Earl Strikland

Rick S. said:
Charles and Earl are a lot alike. Both wear their emotions on their sleeves. Aren't afraid to talk about any subject on the face of the earth, and will tell you exactly how they feel, and where they stand on it. And if you don't like it....(well, you know what you can do)

Charles has slammed people physically, and verbally, and made quite a handsome living doing it. (even throwing a guy thru a plate glass window, then saying his biggest regret was, "it was on the 1st floor")


Earl's not so bad.
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Are You defending Earl's Childish conduct??? He's certainly not someone to look up to. Have you handed the keys of the asylum to the inmates??? dah??? Ralf Soguet, SVB, Nick Varner, Buddy Hall, ect... I could go on ad infinitum. There are MANY decent world class players to cheer for...he ain't one of 'em. The "Pit Viper" of pool.

He's an absolute "Pool" treasure. I hope your children end up like him.
 
Pangit said:
Are You defending Earl's Childish conduct??? He's certainly not someone to look up to. Have you handed the keys of the asylum to the inmates??? dah??? Ralf Soguet, SVB, Nick Varner, Buddy Hall, ect... I could go on ad infinitum. There are MANY decent world class players to cheer for...he ain't one of 'em. The "Pit Viper" of pool.

He's an absolute "Pool" treasure. I hope your children end up like him.
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Are you the "pit viper" of this forum? Your posts to others sometimes seem antagonistic and can be abrasive. If this is your intent, then you're succeeding. Good luck with that. :)
 
Pangit said:
Are You defending Earl's Childish conduct??? He's certainly not someone to look up to. Have you handed the keys of the asylum to the inmates??? dah??? Ralf Soguet, SVB, Nick Varner, Buddy Hall, ect... I could go on ad infinitum. There are MANY decent world class players to cheer for...he ain't one of 'em. The "Pit Viper" of pool.

He's an absolute "Pool" treasure. I hope your children end up like him.
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The point was that pool players (or any other professional athlete, celebrity, or entertainer) aren't supposed to be role models. We aren't supposed to be teaching our children that these folks are role models. We should be teaching our own children the proper values that they need, not expecting Earl or anyone else to become our children's role model.

When we bring our children up the right way, they can observe Earl (or anyone) behaving inappropriately and recognize that fact. My children can see it, and they watch as much tv or play as many video games as anyone.

So the message to you, Pangit, is to stop invoking "the children" and being a "role model" into this discussion. It is a cheap argument, and wholly incorrect.

By the way, how do you show "the children" (or anyone else) how great the behavior of Ralf, SVB, and Varner is? Without Earl, or anyone like him, you have no point of reference. You have completely quiet (and boring) events with no personality shown at all. And, by the way, how many "children" do we have watching pool in any event? Let's make a deal. You get a number of "children" to watch pool and we'll worry about the impact Earl will have on them at that point. (And there is another trick.... how are they going to actually "watch" pool in the first place? It isn't on TV here.)

I'm not saying you (or anyone) has to like Earl. I agree that his behavior gets out of hand occasionally. But he is far from someone that needs to be vilified. And when he isn't on full-tilt, he is wildly entertaining, in a sport that doesn't lend itself to such entertainment. Not to mention one of the absolute best players, ever.
 
Earl is in my top 5 favorite players ever.

Many posts and threads are about the outbursts Earl has, but not so much about why. Of course sometimes it is just out of frustration from the crowd, or his bad play, but until I was able to ask the guys he played every week, I didn't get it.

I was having lunch at a tourny with 3 or 4 of the top 10 players at that time.....around 1992. Rempe, Hopkins and Sigel were there among others. There was a lot of joking and all, but when Earl was brought up and why he goes off at times was asked.....it got a little more serious, and here's what they said basically.

When he was younger Earl rarely freaked out. It was after he found out what it was like to be a world champ that gets little respect from the mainstream is when it changed.

Earl just wants the game and the players to get the respect any other world class athelete would expect from the crowd, and the public who are fans. Thats it.

Put yourself in his shoes for a minute....can you imagine being the best at something...anything that you put your lifes work to....and not receive much respect for it. It's gotta hurt. I think we sometimes forget Efren or Earl or SVB were not born a Champ...they put in ENDLESS hours to get there. But, we didnt know them then, we only know them now as THE BEST.

Then add on top of that idiots thinking it's ok to watch a match and try to become part of the action by shouting insults. Then have people who will never know the time and effort it takes to be the best write crap about you. Would any of us take all that with a smile? yea right.

It's gutless to post "Earl is a nut job".....it's hard to REALLY search for the reasons and the understsanding it takes to find out why Earl is who he is.

G.
 
Pangit I agree that he is a big baby and has little to no class. But goddamnit we need a player or 2 like him out there rasing hell. He is extremely entertaining and a powerhouse on the table. With out Earl the pool world wouldn't be as entertaining and that's a fact. Drama sells and pool needs all the sales it can get. Every sport has their "Earl Strickland", deal with it and stop crying.
 
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Also it's not like your posts are gonna stop him from playing or being himself. You are just spinning your wheels. But retards usually do stuff like that. It's kinda like running head first into a brick wall over and over again. You just don't get it.
 
Gerry said:
Earl is in my top 5 favorite players ever.

Many posts and threads are about the outbursts Earl has, but not so much about why. Of course sometimes it is just out of frustration from the crowd, or his bad play, but until I was able to ask the guys he played every week, I didn't get it.

