Earl's Foul

[Jedi V Man]

Earl is a TOOL in my opinion.

I'll never have a stitch of respect for the man again...

That was the lowest I ever seen a professional drop too...

Pathetic.

 

[CaptainJR]

Earle is not alone here. I always call files on myself but there are a lot of hard core players out there that don't. I have found this out the hard way by people telling me about fouls I haven't seen because my opponent was standing between my seat and the shot.

Pool is not a gentleman's game in the same sense as golf is. In that video Alan H. says he should have called it on himself and that is the end of it. In golf the TV announcer would have been going to the tent and that would be the end of the golfers career.

 

[crow]

Good post. But I have to say Corey invented the soft break. He spend day after day for months in Dee Adkins house on his pool table racking and breaking. But other than that I agree.

Kevin AKA The Crow

 

[crow]

Originally Posted by Penrose Cues
THEN IT'S TIME SOMEBODY DOES...

Please notice that I'm not approving this foul... But Earl is in his right in this particular situation !
He just applies the rules of the game; The player at the table always has the advantage of the doubt when the ref does not call foul.
Now, I must really compliment Charlie to remain so composed and win the rack, but there is no justification for swearing at Earls decision to claim the right that the rules should be applied...

At this level of play, Earl has been in similar situations many times where his opponents did the same thing to him and than did not want to accept the foul called by the ref. That's very frustrating for Earl...

What you see here is just an example of one rare mistake from Earl. He's been such a great sport so many times, but suddenly nobody seems to recall that ???

I really have the impression that Earl is really judged on rare situations as these instead of his total pool carrier.
He has won over 100 national and international titles, is one of the very few to be able to shoot 10 racks of 8-ball or 9-ball on command. That's something only a handfull players can even out (Efren of course...)

I truely see him as being one of the very best players ever. He practices very hard (50+ hours a week...) takes the game very serious and has brought many new techniques to the game of pool. For instance;the controlled soft break, the simple play (just play as many stunn shots as possible and cut the extra crap), the glasses, fingercaps, he's perfected jumping with a full length cue...etc.
This is helping other upcoming players to perfect their own techniques.

The sad thing is that these new techniques are being forbidden one by one...

To me, Earl is a great sportsman who has to suffer many unjust situations but creates some on his own aswell. But when compairing Pool to Football, Soccer, Basketball or Hockey, the number of "intended fouls" is minimal.
In pool, everybody starts to blame the player, but when it happens in the other sports, everybody starts applauding the faulty players...

EARL... PLEASE GO ON MAKING ME WANT TO LOVE THE GAME MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY...

A true Earl "the Pearl" Strickland fan,

Tom Penrose

Good post. But I have to say Corey invented the soft break. He spend day after day for months in Dee Adkins house on his pool table racking and breaking. But other than that I agree.

Kevin AKA The Crow

 

[PoolSharkAllen]

Originally Posted by Penrose Cues
THEN IT'S TIME SOMEBODY DOES...

Please notice that I'm not approving this foul... But Earl is in his right in this particular situation !
He just applies the rules of the game; The player at the table always has the advantage of the doubt when the ref does not call foul.
Now, I must really compliment Charlie to remain so composed and win the rack, but there is no justification for swearing at Earls decision to claim the right that the rules should be applied...

At this level of play, Earl has been in similar situations many times where his opponents did the same thing to him and than did not want to accept the foul called by the ref. That's very frustrating for Earl...

What you see here is just an example of one rare mistake from Earl. He's been such a great sport so many times, but suddenly nobody seems to recall that ???

EARL... PLEASE GO ON MAKING ME WANT TO LOVE THE GAME MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY...

A true Earl "the Pearl" Strickland fan,

Tom Penrose

Tom: If Earl was following the rules to the letter, then why was it a "mistake" for him to not call the foul on himself? If Earl could do this all over again, do you honestly think Earl would have called the foul on himself?

 

[elizabeth]

I don't even care that Charlie won, Earl should die of syphilis for even stooping that low. If I was Charlie I would have forfieted the match by smacking Earl's face off...but I'm a hot head

You are the kind of s*** that this sport does not want at all.Please find another hobby we dont want your kind around us.

 

[elizabeth]

Earl is a TOOL in my opinion.

I'll never have a stitch of respect for the man again...

That was the lowest I ever seen a professional drop too...

Pathetic.

NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK TRUST ME>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[elizabeth]

No One Cares What You Think Trust Me,im Sure You Are A Real Nobody.................................................................................

 

[elizabeth]

Earl is a TOOL in my opinion.

I'll never have a stitch of respect for the man again...

That was the lowest I ever seen a professional drop too...

Pathetic.

DID YOU SAY YOU ARE PATHETIC?

 

[chilli66]

I think it's pathetic when someone of Earl's talent has to do something like that. Must be desperate.

 

[elizabeth]

I'm still at a loss how anyone can defend what Earl did, just think of the example he set to all the kids watching!

