Man does Earl SUCK
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I wouldn't say suck. It's still Earl Strickland and he can still play, but it certainly isn't the Earl of old. I think it's safe to say that this is the last year that Strickland will be chosen on merit alone. He is really shooting poorly.
I hate seeing posts like this.
See, the most common way we view professional pool now is in tournament format. That is to say, we are watching matches that are in the late stages that consists of players that are playing well.
What automatically gets filtered out are players shooting poorly. In fact, we don't even THINK about them when all is said and done. Nobody keeps track of all the great players that go two and out in the US Open. They only know what happened in the final 4 or 5 matches and that's NOT representative of what professional pool can be like.
What is remarkably interesting about the Mosconi Cup is that every match gets tons of focus and there are moments when you realize professionals don't always post .900 accustats. Some sets they stink. What makes them GREAT, what separates them from the second tier of talent is that usually, no matter how much they were stinking before, that can change in an instant. I'm not defending Earl nor do I really care if he has a good showing or not. I'm just saying, you don't count out players of his caliber so soon. They're champions for a reason.
See, the most common way we view professional pool now is in tournament format. That is to say, we are watching matches that are in the late stages that consists of players that are playing well.
What automatically gets filtered out are players shooting poorly. In fact, we don't even THINK about them when all is said and done. Nobody keeps track of all the great players that go two and out in the US Open. They only know what happened in the final 4 or 5 matches and that's NOT representative of what professional pool can be like.
What is remarkably interesting about the Mosconi Cup is that every match gets tons of focus and there are moments when you realize professionals don't always post .900 accustats. Some sets they stink. What makes them GREAT, what separates them from the second tier of talent is that usually, no matter how much they were stinking before, that can change in an instant. I'm not defending Earl nor do I really care if he has a good showing or not. I'm just saying, you don't count out players of his caliber so soon. They're champions for a reason.
cashin said:
Post your money against Earl and we will see who sucks!
av84fun said:
I'll see your double tap and raise it to "triple concur"
I quadruple concur.......
Excellent post as usual....Jude!
Russ.....
Excellent post as usual....Jude!
Russ.....
Eaxctly true.
What you say is exactly true and I think this is one of the reasons that professional pool isn;t ejoyable for the majority of Americans. They don't want to see perfect pool, they wnat to see the professionals make mistakes. I think that Earl's prior escapades has added to the enjoyment of the fans because they seem him as being more human. The rolls don't always go good for the pros, and people have gotten a misinformed view of HOW good the pros really are because they only see them when they are playing in top form .
Jude Rosenstock said:
What you say is exactly true and I think this is one of the reasons that professional pool isn;t ejoyable for the majority of Americans. They don't want to see perfect pool, they wnat to see the professionals make mistakes. I think that Earl's prior escapades has added to the enjoyment of the fans because they seem him as being more human. The rolls don't always go good for the pros, and people have gotten a misinformed view of HOW good the pros really are because they only see them when they are playing in top form .
CTYankee said:
A man who won 6 World 9 Ball Championships, 5 U.S. Open 9 Ball Championships, a World 8 Ball Championship and a plethera of other tournaments will never suck.
He saved the day on the last match.
His game wasn't on though/
I will not say that Earl sucks, he is a great player. He did not play, however, like the guy who won 5 us open championships today and for people who don;t realize that the pros don't always runout every time the y go to the table I can see how they would think that they suck. Earl was missing a lot of his safeties but was pocketing the balls well overall pretty well. His speed was a little off also, but that doesn't take away from his acheivements or mean that he sucks overall. His Attitude seems to be a lot better than it has been in the past so hopefully he is starting to mellow out a little.
Terry Ardeno said:
I will not say that Earl sucks, he is a great player. He did not play, however, like the guy who won 5 us open championships today and for people who don;t realize that the pros don't always runout every time the y go to the table I can see how they would think that they suck. Earl was missing a lot of his safeties but was pocketing the balls well overall pretty well. His speed was a little off also, but that doesn't take away from his acheivements or mean that he sucks overall. His Attitude seems to be a lot better than it has been in the past so hopefully he is starting to mellow out a little.
Jude Rosenstock said:
This post does not suck.
I'm sure when he won the US open 5 times and world championship 4 times...you must be proud of Earl....some people don't have satisfaction in life...he is a human being..he can't be perfect...one bad game doesn't mean he can't play anymore...
Jude Rosenstock said:
That is a good post. I watched all the Cup matches yesterday and to be honest, I thought the score would be 6=4 US after today. So I missed by one. The way some of the guys were playing reminds me of the time that our local room got rid of the Gold Crowns with these huge pockets. I don't know the measurements but I'm sure that they were at least 5" corner pockets and the most generous about accepting balls shot at any speed that I have ever seen or played on.
They were replaced because of that and much tighter equipment was brought in. A semi-local came over with a backer that I knew played the last two or called 8 better than me. He whispered that he would give me the wild 7 since he had a backer and could not find action. We put up money, which I was not use to doing. We started late at night which I was not use to doing. To top it off I jumped up to lag without hitting a ball in three days on these tight tables which I had never gambled on. I won the first game, making a hard bank. I did not win any more games!! I rattled so many balls that I got completely out of reach of winning and just more or less, gave him the last two games and quit.
Later on I was very happy that they put those tables in, but not that night..............
Earl is a champion
earl is a great player. at 1 time earl was 1 of the best players in the world! earl gives 110% everytime he goes out there! the problem is when earls 110% isnt good enough to win thats when he gets upset! i was there when shane pounded earl and i wish all of you could have been in that room after he got beat! he was the epitamy of polite and was grecious in defeat! had nothing bad to say about anyone! he evan explained how diffacult it was to go from the best to being average on tour! and if you would of been there you would of seen a champion player from the past! passing the torch to a young kid that looked up to him for 15 years! when he stated that he never thought his record of 5 open titles could be beat, and he turned his head and looked at shane and said,"but this kid he was born to play pool,and he might just win the next 5 in a row,and i hope he does" and that is why i say earl is still a champion!
earl is a great player. at 1 time earl was 1 of the best players in the world! earl gives 110% everytime he goes out there! the problem is when earls 110% isnt good enough to win thats when he gets upset! i was there when shane pounded earl and i wish all of you could have been in that room after he got beat! he was the epitamy of polite and was grecious in defeat! had nothing bad to say about anyone! he evan explained how diffacult it was to go from the best to being average on tour! and if you would of been there you would of seen a champion player from the past! passing the torch to a young kid that looked up to him for 15 years! when he stated that he never thought his record of 5 open titles could be beat, and he turned his head and looked at shane and said,"but this kid he was born to play pool,and he might just win the next 5 in a row,and i hope he does" and that is why i say earl is still a champion!
bignasty said:
that post made the fire in my belly burn strong. cut earl some slack, how many other top players have ballsed it up due to the unique pressure of the mosconi? earl's been one of the most consistent over the years.