the culprit that threw the pacifier at Earl Strickland

That just goes with the whole two wrongs don't make a right saying. Throwing something at someone for any reason is stupid to begin with and doesn't get much better with any amount of justification.

Peach should have some of his winnings fined for his behavior, and Earl should be banned from all future international events until a psychological board decides he is mentally fit.

Earl is a disturbed individual and I'm surprised he was even allowed to participate in this year's cup, but don't be an idiot by antagonizing an unpredictable and disturbed person especially when you yourself are setting an example as a high-profile player. Stupidity strikes again.
 
Rabble-rousers and other goons.

derekdisco said:

If Peach did throw the pacifier at Strickland, he should resign his WPC title. It would appear that this act of infuriating Earl is part of a concerted effort by different people.

Unfortunately, it appears that Daryl Peach is no better than the rest of the rabble-rousers at Mosconi Cup events.

I will no longer support Daryl Peach as a champion. If he throughthe pacifier he is acting no better than any other pig in the sty.

JoeyA
 
who can say for sure it was Peach throwing the dummy? In the video by AZBtv it can't be seen. I'm curious. Will ask Stepanov once he is back, but probably he didn't see that.
 
JAM said:
I think the bigger question is what in the world was Team Europe Member Daryl Peach doing with a pacifier on his person to begin with. Did he bring it to the event beforehand with the sole intent of throwing it at Earl, or does he just happen to carry them when he's on the road? :D

JAM

EXACTLY!!!! It was obviously premeditated and coming from a team that I have always thought had alot of class....Daryl Peach is just as classless as Earl has been at some points. If the other players for Team Europe knew about this, then they are classless too. JMO.

Southpaw
 
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When a baby spits his dummy out it's only good manners to give it back to them. All he had to do was shake hands.

Boro Nut
 
JAM said:
I think the bigger question is what in the world was Team Europe Member Daryl Peach doing with a pacifier on his person to begin with. Did he bring it to the event beforehand with the sole intent of throwing it at Earl, or does he just happen to carry them when he's on the road? :D

JAM


That shows intent, it was all made up that they would upset Earl right? NAH, I believe it was all in fun, a bunch of guy's having some fun that somone took the wrong way, Proboly Earl, because he is taking his matches serious.. then with the pressure of the crowd Earl is then challenged..

I think these Events needs to be better policed and the crowd kept in check. you do this and you end up with all the fun, and great pool, without the drama. If the players then keep showing thier behinds they need to be ejected. Do this once, and I feel you see a big change in the attitude..


If you knew telling me after every shot (hey good shot) bothered me, would you continue to do it? would you continue to fuel the fire until Ive had enough, and said shut the F^^^ up, then you become defensive.. and make it out like Im the bad guy.. this is what happens to Earl IMHO.. He is a victom of circumstance.. I dont hold that against him because it has happened to me, on more than one occasion..

SPINDOKTOR
 
Boro Nut said:
When a baby spits his dummy out it's only good manners to give it back to them. All he had to do was shake hands.

Boro Nut

And when a baby spits out posts that are obviously nationalistically biased...such as your, for example, they should be spit back.

So...........THWICKTOOOOOOOOIE!

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Its amazing that we hold these guys sportsmanship level so high.

Earls a jerk. So are countless other pro and amateur athletes. Why do we feel that just because we play indoors in a hopefully quiet environment that it would be any different.

If you watched at all you would have noticed that Earl did shake hands with Ralf. He was kind of rough or physical about it and spouted off some verbage but he was there.
So Peach threw a 'bippy" at Earl. His only problem is that he tried to hide.
He should have gotten Earls attention and then threw it to him.

Peach really showed his ass in his match with Earl when he pulled an "Earl". He was getting beat and came over and according to Earl challenged him to fight. He actually came over in the middle of Tabb talking with Earl about the spectator comments and their banter. Peach should have sat there and shut up but he was getting beat by a guy he doesnt like.

If anyone thinks that this type stuff doesnt exist in other sports then your living in a shell. EVERY sport has characters and players that step over the line. Heck NASCAR has had a few charge cars on the track and throw stuff at them as well as full team on team fights.

Pros are competitve. You think because Ralf answers questions good that he doesnt want to pound Earl on the inside. Heck watch the video. He, the perfect one, rubs it in Earls face by waving his finger in a "whatever" type move. Its not like he turned to the crowd to celebrate he acted out. He just does it in a smaller way.


Also watch the finals trophy presentation. Earl and Peach both shake hands and talk. Earl and he are clearly bantering then but in a good way.
Trust me.... there is no love loss there but they know that they were both in the moment.
 
corvette1340 said:
yes, these analogies are way off base. Earl is not going to kill anyone or eat anybody. A better analogy would be John Mcenroe, brilliant on the playing field, a bit nuts, generally well like off the field. I don't condone Earl's actions when he is into his straight jacket persona and I don't think he should be picked again to represent the US, but I also don't condone what Peach did when he threw a pacifier from the stands. He should leave the soccer hooligan role to his fellow countrymen at a different venue and conduct himself with class like Johnny, Rodney, Corey, Shane, Ralf, Konstantin, and Niels did.

When did the Europeans figure out that sharking their opponents is sportsman-like? It's funny reading comments about Earl's ridiculous behavior from the same people who would bring air horns to god damn pool tournament. Earl.. give em hell!!
 
bagofpaper said:
When did the Europeans figure out that sharking their opponents is sportsman-like? It's funny reading comments about Earl's ridiculous behavior from the same people who would bring air horns to god damn pool tournament. Earl.. give em hell!!



