When I hear Vitale its like Charlie Brown listening to his teachers voice. All I hear is Waaa, Waaa, Waaa!!!
Yeah... I'm going to have to go ahead and ahh disagree with you there
I think the guy is a legend.
Please. College basketball would be every bit as popular with or without Dick Vitale.I know there are a lot of Vitale haters, but college basketball wouldn't be what it is today without him.
I know there are a lot of Vitale haters, but college basketball wouldn't be what it is today without him. He helped elevate the game to what it is now and no one truly loves college hoops more than that old, crazy, bald guy. I hope someday I can get paid millions for taking off the filter and just doing what I love like Dicky V does. I think the guy is a legend.
Please. College basketball would be every bit as popular with or without Dick Vitale.
Best.
Sport.
Ever.
Among the hard-core fans college basketball would be just as popular without Vitale. With the other 80% of Americans, you ask them what they know about college hoops and one of the top 5 things is Dicky V. Whether you like him or not, he's done a TON for the sport.
It's also important to remember that Vitale wasn't always a nut. Listen to him do games in the eighties and early nineties and he was an excellent announcer. You can find him on ESPN Classic every day to make your own opinion.
Tough to argue with that, and this is coming from someone who doesn't enjoy Vitale's act.
Please. College basketball would be every bit as popular with or without Dick Vitale.
Best.
Sport.
Ever.
I think you could probably make the argument that Vitale has contributed in a small amount to the popularity of college hoops. Not in a huge manner or anything, but college basketball is better off for having Vitale around for the last 30 years.
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It's also important to remember that Vitale wasn't always a nut. Listen to him do games in the eighties and early nineties and he was an excellent announcer. You can find him on ESPN Classic every day to make your own opinion.
I'm certainly willing to concede that Dick Vitale has contributed "a small amount to the popularity of college hoops."
[sorry, couldn't resist]
I appreciate your impassioned case, but there's lots of hyperbole you've thrown in there. 80%? Top 5 thing? Based upon what? That sounds like YOUR opinion, DeGrozz--which is fine; everybody is entitled to their opinion, I just happen to disagree about Vitale and his "importance" to the game of college basketball. Institution--probably. Important--I'm not convinced, and lean against it.
I'll also contend that Vitale has always been a goofball. I agree that it wasn't until more recently that he de-evolved into this dopey caricature of himself that he's become in recent years, but he's always been wacky to varying degrees. I have literally dozens of SU games on tape dating back to the 80s [and my father and I are SU hoops nerds to the extent that we actually WATCH them with some regularity... : ) ], and Vitale is the announcer on more than a few, so my opinion of his style is based upon historical baseline--I'm not sure that I'd categorize him as an "excellent" announcer even back then, but to each their own.
Dick Vitale does more for college basketball than anyone ever has, other than Naismith and (maybe) Wooden. I'd put Wooden and Vitale even, actually.
Love Vitale, there will never be another.
Dick Vitale does more for college basketball than anyone ever has, other than Naismith and (maybe) Wooden. I'd put Wooden and Vitale even, actually.
I'm sorry that my "impassioned" case would create such a "whiny" response from you. You don't become a household name, yet alone one of the biggest household names in sports without being important to your game. But I'm sure you can name scores of people who are bigger names in college basketball than Dick Vitale.
He's still one of the most recognizable names in college hoops today. You don't do that without being important to the game.
Who in the media besides Madden and the NFL has been more closely tied to a game on a bigger stage for a longer period of time than Dick Vitale?
Dick Vitale does more for college basketball than anyone ever has, other than Naismith and (maybe) Wooden. I'd put Wooden and Vitale even, actually.
Okay--I'll bite.
Such as?
No offense--I get that people enjoy his enthusiasm, but hyperbole aside, statements like the above are baffling to me. He's a second rate announcer who came up with a unique schtick.
Okay--I'll bite.
Such as?
No offense--I get that people enjoy his enthusiasm, but hyperbole aside, statements like the above are baffling to me. He's a second rate announcer who came up with a unique schtick.
Like I said -- ESPN...Welcome to McDonalds, may I help you?