Then there's Packer. This columnist from Sports Illustrated wrote a great column on Packer. Take a look at a few excerpts:
It's easy to be critical of Packer's commentary, but it's impossible to slam him for being biased or partial. He hates everything and every team with seemingly genuine equality. Despite living every fan's dream, being paid to watch the best basketball games in the country from a front-row seat, Packer last praised a play in 1965. Since then, it's been nothing but "questionable decisions" and "shaky coaching."
Nothing seems too ridiculous to be a target of his rants. Packer could rip the Globetrotters for their lack of fundamentals. You can almost hear him say, "Now I'm all for dunking off a ladder and a trampoline, but you have to put it down with two hands. James Naismith must be rolling in his grave. And that bucket of confetti? This is a travesty!"
It would be interesting to see if Packer openly takes these kinds of shots at everyone. Does he take waitresses aside and tell them they'll never be great if they don't learn how to move without the order? When a mechanic messes up an oil change, does he console the young man and tell him it's not his fault he received subpar coaching at JiffyLube? Hopefully his wife has just given up on trying to cook a dinner that doesn't receive one of Packer's famous, "I just don't see how what she was thinking here. Mashed potatoes AND rice? Let's go back to the drawing board with these starches." No one would be surprised if Packer had been banished to eating at Denny's every night for the last 20 years, where the wait staff has become accustomed to him yelling, "You call this coffee?! This will NOT WORK as coffee!"
Get ready for your fill of the crabby CBS broadcaster
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