Billy Packer, CBS parts ways

[Chief]

Sounds like CBS didn't want him anymore.

I don't watch a lot of college basketball and one of the reasons is because I don't like the pompous, know-it-all tone of Packer. He thought he was bigger than the game.

One shining moment? Billy heading out the door.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Sounds like CBS didn't want him anymore.

I don't watch a lot of college basketball and one of the reasons is because I don't like the pompous, know-it-all tone of Packer. He thought he was bigger than the game.

One shining moment? Billy heading out the door.

Maybe CBS will hire Vitale so ESPN's broadcasts will finally be watchable.

 

[Chief]

KU-UNC call Packer's last straw?

Packer, once a relatively non-descript player, made his bones as a college basketball analyst at NBC and CBS because he was smart, quick-witted and informative. As the years passed, however, he grew overbearing, arrogant, condescending, dismissive and petulant. One theory being advanced Monday was that Packer finally went too far during this year's Kansas-North Carolina NCAA semifinal when he declared the game over in the first half. It wasn't viewers he offended, it was network suits. Sure Kansas was up 38-12 at the time; but advertisers, and by extension, network executives don't take kindly to broadcasters who tell viewers there is no reason to watch anymore. Packer should have known better. (Dallas Morning News)