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[QUOTE="Deepster, post: 4821584, member: 25"]
I don't hate him at all but I think I understand the arc.

When he was starting out and really rising?  There was no one like him in terms of his announcing style AND his level of knowledge.  He knew the X/O piece and the recruiting piece and added a ton, really revolutionizing the role.

He morphed into a cartoon.  Stupid TV ads for pizza chains.  Over the top reactions to anything and everything.  He humped Duke and NC's leg to a point it dented his credibility.  The games he did?  He just waited for any play to drop a "dipsy doo dunkeroo, babeee" and it seem contrived and fake, which was a shame.

I think his arc and health struggles have come back to where people unilaterally appreciate him and are glad he's still doing it.  I have a couple of his books and waited in line to have him autograph them one year in Hartford and he was great to interact with.  I remember him shooting FT's before the UConn/Nova game with Allen/KIttles at Gampel.  He's an icon.....but he definitely had a very cringey, un-credible period of time in the middle there.
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