Earl "The Pearl"...need I say more?

predator said:
His high gear is as strong as ever. However, his 'average gear' or whatever maybe isn't as strong as it once used to be. Maybe that's partly due to the fact that competition is fierce nowdays, much tougher than back in the 80's.
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I understand why you may think this to be so, but today's pool is quite different than pool of the '80s. Of course, pool in the '80s was quite different than the '60s when they played 14.1 on 5-by-10's.

For starters, the equipment is totally different, to include the fast felt as opposed to slow cloth, and then there's the advent of break cue and jump cue technology with the non-leather tips.

Even the game of 9-ball has changed from the two-shot/push-out rules to what it is today, a game of luck.

The competition was strong in the '80s, but it was different than today's competition. I would venture to guess if you changed the rules of the game, to include the equipment, with no jump cues allowed, today's fierce competitors could have been yesterday's wimps.

In the '80s, the best shot maker won. Today, it's more a game of luck, especially 9-ball.

JAM
 
JAM said:
I would venture to guess if you changed the rules of the game, to include the equipment, with no jump cues allowed, today's fierce competitors could have been yesterday's wimps.
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Care to give any valid arguments?
Pro players adapt to different rules and equipment very quickly. I can't imagine todays top Taiwan, Philippines, US and German players having any trouble playing under 80's rules and equipment.
So what if the cloth was slower? You just let your stroke out little more, it's that simple.
 
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predator said:
Care to give any valid arguments?
Pro players adapt to different rules and equipment very quickly. I can't imagine todays top Taiwan, Philippines, US and German players having any trouble playing under 80's rules and equipment.
So what if the cloth was slower? You just let your stroke out little more, it's that simple.
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Thanks so much for the great laugh this morning. I needed that!

JAM
 
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Thanks so much for the great laugh this morning. I needed that!

JAM
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Got me going as well!!!


Like everyone has that stroke...

Rick S.
 
He is so volatile, so human. It is a beautiful thing to watch the game played by Allison Fisher or Karen Corr but they never show the emotion that I feel while playing. It is hard for me not to relate to him. I don't have the gift he has but he shows the inner struggles we all face and can relate to. He shows the human element, the flaws and cracks. He is his own worst enemy. I know how that can feel. He is a great champion but a work in progress like all of us. I hope he finds some peace. :)
 
I'll ask again. What is so special about playing on older generation tables with slower cloth? Were they so difficult that today's players couldn't cope with it? Newer generation players couldn't draw the cueball far enough or go around 3 rails for position? Couldn't perform even partial jumps with full cue? LOL. Sorry, I don't believe that for one second.

Which of the current pro's do you think would have serious trouble on these older tables? Name them so that we can discuss.

FWIW, I think that young Wu Chia Ching has as much power and finesse in his stroke as Earl Strickland, perhaps even more. I really, and I mean really can't see what could possibly prevent him being successful on slow tables. If I'm dead wrong and this is laughable to you, please explain why with valid pool arguments. Always interested to learn a few new things about pool...
 
stick8 said:
He is the "PETE ROSE" of pool, and that is all i have to say about that!!!:D :D :D :D
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ya might be on to something here, i kinda knew Pete a few years ago, I have spoke to Earl a dozen times, and they are a bit alike, i dont know either of them well enough to say you nailed it. but you there are alot of similaritys when you talk to them, but Earl is a better gambler lol, and better looking, no i'm not gay but you see Pete lately?-he needs a extreme makeover.
 
JAM said:
I understand why you may think this to be so, but today's pool is quite different than pool of the '80s. Of course, pool in the '80s was quite different than the '60s when they played 14.1 on 5-by-10's.

For starters, the equipment is totally different, to include the fast felt as opposed to slow cloth, and then there's the advent of break cue and jump cue technology with the non-leather tips.

Even the game of 9-ball has changed from the two-shot/push-out rules to what it is today, a game of luck.

The competition was strong in the '80s, but it was different than today's competition. I would venture to guess if you changed the rules of the game, to include the equipment, with no jump cues allowed, today's fierce competitors could have been yesterday's wimps.

