Earls Interview

I've always heard Pancho Gonzales in tennis was a Jekyll/Hyde player....

I'm not familiar with Pancho, but I would guess there are more ppl with this personality disorder than most think.


Eric >wonders what Tyson is like, away from the ring
 
The interview is another example of why I believe Earl fights so hard sometimes he gets out of line without thinking it. He could of said a lot of off putting things but instead was completely complimentary of SVB and what he felt went on. How could you not respect that?

In battle I look at it much like when Kobe slams the ball on the court or knocks over a chair on the way to the bench. I don't agree with all he does but I think I understand it.
 
I enjoyed both Earl's interviews on the final day, both after the match and the one just prior to the start. Well reasoned, informative, detailed. I wish TAR could make them available for viewing at their site.
 
I'd also like it if TAR put up the interviews. It's good to see the positive side of Earl, and also to see him talk about Shane like that.
 
Earl's gracious in victory, equally not so gracious in defeat. It's almost a relief to see him close it out, you feel like the guy's gonna stick his head in an oven if he somehow dropped it and lost.

I disagree. When Earl lost to Shane on TAR, he was very gracious. He even went a far as saying that Shane could break his US Open record.
 
Why would Diamond make a 10ft table? The table would not be a good seller because most pool rooms do not have the room for them and also there is not a market for them.
 
A bigger table helps to have faster cloth on the rails, of course I don't know why they wouldn't just put 760 on the whole table though.... :cool:

Jaden

That's acutally how I'd want it, if I had to travel the cue ball 100 feet per game. But that would defeat Earl's not-so-secret gameplan :)

It's interesting they went to the trouble though. The commentators mentioned that the rails seemed a little less lively than they could be. When they do the next one I'd love to see springy rails (and normal pockets) if not the faster cloth.
 
Diamond should make a 10 footer with at least three setup options - billiards, snooker, pool.

Earl' eyes are obviously still razor sharp. Like a lot of very talented pool players I've met in my life he seems to be unsettled as to which side of sanity he's on - moment to moment. He is still a GREAT player. As is Shane.

10ft snooker tables....hard to give them away, let alone sell one. 10ft billiards table....try at least 2" thick slates...not going to see that in a one piece slate....unless YOU plan on setting it up:D...besides that...totally different cloth than Simonis 860.

A 5x10 pocket table needs to be just that, and a 5x10 billiards table needs to be just that as well. Most people have no idea what goes into designing or building a pool table, but it's always easier to say "Diamond should....";)
 
10ft snooker tables....hard to give them away, let alone sell one. 10ft billiards table....try at least 2" thick slates...not going to see that in a one piece slate....unless YOU plan on setting it up:D...besides that...totally different cloth than Simonis 860.

A 5x10 pocket table needs to be just that, and a 5x10 billiards table needs to be just that as well. Most people have no idea what goes into designing or building a pool table, but it's always easier to say "Diamond should....";)

Besides the design element, it would take a major investment in changing the manufacturing line to accomodate 10 foot tables. What would be the return on investment? I don't imagine that there's a big market for 10 footers. But you never know - Diamond could come out with a 10 foot table, but I doubt it.
 
Or they could . . . risky biz

10ft snooker tables....hard to give them away, let alone sell one.

A 5x10 pocket table needs to be just that, and a 5x10 billiards table needs to be just that as well. Most people have no idea what goes into designing or building a pool table, but it's always easier to say "Diamond should....";)

Why don't they just have a set of smaller balls made and play on a 10 ft. snooker table?
 
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