed in commentary about gambling matches, stories about players, etc...
Most people that watch pool know when they are going to hit a low right spin shot 2 rails for shape, we don't need someone telling us that they are about to do that.
yer dreaming if you think the public is watching pool streams ATM.
I believe they call it filler. there's a huge difference in road stories and fluff. 95% of streamers use 50 year old pool cliches.. that won't cut it with the cool kids.
<you need pool to be cool.....i'm 53 BTW>
Earl said WAY more than low left here,follow here, stop,etc! ..he points out how to shoot the shot with a different route and why it's easier.
I've watched hundreds of hours of pool and never heard anyone get close to the knowledge and comfort Earl has at the mic.
YMMV
* i appreciate ALL the streamers no matter what you may think of my observations!
I just watched the 25th Annual Ocean State 9-ball final on youtube between Dechaine and Shaw. Around the fourth game or so Earl started doing commentary with Joe Tucker. I really liked hearing what he had to say and how he said it. Putting it out there in case people haven't heard him commentate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etFYFdjXD5M
Earl starts right around 13:10 into the match