Now that he's retired......

[Jesus_hurley]

I actually was amused at what Billy Packer has to say (or at least in this case). Don't stone me till you read it:
http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2011 ... um=twitter

Packer spoke highly of North Carolina coach Roy Williams. But Packer doesn't think much of the roster Williams has put together.

"They can get good recruits, but I think that the selection has to be questionable a little bit -- to get so many kids that have minimal basketball IQ's and are not athletically rugged is not a good combination,'' Packer said. "Last year's team, of all North Carolina teams that maybe I have ever seen, lacked basketball IQ and you know when you've got a coach that's cerebral like Roy that runs a sophisticated system, and you're putting a system in for guys with low basketball IQs, you're facing disaster.''

Packer isn't particularly enamored of this year's team, either. He believes too much pressure has been placed on freshman Harrison Barnes who, despite his struggles, should have had the opportunity to bypass college for the NBA anyway. Packer would like to see the one-and-done rule eliminated by the NBA, but with a caveat.

[Bob Green]

Thanks for posting the link as I enjoyed the article. In my youth, Billy Packer and Jim Thatcher were the broadcast team for the ACC Game of the Week with the Iconic Pilot Life ditty. I have a lot of fond memories but the problem I've always had with Packer is once he went national he seemed to forget where he came from in that he came across as very negative toward the ACC. Personally, I always liked Al Maguire as a color commentator and Al was a guy most ACC fans despised.

Bob

p.s. Bones McKinney was also a member of the ACC Game of the Week broadcast team as a sort of sideline commentator/interviewer way before the days when the powers to be decided to stick attractive females in that role.

[devildeac]

I actually was amused at what Billy Packer has to say (or at least in this case). Don't stone me till you read it:
http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2011 ... um=twitter

Packer spoke highly of North Carolina coach Roy Williams. But Packer doesn't think much of the roster Williams has put together.

"They can get good recruits, but I think that the selection has to be questionable a little bit -- to get so many kids that have minimal basketball IQ's and are not athletically rugged is not a good combination,'' Packer said. "Last year's team, of all North Carolina teams that maybe I have ever seen, lacked basketball IQ and you know when you've got a coach that's cerebral like Roy that runs a sophisticated system, and you're putting a system in for guys with low basketball IQs, you're facing disaster.''

Packer isn't particularly enamored of this year's team, either. He believes too much pressure has been placed on freshman Harrison Barnes who, despite his struggles, should have had the opportunity to bypass college for the NBA anyway. Packer would like to see the one-and-done rule eliminated by the NBA, but with a caveat.

I stopped reading when Pecker used cerebral, Roy and sophisticated all in the same sentence.