In the '80s, the best shot maker won. Today, it's more a game of luck, especially 9-ball.

JAM
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Plus they did'nt wear elbow pads in pool back then.
 
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JAM said:
I understand why you may think this to be so, but today's pool is quite different than pool of the '80s. Of course, pool in the '80s was quite different than the '60s when they played 14.1 on 5-by-10's.

For starters, the equipment is totally different, to include the fast felt as opposed to slow cloth, and then there's the advent of break cue and jump cue technology with the non-leather tips.

Even the game of 9-ball has changed from the two-shot/push-out rules to what it is today, a game of luck.

The competition was strong in the '80s, but it was different than today's competition. I would venture to guess if you changed the rules of the game, to include the equipment, with no jump cues allowed, today's fierce competitors could have been yesterday's wimps.

In the '80s, the best shot maker won. Today, it's more a game of luck, especially 9-ball.

JAM
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It's not a game of luck. There is luck involved but it's far from the main factor in the game.

If it's about luck then why do the same people win over and over again? They must be really really lucky.
 
JAM said:
I understand why you may think this to be so, but today's pool is quite different than pool of the '80s. Of course, pool in the '80s was quite different than the '60s when they played 14.1 on 5-by-10's.

For starters, the equipment is totally different, to include the fast felt as opposed to slow cloth, and then there's the advent of break cue and jump cue technology with the non-leather tips.

Even the game of 9-ball has changed from the two-shot/push-out rules to what it is today, a game of luck.

Myth.

The competition was strong in the '80s, but it was different than today's competition. I would venture to guess if you changed the rules of the game, to include the equipment, with no jump cues allowed, today's fierce competitors could have been yesterday's wimps.

No way on earth. Jump cues make a difference in maybe 1 rack in 50.

In the '80s, the best shot maker won.

Not true. In the 80's as well as every other era, the player with the best combination of shot making, breaking, route creativity, safety and mental toughness won. Always has been and always will be true.

Today, it's more a game of luck, especially 9-ball.

Then how could it be possible for Allison to have won more tournaments than all other WPBA competitors....COMBINED?

On the men's side, with no cohesive "tour" it is harder to draw the same analogy but still the same 10 players win a hugely disproportionate share of the tour events they compete in.

9 Ball could use a little rule tightening but even as it is played today it is FAR from a "luck game."

IMHO, picking on 9 Ball is just a means of expressing frustration about the doldrums pool is in today.

JAM
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Regards,
Jim
 
Earl is bothered that the average person sitting in the audience doesnt understand that what he does is truly amazing. I think it has bothers him more every year & he can't let it go. May he find some peace.
 
Efren sure is lucky isn't he, its amazing how Efren and the other best players of today consistantly win tournaments.

There must be just a handful of extreemly blessed modern day players walking around! :rolleyes:

Now THATS funny!

;)
 
What???

JAM said:
I understand why you may think this to be so, but today's pool is quite different than pool of the '80s. Of course, pool in the '80s was quite different than the '60s when they played 14.1 on 5-by-10's.

For starters, the equipment is totally different, to include the fast felt as opposed to slow cloth, and then there's the advent of break cue and jump cue technology with the non-leather tips.

Even the game of 9-ball has changed from the two-shot/push-out rules to what it is today, a game of luck.

The competition was strong in the '80s, but it was different than today's competition. I would venture to guess if you changed the rules of the game, to include the equipment, with no jump cues allowed, today's fierce competitors could have been yesterday's wimps.

In the '80s, the best shot maker won. Today, it's more a game of luck, especially 9-ball.

JAM
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Jam what rock have you been under?? i am 70 yr and have been around pool all my life. and your statment of 9ball being luck is luducrest!!! i will agree if you are a beginner of shortstop you are going to shoot hard and hope to get lucky!! but if you are a player , only bad rolls and bad decissions hold the players of today down , having served in 67-73 army luck is getting back to shoot some luck pool, my prayers are with you god bless STICK :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
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