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Billy Packer GONE from CBS

Love him or hate him, he was one of the principal voices decrying the selection process in 1982, taking Bradley's case to the press.
 
Yep. Packer's motives may have been anti-Big East (Dave Gavitt was the committee chair that year) and BC received the last at-large bid. So, an argument could also be made they also deserved to be in the field. But his exact quote was "Bradley belongs in the tournament."
 
The guy loved college basketball, but was just way too elitist, stubborn, and old-fashioned for anyone's tastes anymore. I am sure he will still do ACC games like he has in the past. Oh well, after his beratement of Craig Littlepage and the selection of BU in 2006, I won't miss him for one second.

Digger...you're next. :lol:
 
Mike Radigan said:
Digger can wear a pink tie so he's his normal color coded self; i.e. color coded with his pink slip.
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What will happen first:

A one hour love athon from Nantz about how important Packer is to basketball or ESPN hiring Packer and pairing him with Vital, Bilas and Digger in studio for the entire tourney :)
 
I do respect Packer as one of the game's leading authorities for the onset of the television era (mid-sixties to the cable age of the mid-1980's). But I think ultimately he fell victim to not adapting to the changes time brought and becoming perhaps to set in his ways.
 
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squirrel said:
I do respect Packer as one of the game's leading authorities for the onset of the television era (mid-sixties to the cable age of the mid-1980's). But I think ultimately he fell victim to not adapting to the changes time brought and becoming perhaps to set in his ways.
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To me, Packer was not the same once he was not teamed with Al Mcguire on broadcasts.
 
houstontxbrave said:
What will happen first:

A one hour love athon from Nantz about how important Packer is to basketball or ESPN hiring Packer and pairing him with Vital, Bilas and Digger in studio for the entire tourney :)
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I doubt he'll be paired with Dickie V as they apparently have a long-standing feud.... Besides, their egos would never allow them to work together as neither would be able to shut up long enough to let the other one speak. :lol:
 
tornado said:
Wow, BB, I am impressed (negatively) by that article on ESPN.
For reasons heretofore stated, I guess I fond it a little cheap to have an article about a current topic (Packer being replaced), then tacking on several paragraphs that take swipes and point out the low points in the guy's career from several years ago!

I am by no means a Billy Packer fan, but this is the type of hit-and-run journalism that belongs on an unmoderated message board somewhere!
They even reproduce a comment that was complete hearsay, that Packer supposedly said eight years ago!!
(plus he's already long ago apologized for it and his apology was accepted by the students)
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Sorry, but that is relevant T. He was replaced because people didn't like him, his elitist attitude, and his inaccurate or beyond obvious statements. They pointed out examples of what he did to earn that reputation. That's not drive-by, thats backing up a statement that could be controversial otherwise.
 
tornado said:
They even reproduce a comment that was complete hearsay, that Packer supposedly said eight years ago!!
(plus he's already long ago apologized for it and his apology was accepted by the students)
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Just because something meets the legal definition of "hearsay" and it isn't admissable in a court of law doesn't mean those restrictions apply in the journalism world; that's why they had multiple source independent confirmation. Curious as to why he'd apologize if it didn't happen as implied.....
 
The article is explaining things that those outside of basketball would not know... How he fell from the top, and I see no problem with it, hearsay or otherwise
 
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