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JoeyA said:
Ralf told me the story himself and assured me that he was as stoic as ever.
And he said that when Earl said it he was facing completely AWAY from Ralf and could not possibly have seen any movement on Ralf's part.
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Ralf told me the story himself and assured me that he was as stoic as ever.
And he said that when Earl said it he was facing completely AWAY from Ralf and could not possibly have seen any movement on Ralf's part.
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JoeyA said:OK, but if anyone was there at the match and heard Earl say it, did you see Ralf crane his neck, moving just a bit?
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As neurotic as Earl is these days he was probably quite bothered by the fact that Ralf was breathing.
Anyway, Ralf and I both thought it was a funny comment to make considering Ralf Souquet's legendary stillness when seated.
duh I get it now Joey! lol
I'm on the floor laughing my head off.Best one yet.lolribdoner said:
Last year at the event in Jax at the Hyatt, Earl's opponent was on the nine. The shot was straight in the corner, but the cut into the side was a bigger pocket. So after the guy cuts it into the side, Earl says " What a chicken shit shot! Everyone knows you're supposed to shoot it in the corner!" Then after that, during the same match, one of the spectators was eating a bag of chips and every time that guy reached in for a chip ( making "chip bag" type noise ) Earl glared at him with this "drop dead" look. That ultimately ended up in an argument with that spectator. Finally the T.D. had to come over and get involved. He ended up telling the crowd to please be quiet, and told Earl that if he engaged in any further conversations with the spectators or his opponent he would forfeit the match. Boy it was hard to contain my laughter!
At the Open last year I saw a fan walk up to him and ask him to sign his cue. Earl said "what the hell do you want from me? Archer is standing right over there and he likes to do stupid shit like that. My signature is actually worth something, can you afford to pay me for this?"
He signed it anyway and complained about it the whole time, the fan didnt know what to say. The funny thing is I got him to sign my cue the day before and he gladly did it and even talked to me for a min or two and told me to watch and learn all I could that week, and I did.
He signed it anyway and complained about it the whole time, the fan didnt know what to say. The funny thing is I got him to sign my cue the day before and he gladly did it and even talked to me for a min or two and told me to watch and learn all I could that week, and I did.
JoeyA said:Should we guess who that audience member was?
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Check mate.
kilojo420 said:
Meds is all I have to say.
I think Earl does some of this stuff almost as an act. Remember he once said, "I used to be a household name." He wants the attention he once had. I think it's like many poker players, they really know when the camera is on. I mean Mike Hadacow or Matasow (sp.?) is an example. His rants have paid off for him, I believe, in invitationals. Helmuth is a drama king too.
I was a spectator at one of his matches a couple years ago.
He was hooked on the next ball and proceded to kick at it and it lucked into a hole. There was an elderly couple sitting front row center, upon seeing the lucky shot the elderly lady clapped and smiled.
Earl turned around and told her " I don't need your support, pointed to his opponant and says he's the one that needs it"
Within a few minutes the couple left.
He was hooked on the next ball and proceded to kick at it and it lucked into a hole. There was an elderly couple sitting front row center, upon seeing the lucky shot the elderly lady clapped and smiled.
Earl turned around and told her " I don't need your support, pointed to his opponant and says he's the one that needs it"
Within a few minutes the couple left.
dabarbr said:
You know Frank, when people tell me how great Earl is for Pool, I think of all the incidents like this that I am aware of. He has turned many people away from the game, including prospective sponsors.
When he walked out on the Final match in Milwaukee on the Camel Pro Tour, he doomed it for everybody. R.J. Reynolds was prepared to up the ante and put more money into Pool. I know this first hand. After that display of bad sportsmanship before a packed crowd, they washed their hands of any additional sponsorship. And shortly thereafter walked away from Pool, and took their money with them.
You can lay that at his feet, and I said so.
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I always liked watching Earl Strickland. He's entertaining and exiting. He doesn't act like I would at times, but I never minded watching him. I wonder how many of the American players like him or count him as a friend?
Typical Earl-bashing...
Here it is again. You went there intending to piss Earl off...correct?!? Don't act "shocked" at his reaction when that's just what you were hoping for. I've witnessed many Earl explosions as well and many of them were engineered by those in the crowd. If you really care about the kids in the crowd don't instigate.
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Varney Cues said:Several years ago at the trade show in Vegas Earl was doing a trick shot exibition. When done he asked if anyone had any questions. There were a 100 or so spectators. I simply asked "hey Earl if you play with an off the wall Cuetec like the ad says in the magazine, then why is your shaft blue...it has no fiberglass coating".That was the first of many Earl explosions I've witnessed over the years....all pretty much unnecessary.
Here it is again. You went there intending to piss Earl off...correct?!? Don't act "shocked" at his reaction when that's just what you were hoping for. I've witnessed many Earl explosions as well and many of them were engineered by those in the crowd. If you really care about the kids in the crowd don't instigate.
MM
Earl once gave me $5 for a $2 tip shaping and trimming mushroom and refused the change saying, "It is worth that to me to have it just like I want it." I had let him come behind my lathe and watch while I shaped it until he said it is just like he wanted it.
I have several from him that I liked that I heard him say many years ago:
He once said after doing what looked like an impossible spin shot, "A Meucci is the only cue in the world you can do that shot with."
I saw him giving a lower level pro some pointers and was thinning a table length shot over and over into the corner pocket. He then said, "The reason I play better than you, is because I practice those types of shots."
He also said, "I play lousy shape and am always near the rail with the cueball and that is why I am the best off the rail shooter in the world."
But my favorite is when he said to a group of onlookers at a trade show, "This shot can't be made on this cloth, can it?" To which my 13 year old (at the time) son says he thinks he can make it. Earl makes him shoot it and my son makes it. All the while it is being filmed and he and my son start arguing about all kinds of things about playing conditions and such. Earl sets up more challenges and my son makes them all. I know how frustrating my son at that age was, but I have often wondered if Earl wasn't somehow reaping something he had sowed earlier in life. Of course I have wondered the same thing about myself when dealing with my son at times.
I have several from him that I liked that I heard him say many years ago:
He once said after doing what looked like an impossible spin shot, "A Meucci is the only cue in the world you can do that shot with."
I saw him giving a lower level pro some pointers and was thinning a table length shot over and over into the corner pocket. He then said, "The reason I play better than you, is because I practice those types of shots."
He also said, "I play lousy shape and am always near the rail with the cueball and that is why I am the best off the rail shooter in the world."
But my favorite is when he said to a group of onlookers at a trade show, "This shot can't be made on this cloth, can it?" To which my 13 year old (at the time) son says he thinks he can make it. Earl makes him shoot it and my son makes it. All the while it is being filmed and he and my son start arguing about all kinds of things about playing conditions and such. Earl sets up more challenges and my son makes them all. I know how frustrating my son at that age was, but I have often wondered if Earl wasn't somehow reaping something he had sowed earlier in life. Of course I have wondered the same thing about myself when dealing with my son at times.
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