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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
It's my opinion of his announcing schtick. He's like a screech owl on meth. Fingernails on a blackboard imo, and in the opinion of quite a few others that I have read also. His worn-out and hackneyed phrases add absolutely nothing to a game but aggravation, also imo.
What he does in his personal life is completely different than what he does in his professional life, and that's the way that he also should be judged. He might be Mother Teresa away from a microphone, but I'm not commenting on that part of his life. It's his announcing solely that grates on my nerves.
Add you can add Billy Packer to that group also. Again, that's just my opinion.
Fourteen thumbs down for the clowns. Mute 'em! Mute 'em, I say!
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I think schtick is a good description here. Vitale obviously chooses to come off this way, which some people must like, but I personally do not. The term
"diaper dandy" seemed silly the first time, and it has really worn thin since. Packer, on the other hand, tries to come off straight, but his delivery is often warped by glaring fundamental errors of simple basketball rules .
To each his own, I suppose.