Earl Strickland's antics at the Mosconi Cup...

Earl Strickland's antics at this year's Mosconi Cup prove that:

  • He's a paragon of sensibility, courtesy, and a perfect advocate for our sport

    Votes: 47 24.0%

  • He's a hillbilly asshole

    Votes: 133 67.9%

  • I like to watch 'American Idol'

    Votes: 16 8.2%
  • Total voters
    196
Mr. Strickland just lost to the weakest player at the Mosconi Cup, Johnny Archer, but yet pulled the "I have no luck" excuse in a 8-ball match to 15. Also telling us that he was getting "death threats" because he supports the IPT. Although I can understand that there might be a few who wish he would go on some different medication, I bet it's quite unlikely anyone would actually take his infantile antics seriously.

-- peer
 
Earl is a horrible person and poor sport. It is time for him to move on to another career. It is not a good advocate for the sport. I do respect his past accomplishments, but the respect ends there.

EARL GET LOST!!!!!
 
From what I have seen

it is a 50-50 deal. Earl gets provocated almost everytime he plays by spectators in the galley. How many of you could stand up to constant heckling everytime you play an important match? I couldn't, I would have to offer a few tidbits of wisdom in reply.

Earl has played a lot of years in all kinds of circumstances, and he is just calling them 'like he sees them'. He doesn't necessarily care about what other people think too much, but he doesn't take any s*** either.

Coupled with the fact, that competition has improved, Earl is getting older, his game doesn't stand out all the time like the old days building up anxities within him sometimes. He is a good winner and a bad loser, which most real good pool players are, it drives them to be good in the first place.

I understand he is generally real nice away from the table, so the guy is NOT all bad. I understand the comments that he makes a few shark moves sometimes, but think most of it is just his table personality. And he still looks like poetry in motion on the table sometimes.

Good, bad, or indifferent, he is still a 5 time Champion, and very few are the humble docile type, after all this is Pool, and it comes with the territory.

And as far as Earl's support of the IPT, any real good player is going to be for ANY tour that pays the most money and prestige. They all want what other pro athletes have in their sports, and they are trying to make a living doing it, whether the Pool environment permits them to do that or not.

Some of you complaining about Earl and his antics are the same ones complaining about some player or players in your APA league doing something that pissed you off, which brings us back to the saying about casting stones.
 
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Mr. Strickland just lost to the weakest player at the Mosconi Cup, Johnny Archer, but yet pulled the "I have no luck" excuse in a 8-ball match to 15.
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not wanting to sidetrack the conversation but did you watch the match. there was certainly no shame in losing to johnny. it was one of the best displays of breaking i have ever seen.
 
worriedbeef wrote:
> did you watch the match. there was certainly no shame
> in losing to johnny. it was one of the best displays
> of breaking i have ever seen.

Yes I watched the match, and I also watched every single rack during the Mosconi Cup a few days earlier -- and as I said, at the Mosconi, Johnny was the weakest player, and yet Strickland loses... and complains about his "bad luck", even when playing a race to 15! Disingenuous is the word that comes to mind.

Snapshot9 wrote:
> Earl gets provocated almost everytime he plays by
> spectators in the galley.

This is not correct -- at last night's IPT there were no provocative spectators, but still Strickland behaves badly.

-- peer
 
worriedbeef wrote:
> did you watch the match. there was certainly no shame
> in losing to johnny. it was one of the best displays
> of breaking i have ever seen.

Yes I watched the match, and I also watched every single rack during the Mosconi Cup a few days earlier -- and as I said, at the Mosconi, Johnny was the weakest player, and yet Strickland loses... and complains about his "bad luck", even when playing a race to 15! Disingenuous is the word that comes to mind.

Snapshot9 wrote:
> Earl gets provocated almost everytime he plays by
> spectators in the galley.

This is not correct -- at last night's IPT there were no provocative spectators, but still Strickland behaves badly.