I was having lunch at a tourny with 3 or 4 of the top 10 players at that time.....around 1992. Rempe, Hopkins and Sigel were there among others. There was a lot of joking and all, but when Earl was brought up and why he goes off at times was asked.....it got a little more serious, and here's what they said basically.

When he was younger Earl rarely freaked out. It was after he found out what it was like to be a world champ that gets little respect from the mainstream is when it changed.

Earl just wants the game and the players to get the respect any other world class athelete would expect from the crowd, and the public who are fans. Thats it.

Put yourself in his shoes for a minute....can you imagine being the best at something...anything that you put your lifes work to....and not receive much respect for it. It's gotta hurt. I think we sometimes forget Efren or Earl or SVB were not born a Champ...they put in ENDLESS hours to get there. But, we didnt know them then, we only know them now as THE BEST.

Then add on top of that idiots thinking it's ok to watch a match and try to become part of the action by shouting insults. Then have people who will never know the time and effort it takes to be the best write crap about you. Would any of us take all that with a smile? yea right.

It's gutless to post "Earl is a nut job".....it's hard to REALLY search for the reasons and the understsanding it takes to find out why Earl is who he is.

G.
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Your post is actually right on the money about Earl. I'm glad you shared that. I had the same conversation with Earl several times about the same topic. He's always been very nice to me. :)
 
Neil said:
To those that want to bash Earl, look no farther than yourselves. Out of the hundreds of posts and threads on here about him, not a single post has ever been written that I know of that talks about how he became as good as he is, what his work ethic is, how he approaches patterns, essentially, studying just what he does on the table. All there ever is on here, is people crying about him crying. Many of you are no better than him by coming into a public forum and crying about him.
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Hear, hear. That's the stone-cold truth. Good post! :)
 
Neil said:
To those that want to bash Earl, look no farther than yourselves. Out of the hundreds of posts and threads on here about him, not a single post has ever been written that I know of that talks about how he became as good as he is, what his work ethic is, how he approaches patterns, essentially, studying just what he does on the table. All there ever is on here, is people crying about him crying. Many of you are no better than him by coming into a public forum and crying about him.
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Spot on! The thing I admire most about Earl is his uncanny quick read of the table. He launches right in and is almost never wrong in his choice; he usually falls short because of execution (doesn't everybody?), but he knows right away what the correct choice is. There're alot of top players that can quickly read a pattern, but I'm convinced Earl reads to whole table quicker than anybody. I get so tired watching players circle the table and take all day trying to decide on a course to take...then end up doing what was obvious. Earl takes nanoseconds to do what was obvious, or not obvious to mere mortals.
 
A rare talent

How can anyone deny the rare talent that Earl has displayed for such a long time.

Combine that talent with the highly visible passion that Earl has for the game, and his unfortunate tendency to hear and react to threats and slights, real and imagined, and you get the possibility of a full theatrical production each time he plays.

He ain't no wallflower.

He's one of the few players that most of us love to watch. You might get stellar play-you might witness a train wreck-most likely, you will have witnessed a 'show'.It seems that Earl has his demons, that can get the better of him too often. That can be uncomfortabe, or a joy, to watch-depending on your point of view concerning Earl. Not the first love/hate relationship of a 'star' by the public.

The man can play. Like few that have played this game.

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btw: does Earl have any instructional material out there? Tapes, dvds, books? I don't think I have heard of any-anybody else know of any?
 
Pangit said:
Are You defending Earl's Childish conduct??? He's certainly not someone to look up to. Have you handed the keys of the asylum to the inmates??? dah??? Ralf Soguet, SVB, Nick Varner, Buddy Hall, ect... I could go on ad infinitum. There are MANY decent world class players to cheer for...he ain't one of 'em. The "Pit Viper" of pool.

He's an absolute "Pool" treasure. I hope your children end up like him.
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Yes, I'm sure you could. But instead you've chosen to go on ad nauseum.
 
Pangit said:
What's to like about him? He used to be able to play pool. He's pretty much the "Clowned Prince of Pool". He throw's a big time red-ass when things don't go his way.

I certainly wouldn't consider him a pool idol. There are PLENTY of world class pool players that play with respect to choose from.

He has been good for TV ratings. But if I could choose a team of world class pool players. He wouldn't be on it...too much drama... Abba..dancing Queen.
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The guy does things on a pool table that only very few people understand and only a fraction of those who do could perform a fraction of what he does. He's the highest gear in all of pool in all of time.
 
Pangit said:
What's to like about him? He used to be able to play pool. He's pretty much the "Clowned Prince of Pool". He throw's a big time red-ass when things don't go his way.

I certainly wouldn't consider him a pool idol. There are PLENTY of world class pool players that play with respect to choose from.

He has been good for TV ratings. But if I could choose a team of world class pool players. He wouldn't be on it...too much drama... Abba..dancing Queen.
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If you're going to come on the boards and complain about one of the greatest 9-ball players that ever lived...just to start an Internet fight...then at least spell his name correctly.
 
Neil said:
To those that want to bash Earl, look no farther than yourselves. Out of the hundreds of posts and threads on here about him, not a single post has ever been written that I know of that talks about how he became as good as he is, what his work ethic is, how he approaches patterns, essentially, studying just what he does on the table. All there ever is on here, is people crying about him crying. Many of you are no better than him by coming into a public forum and crying about him.
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Good post, and you are correct...HOWEVER...you know as well as any other that people only remember the bad.

Or I should say, they only choose to remember the bad.

So when Earl has an outburst or whatever...people are not going to focus on the thousands of hours and sacrifice he put in to get there in the first place.

Human nature is a bi***.
 
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