Where were you all this time? Earl's been giving everybody hell for the past 2 decades now! :D
 
Drew said:
Both Peach and Strickland should be banned from the Mosconi Cup.


Agreed. Strickland's actions have spoke for himself, and Peach doing what he done was just as classless as anything Earl has done. Boot em both.
 
You are right on with your analogy. It happened just like you stated. Throwing the pacifier was a reaction to all of Earls' PRIOR ANTICS.
I'm an American.. but Earl's antics are embarrassing to most all of us. I don't care how good you play pool it doesn't give you a pass to act like Earl does. Win like a Champion and lose like a Champion..
Newton said:
Hey, for those who followed the event this is the order of "activities" ;
1. Earl was whining around the table and acting stupid
2. He calls Ralph a lucky bastard
3. He then was no willing to shake the mans hand after the match and called him a lucky M* F*.
4. The crowd buus and Drago reacts together with someone throwing a doll!

The last act of not shaking hands was the drop that had the glass flooding-and then the whole crowd reacted. If he had been close to behaving this would not have happened and the match would be remembered as another whining match. Nobody started the whole thing by throwing ANYTHING, that's reversing the actual events.

The whole point with the video was that the commentators was not really proud of Earls act and miss-behaving. Then you take it out on Daryl because he together with the rest reacted on Earls bad sportsman ship .... Give me a break....! If I'm throwing crap to a person and the person throw crap back at me, should I then blame the other person for not behaving and talking thrash!!!! Nooooooot :mad:
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cashin said:
I'm an American.. but Earl's antics are embarrassing to most all of us.

Couldnt agree more. Its embarrassing to me, even how he acts and acted before the Mosconi Cup, just not in the Cup alone. Now I'm sure most of our buddies across the water think all of us act like and love Earl and thats not true. I hope he's gone next year until he atleast straightens up his act.
 
JAM said:
I think the bigger question is what in the world was Team Europe Member Daryl Peach doing with a pacifier on his person to begin with. Did he bring it to the event beforehand with the sole intent of throwing it at Earl, or does he just happen to carry them when he's on the road? :D

JAM

I heard he snatched it right out of the mouth of an American baby in the stands! The nerve!! :mad:

(j/k :D)
 
worriedbeef said:
it was a bit embarrising the way he threw the dummy at earl. like somebody said he kind of threw it underarm as if he was scared of being caught.

in any case i think maybe what sparked earl a bit was that he had to stand there and wait five minutes till ralf shook his hand, whilst watching the europeans celebrating right under his nose rubbing it in. ralf really should have shook his hand first probably.
You're right. He did wait a long time for Ralph to come to him, and it looked to me like he was waiting for the hand shake. A lot of people would have just walked away after after waiting for a shot time.
Someone on Europe's team should have pointed to Ralph to go shake Earls hand knowing how exicited Raplh was. I have had to remind my teammate to go acknowledge his opponent after a match due to the excitment. And yes Earl should have shown a little more patience.
 
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Newton said:
Hey, for those who followed the event this is the order of "activities" ;
1. Earl was whining around the table and acting stupid
2. He calls Ralph a lucky bastard
3. He then was no willing to shake the mans hand after the match and called him a lucky M* F*.
4. The crowd buus and Drago reacts together with someone throwing a doll!

The last act of not shaking hands was the drop that had the glass flooding-and then the whole crowd reacted. If he had been close to behaving this would not have happened and the match would be remembered as another whining match. Nobody started the whole thing by throwing ANYTHING, that's reversing the actual events.

The whole point with the video was that the commentators was not really proud of Earls act and miss-behaving. Then you take it out on Daryl because he together with the rest reacted on Earls bad sportsman ship .... Give me a break....! If I'm throwing crap to a person and the person throw crap back at me, should I then blame the other person for not behaving and talking thrash!!!! Nooooooot :mad:
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You're not going to make many friends telling it exactly the way it was.

Boro Nut
 
Hey guys, now before I go any further, I'm making it known that I'm not in any way biased of opinion, I may enjoy a bit of friendly banter, but that's as far as it goes because I have all the respect in the world for each player, as a competitor and a person.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm disgusted at the behaviour of those who stepped out of line, and I don't give a damn who they are, they have not only let their countries down, but also they have let the sport down as well.

Earl has definitely got issues, yes he is a decent guy off the table as I have met him when he played in the APN Invitational in the UK a few years back, (I was also a competitor in that event) and spoken with him a good number of years before that, but his on table behaviour is doing himself and the sport no credit at all, if anything the "Antics" were a bit over the top, as was the behaviour of a few others that were present, and so, there are no exceptions.

Now, I'm not saying that it was all just Earl, as we all saw for ourselves, but there's no smoke without fire and from my understanding of it, the object throwing was indeed in reaction to Earl's constant complaining and sharking, which is bang out of order for any player no matter who they are or how little/many titles they have won.

Willie
 
JoeyA said:
If Peach did throw the pacifier at Strickland, he should resign his WPC title. It would appear that this act of infuriating Earl is part of a concerted effort by different people.

Unfortunately, it appears that Daryl Peach is no better than the rest of the rabble-rousers at Mosconi Cup events.

I will no longer support Daryl Peach as a champion. If he throughthe pacifier he is acting no better than any other pig in the sty.

JoeyA


Joey..first off tOns of respect for you , as you are one of my favorite members here...but I just gotta ask this question....

Do you hold Earl's and his titles in the same regard...let's face..he has done plenty to deserve it.....

After watching the vid again...it was really a bullshit move by earl..pretty aggressive...to the point that more than a few not so level headed folks might have jacked him up right there on the spot.
 
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