They say the dumbest things.

[tomegun]

Since there are so many tournament games, many announcers/analysts are working that normally wouldn't be. Even though the normal guys really say some dumb stuff, these guys are trying to make their mark and are really raising the bar with idiotic comments.
Yesterday one of them was speaking about a fast guard and said something like, "He can go from zero to 60 in .1 (or point something) seconds." Is that the best thing you can come up with to describe a fast/quick player?

Did anyone else hear this or anything else stupid?

[cmathews]

not that they don't say stupid things, but I am not buying that they have more than the norm group of morons assigned this week. On any given Saturday there are more games in more locations than right now. They may have more games, but they have 2 games per location don't they? So out of 16 games yesterday, at most there were 8 locations. How many Saturdays have you seen at least 8 different games televised?

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by cmathews

not that they don't say stupid things, but I am not buying that they have more than the norm group of morons assigned this week. On any given Saturday there are more games in more locations than right now. They may have more games, but they have 2 games per location don't they? So out of 16 games yesterday, at most there were 8 locations. How many Saturdays have you seen at least 8 different games televised?

Right...but, they also have all the first round games today, so that's another group of announcers...and they aren't travelling, because the ones who announced yesterday have to be at the same location tomorrow...so there are more being used. Some of them yesterday were people I have never heard before - maybe because their games weren't televised out here during the season...anyway, it seemed that there were lots of wrong statements yesterday - announcing fouls on violation calls, or fouls on the wrong player, etc...lots of "Check that, the foul was actually on..." types of comments...got kind of annoying.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Since there are so many tournament games, many announcers/analysts are working that normally wouldn't be.

Like...Billy Packer? Oops, sorry.

On a side note, did anyone else see Diebler officiate a game then jump right into the booth to announce the second game?

[Jurassic Referee]

When it comes to rules Billy Packer is the Old School of announcers.

Of course, it's also true that when it comes to rules, Old School is the Billy Packer of officials.

[cmathews]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

When it comes to rules Billy Packer is the Old School of announcers.

Of course, it's also true that when it comes to rules, Old School is the Billy Packer of officials.

has anyone actually seen them in the same place at the same time, or sharing the same rule book??? HMMMMMMMM coincidence?? I think not LOL

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by cmathews

has anyone actually seen them in the same place at the same time, or sharing the same rule book??? HMMMMMMMM coincidence?? I think not LOL

LOL!! Definitely the post of the week!

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

When it comes to rules Billy Packer is the Old School of announcers.

Of course, it's also true that when it comes to rules, Old School is the Billy Packer of officials.

ROFLMAO...

[rainmaker]

"It's not unusual for him to score above his average..."

well, duh!! He's gotta score above his average about half the time!

I know, not necessarily, but on the average, most players will play above their average about half the time... sheez...

[cmathews]

yep you are right Juulie.....you know it would actually be pretty incredible to see a kid averaging 16.4 ppg to actually score right on his average wouldn't it LOL....

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by tjones1

On a side note, did anyone else see Diebler officiate a game then jump right into the booth to announce the second game?

And he did all this while selling popcorn!!!

[Mark Dexter]

My favorite so far has been Billy Packer (at least I think it was Packer saying it - all the announcers blend together this time of year). Any time a guy picks up 2 fouls early in the game, or 3 before the half, he states that they HAVE to leave the game. With his conviction, he's all but saying that it's a rule that you have to sit once you reach a certain number of fouls with a certain time left - not that coaches pull players voluntarily.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

My favorite so far has been Billy Packer (at least I think it was Packer saying it - all the announcers blend together this time of year). Any time a guy picks up 2 fouls early in the game, or 3 before the half, he states that they HAVE to leave the game. With his conviction, he's all but saying that it's a rule that you have to sit once you reach a certain number of fouls with a certain time left - not that coaches pull players voluntarily.

so you didn't hear, "Wendell White needs to come on the floor and expose himself". I think that's gotta be the new acme!

[Mark Dexter]

Billy Packer in the UK/Nova game:

"You can't be in the air and call a timeout. You can have posession and be falling out of bounds and call a timeout, but you can't call one if you're in the air."

Right sentiment, totally wrong application.

[RookieDude]

Originally posted by tjones1
On a side note, did anyone else see Diebler officiate a game then jump right into the booth to announce the second game?

If this really happened...do you officials think this is something that is appropriate.

The reason I ask is...a few years ago, I was officiating at a State Tournament in Tacoma, WA. As I was walking by our local radio guy, he asked me if I wanted to do the game with him. He had an extra pair of headsets and was handing them to me. I just laughed and said, "no thanks...I better not."

It just didn't feel right. Possibly commenting/critiquing teams that I may be officiating later in the tournament.

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