Bluff....Call....Muck!!
Earl !!!!
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Bluff....Call....Muck!!
Lol. If earl can't talk during the match then you have to fast for two weeks leading up to the match. No juicing either just water allowed.
Earl is obviously not afraid of anyone as he keeps coming back to play Shane. Id imagine he would play you, but I obviously can't speek for him. Rather than you and I bark with each other on the Internet where we both know nothing EVER comes of that, why don't you set up a TAR match. You know how to set one up as you've played before. I'll even personally side bet with you. I however don't back anyone.
Btw, I'm really not an earl fan. I just think you were way off in your claim that current players play much better than older gen players (both in their primes). The top players from any era over the past 75 yrs are about equal in my opinion.
lol where i come from the first paragraph sounds like whining ...
the second one like ... :boring2:
Earl still plays well and is a threat to beat anybody. He can't be dismissed as a threat, as Buddy Hall won the title this late in his career.
Still, I will dissent from the popular opinion and suggest that he'll have to break better and execute his offense better than he did in the Donny Mills match if he hopes to be one of the last four standing. I'll be happy for him if he gets there, but I'm guessing he won't.
Nonetheless, I think he'll find a way to beat at least one of the susperstars of the game before he's done.
Still, I will dissent from the popular opinion and suggest that he'll have to break better and execute his offense better than he did in the Donny Mills match if he hopes to be one of the last four standing. I'll be happy for him if he gets there, but I'm guessing he won't.
Nonetheless, I think he'll find a way to beat at least one of the susperstars of the game before he's done.
Seriously ??
You might have gained sympathy if you said you woke up late... or you mistakenly read the wrong match time... or if you got into an argument with your significant other shortly before the match started...
Bottom line is, you were both playing on the same table, under the same conditions. Earl seems to think that you simply...
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Boing-Boing-Boing! Just razzing you a bit bud, good luck, your still in it. All these chumps in this thread including me wish we had your skills, you play strong and I know that is not your best game, maybe a money game will get set up.
http://youtu.be/yit25hiCPfk?t=48s
I agree. I think the younger generation are more informed with all the instructional items available these days but where do you think that info came from? THE OLDER GENERATION!
Hows the OLD saying go? "I taught you everything you know, but not everything I know"!
Besides nobody's beat that old guys high run of 526!
I agree with Lenny, Donnie didnt play his normal game. Missed to many balls. Earl played just a notch better yesterday. I dont think either one of you guys played your best pool. It is always better to give credit where credit is due.
As for the RYO, that is a hustle and proves nothing to people that know pool. JMHO..
Tim
Nice post Tommy
I got to see Earl play in the 80's and 90's, when he was running out from everywhere. He was as close to machine, as anyone I ever seen play. No matter what shot, or what kind of stroke, he could make it. I have also told younger players, that anyone who ever played high caliber pool, is liable to have that "flashback" into their prime, and play at top speed. They won't like it if that happens to Earl.
Hopefully without any perceived disrespect towards anyone,I'm with ya there John.
Barring a few isolated sets (and some of those were gambling so that's another ball of wax LOL) from younger players,I'm convinced that no one in even the last 2 generations of "great" players could have handled COM-era Earl in a race to 11 tournament match with any regularity.
My notable exception would be Shane because of his break and the fact that I've seen him play tournament matches where he never missed a ball.
On the subject of old vs young,Shane might not have won as many big titles as he has so far if he had to deal with 80's Sigel/Varner/Rempe/Hall,or even Johnny at his peak.
Sigel has probably played perfect 30+ times over his career in the finals,proven fact.
If anyone alive could have though,it's him.
Back to Earl,even as good as I've seen Shane,Orcullo,Alex play,none of them could do much if Earl's gear this week catches like his 90's peak,because he'll make those tight-ass Diamonds look like a bar box and they'll think he's THE GHOST,except he gets to break :thumbup:. Tommy D.
I got to see Earl play in the 80's and 90's, when he was running out from everywhere. He was as close to machine, as anyone I ever seen play. No matter what shot, or what kind of stroke, he could make it. I have also told younger players, that anyone who ever played high caliber pool, is liable to have that "flashback" into their prime, and play at top speed. They won't like it if that happens to Earl.
I couldn't agree with this statement more...
I guess the part I can't seem to wrap my head around is why someone comes on here to say that they lost "because the lighting was bad" or some other such nonsense. I could buy into "he got some good rolls", or "I couldn't catch a gear", or something similar, but to start blaming the conditions that BOTH players were on ?
Watching the post-game interviews in professional sports, I have yet to see a losing team blame the conditions. Even those players can admit that thier opponent played better that night.
11-3 ? Geez, give him some credit for playing solid...
I think we should cut Donnie a little slack here....he was the one in action.
Good competitors at this game are just like boxers. When you're in action
it's necessary to have a very narrow focus...I've seen boxers get TKO'd
and it takes 3 people to subdue him 'cause he wants to keep fighting.
Alex says Donnie has a great stroke and a lot of heart.
But like everyone else...sometimes the wheels fall off.
I think he's got a big win coming in the next few years, and personally I
wish him good fortune.
But this thread is about Earl.
I love the ferocity he brings to the table...and also the accuracy.
Earl draws a lot of spectators, I feel, 'cause even to people who don't
know much about pool...they know there's something REAL going on.
If Earl wins his next match & big bad Bubba wins his Earl is gonna put Putnam on a spicket and have a little pig roast The Pearl Style! Go Earl, the Mosconi Cup is waiting!
It is great to hear about the playing conditions on the stream table. I noticed when Donny was warming up that the cue ball was doing funny things and thought something might be up. Sorry that Donny didn't have time to acclimate to the table. Bear down on the one loss side and kick some butt.
The outcome of Donny's match had more to do with how Donny played than how Earl played, not taking anything away from Earl.
Sometimes, i think Earl knows things that some of us don't. That jousting lance is one of them, imo......
So sorry. I couldn't help myself. 
Some relevant quotes from the man that just got chopped up on the feature table by Earl the fossil.
Some relevant quotes from the man that just got chopped up on the feature table by Earl the fossil.
So sorry. I couldn't help myself.
Some relevant quotes from the man that just got chopped up on the feature table by Earl the fossil.
You know, since you pointed those quotes out, I'm going to join the other posters on this thread and sing it loud.
Sing it loud.
I'm Old School and I'm proud.
Sing it loud.
I'm Old School and I'm proud.
Sing it Loud.
Earl's Old School and we're proud.
Sing it loud.
Earl's Old School and we're proud.
Thank you, SUPERSTAR. I needed that!
Rack better. Isn't that what he always insists on?
I hope Earl will win his 6th US-Open title