(08-06-2022 12:36 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  I'm not a fan of Dick V.'s broadcasting style. But his first game back this past season (and when he got emotional) ... that hit me. Dickie represents college hoops in the 1980s, and there is value in that. I fondly recall the old Big East, Metro Conference, etc., games and the "city teams" of that decade (Georgetown, Cincy, Louisville, Marquette, DePaul, Nova, St. John's, Memphis, the Cuse, Pitt, etc.) DV was on top of it back then.
Vitale seems fully sincere and I respect him for that.

Vitale is sincere, but I've felt he's fallen victim to becoming the "Dickie V" character as years go by. The same could be said for Jim (Mad Money) Cramer.

At its extreme, the character takes over the man. At some point, Archie Leach actually became Cary Grant; there is no Richard Fliehr anymore, just Ric Flair.