-- peer
 
worriedbeef wrote:
> did you watch the match. there was certainly no shame
> in losing to johnny. it was one of the best displays
> of breaking i have ever seen.

Yes I watched the match, and I also watched every single rack during the Mosconi Cup a few days earlier -- and as I said, at the Mosconi, Johnny was the weakest player, and yet Strickland loses... and complains about his "bad luck", even when playing a race to 15! Disingenuous is the word that comes to mind.

Snapshot9 wrote:
> Earl gets provocated almost everytime he plays by
> spectators in the galley.

This is not correct -- at last night's IPT there were no provocative spectators, but still Strickland behaves badly.

-- peer
 
worriedbeef wrote:
> did you watch the match. there was certainly no shame
> in losing to johnny. it was one of the best displays
> of breaking i have ever seen.

Yes I watched the match, and I also watched every single rack during the Mosconi Cup a few days earlier -- and as I said, at the Mosconi, Johnny was the weakest player, and yet Strickland loses... and complains about his "bad luck", even when playing a race to 15! Disingenuous is the word that comes to mind.

Snapshot9 wrote:
> Earl gets provocated almost everytime he plays by
> spectators in the galley.

This is not correct -- at last night's IPT there were no provocative spectators, but still Strickland behaves badly.

-- peer
 
worriedbeef wrote:
> did you watch the match. there was certainly no shame
> in losing to johnny. it was one of the best displays
> of breaking i have ever seen.

Yes I watched the match, and I also watched every single rack during the Mosconi Cup a few days earlier -- and as I said, at the Mosconi, Johnny was the weakest player, and yet Strickland loses... and complains about his "bad luck", even when playing a race to 15! Disingenuous is the word that comes to mind.

Snapshot9 wrote:
> Earl gets provocated almost everytime he plays by
> spectators in the galley.

This is not correct -- at last night's IPT there were no provocative spectators, but still Strickland behaves badly.

-- peer
 
Peer said:
Mr. Strickland just lost to the weakest player at the Mosconi Cup, Johnny Archer, but yet pulled the "I have no luck" excuse in a 8-ball match to 15. Also telling us that he was getting "death threats" because he supports the IPT. Although I can understand that there might be a few who wish he would go on some different medication, I bet it's quite unlikely anyone would actually take his infantile antics seriously.

-- peer
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Go review the IPT forum threads.
 

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Another fly-in-my-ear post by Smokeandapancak, who day and night stays on this forum, just waiting for any and all opportunities to pounce on others with what he considers humor.

Son, we live in a forum that has rules...my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, defends what is right...You don't want the truth.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps on this forum.

I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a brain and make a decent post. It is obvious that you can't handle the truth!

JAM
 

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Boro Nut said:
So where was the heckling Jam?

Boro Nut
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Do you like this atmosphere of the Mosconi Cup? Are the Europeans behaving in a manner that you believe is conducive to pool?

You criticize Earl Strickland. Check out the Europeans antics in the link.

It's okay when the Europeans bring a WWW and soccer-like atmosphere to a pool competition in your eyes, I presume.

JAM
 
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All forum and no outside life makes Smokeandapancak a poor man.

JAM
 

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JAM said:
Son, we live in a forum that has rules...my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, defends what is right...You don't want the truth.

I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps on this forum.

I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a brain and make a decent post. It is obvious that you can't handle the truth!

JAM
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I'm not sure I can handle the truth either if it involves quoting a fictional character lying through their teeth on the witness stand.

Boro Nut
 
Since we hav all been over this particular clip a thousand times... why not go for one more....

within seconds of entering the area Earl in playing off of the crowd...within the first 2 minutes Earl is walking away form the table after playing safe acting like he just sacked a Tom Brady....

All in all I dont have a prob with it, looked like a good time to me. If "we" could get that many people in a room and show that amount of Ra-Ra I think it woud be a good thing.

But you cant bag on the crowd and not on Earl in that clip.....
 
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