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  1. #781
    Quote Originally Posted by Indoor66 View Post
    The detractors will probably acknowledge that he is an in studio personality. It is the further definition that gets dicey.
    Agreed. Sorry. I have a spotty connection today. Getting my Jay Bilas tramp stamp touched up.

  2. #782
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    See the comments on his tweet where he gets called out for being a homer. I guess you just can't win no matter what.

  3. #783
    Quote Originally Posted by DoubleBlue View Post
    See the comments on his tweet where he gets called out for being a homer. I guess you just can't win no matter what.
    Nobody remembers the constant adulation that Vitale bestowed upon Dean Smith or Roy Williams, or John Calipari, or Rick Pitino or Jim Calhoun or pretty much any coach with a successful career, they only remember that he loved Duke and Coach K.
    Those same goofs will never listen to Bilas the way posters at DBR or TDD do (which is also unbalanced at times), they'll only remember the times he picked Duke to win and say LOL WHAT A HOMER.

    If there's one thing I do find fault with Bilas for, and he wasn't the only one, was setting the template for being the apologetic Duke alumni, player, fan. I get that at the time he was trying to ingratiate himself to a casual audience that in general hated Duke more than loved another team, but it stuck. And it carried over to Seth Davis, and Jay Williams, and even Shane Battier to a degree. I don't recall Redick being sorry for being a former Duke player, but he definitely got grief anytime he tried to defend them.
    I'm so weary of it. I like Duke and I really don't give a wanker if others have a problem with it or not. Thats on them.

  4. #784
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    Quote Originally Posted by Indoor66 View Post
    The detractors will probably acknowledge that he is an in studio personality. It is the further definition that gets dicey.
    I'm just choosing to reply to this particular post instead of the 4-5 others all chortling over this as evidence that somehow contradicts Bilas coming off during in-game broadcasts as a uNC homer, but y'all need to please find any evidence of any of us who find Bilas' in-game commentary to be preposterous also going on to conclude that Bilas hates Duke (or that we hate Bilas, for that matter).

  5. #785
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    Quote Originally Posted by roywhite View Post
    Thanks for posting. We gripe about announcers but there is some quality work represented here.

    But...Kenny Smith?
    Quote Originally Posted by budwom View Post
    Inexplicable. Bumbling fool
    Well, it is an entertainment award, not an award for presenting coherent thoughts.

    I think Kenny Smith is a longshot to win, but if he did, he would be the latest in a line of Emmy-winning "bumbling fool" performers:

    Don Adams, "Get Smart" (1967, 1968, 1969)
    Ted Knight, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1973, 1976)
    John Ritter, "Three's Company" (1984)
    Michael Richards, "Seinfeld" (1993, 1994, 1997)
    John Lithgow, "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996, 1997, 1999)

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    Quote Originally Posted by brevity View Post
    Well, it is an entertainment award, not an award for presenting coherent thoughts.

    I think Kenny Smith is a longshot to win, but if he did, he would be the latest in a line of Emmy-winning "bumbling fool" performers:

    Don Adams, "Get Smart" (1967, 1968, 1969)
    Ted Knight, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1973, 1976)
    John Ritter, "Three's Company" (1984)
    Michael Richards, "Seinfeld" (1993, 1994, 1997)
    John Lithgow, "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996, 1997, 1999)
    Kenny is just acting the bumbling fool?

    What a convincing portrayal.

  7. #787
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    Quote Originally Posted by roywhite View Post
    Kenny is just acting the bumbling fool?

    What a convincing portrayal.
    Everybody plays the fool

  8. #788
    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyNotCrazie View Post
    Everybody plays the fool
    sometime

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyNotCrazie View Post
    Everybody plays the fool
    Quote Originally Posted by missfinch View Post
    sometime
    This is quality. The Main Ingredient of posting, if you will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    This is quality. The Main Ingredient of posting, if you will.
    impressive stuff!

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    This is quality. The Main Ingredient of posting, if you will.
    Sometimes it keeps me Spinning Around.


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    Quote Originally Posted by roywhite View Post
    Kenny is just acting the bumbling fool?

    What a convincing portrayal.
    It's better than you think. Since he actually IS a fool, he is only acting as though he's acting the fool.

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