Anyway I strongly disagree about this not happening in "other" sports. Its been chosen to be ignored but it has already been stated that this happens frequently in Snooker WITH REFS and for LARGE amounts of cash. It has also happened (less frequently) in football(soccer), I forget the details but a player won a fair play award once for refusing to score when either a bad call was made or a player was injured, the players also throw the ball back to each other when a player has kicked it out due to injury. It has also been stated that this happened a lot in the recent 14.1 event, both with and without Refs I would like to add.

Earl actually said "he didn't see it though"! Is stealing ok if nobody sees you, rape, murder?

You proved what kind of person you are therfore your remarks mean nothing.You are a strange person with a strange mind and we can do without you period.

 

[elizabeth]

I think it's pathetic when someone of Earl's talent has to do something like that. Must be desperate.

YOU SAY YOU ARE WHAT?DESPERATE TO WHAT?HEAR YOURSELF TALK?
PLEASE COMMENT ON WHAT YOU KNOW.

 

[elizabeth]

Originally Posted by Penrose Cues
THEN IT'S TIME SOMEBODY DOES...

Please notice that I'm not approving this foul... But Earl is in his right in this particular situation !
He just applies the rules of the game; The player at the table always has the advantage of the doubt when the ref does not call foul.
Now, I must really compliment Charlie to remain so composed and win the rack, but there is no justification for swearing at Earls decision to claim the right that the rules should be applied...

At this level of play, Earl has been in similar situations many times where his opponents did the same thing to him and than did not want to accept the foul called by the ref. That's very frustrating for Earl...

What you see here is just an example of one rare mistake from Earl. He's been such a great sport so many times, but suddenly nobody seems to recall that ???

I really have the impression that Earl is really judged on rare situations as these instead of his total pool carrier.
He has won over 100 national and international titles, is one of the very few to be able to shoot 10 racks of 8-ball or 9-ball on command. That's something only a handfull players can even out (Efren of course...)

I truely see him as being one of the very best players ever. He practices very hard (50+ hours a week...) takes the game very serious and has brought many new techniques to the game of pool. For instance;the controlled soft break, the simple play (just play as many stunn shots as possible and cut the extra crap), the glasses, fingercaps, he's perfected jumping with a full length cue...etc.
This is helping other upcoming players to perfect their own techniques.

The sad thing is that these new techniques are being forbidden one by one...

To me, Earl is a great sportsman who has to suffer many unjust situations but creates some on his own aswell. But when compairing Pool to Football, Soccer, Basketball or Hockey, the number of "intended fouls" is minimal.
In pool, everybody starts to blame the player, but when it happens in the other sports, everybody starts applauding the faulty players...

EARL... PLEASE GO ON MAKING ME WANT TO LOVE THE GAME MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY...

A true Earl "the Pearl" Strickland fan,

Tom Penrose

FROM ONE EARL FAN TO ANOTHER>YOU GO EARL.THE ONES THAT KNOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE A AND WILL ALWAYS BE GREAT.......................

 

[elizabeth]

And anyone who thinks differently should not be commenting on Earl and his antics in any way because they obviously have little or no clue what they are talking about.

-Brian

THANK YOU I KNOW THAT EARL WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR POST AND DOES KEEP UP WITH WHATS BEEN POSTED.

 

[elizabeth]

After seeing that, how can anybody not help but come to the conclusion that Earl is a cheating piece of s**t?

YOU ARE A WHAT? YOU SHOULD NOT SPEAK THAT WAY OF YOURSELF HEY I THINK ITS CALLED RESPECT.

 

[Timberly]

Sweeeeeeet!

 

[PoolBum]

Just because someone is really good at something doesn't mean they are going to be a wonderful human being. I think we should quit trying to put these kind of people on a pedestal just because they have some talent.

Actually, by holding Earl accountable people are doing quite the opposite. People who criticize Earl for his unsportsmanlike behavior are saying that, despite the fact that he has so much talent, he is still going to be held to the same standards of professionalism and sportsmanship that others are held to.

To absolve him of blame for his antics because of his talent and success would be to put him on a pedestal.

 

[chilli66]

YOU SAY YOU ARE WHAT?DESPERATE TO WHAT?HEAR YOURSELF TALK?
PLEASE COMMENT ON WHAT YOU KNOW.

Do you even read what is posted here? Or have any kind of understanding of basic English?

Now I can understand if you are a fan of Earl's that you may wish to defend him but please, just twisting peoples words around doesn't impress anyone. By all means add something to the debate, just try to do it like the grown-ups do. At the moment you're just coming across as a troll.

 

[BVal]

I remember......

I remember watching it on tv and thinking wow that was messed up but that's the rules they play by so.... then I went to sleep woke up the next day and forgot about it until I read this thread.
I guess I have better things to do then worry about what Earl Strickland does durning his day.

 

[Cuebacca]

THANK YOU I KNOW THAT EARL WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR POST AND DOES KEEP UP WITH WHATS BEEN POSTED.

Welcome to the AzB forums, Earl! Good to have you on board.