Richard Deitch
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They wanted to keep their talent, um, very specific to their mediums and they've gotten better at this.
I think they now realize that all publicity is good publicity.
And if you allow your talent to go on another network, it's just going to end up being good publicity for you.
It also helps, um, with your own talent relations.
It makes your talent happy.
So I'm glad that by talent Barkley got to do a game together.
Like, honestly, would I want those guys to do a full season together?
No, like to be very blunt, like I,
At a certain point with Vital, and this was even Vital on his prime, it's very good for me in doses, but I wouldn't want an entire season of the sort of over-the-top histrionics and the love affair from Mike Krzyzewski.
At a certain point, it's a little painful for me.
I do love Barkley, though.
I like seeing him on different outlets, so I thought that was cool.
In terms of the tournament itself...
I think CBS and Turner now – and I wouldn't say they're on autopilot, but I really think they do a very good job on the production.
Like the tournament just like is really, really fun to watch.
They don't miss calls.
It's – they have a great feel of sort of when to show the crowd.
when to show the game.
And also, I think they have their best group of broadcasters in terms of the teams that I've ever seen.
There's really not.