Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
College Basketball commentator Dick Vitale was very hypocritical and vocal about the Will Wade situation during an interview with Jordy Cullota and T-Bob Hebert on "Off-The-Bench" on 104.5 Baton Rouge radio Monday morning.

Vitale came out hot and made a long statement before taking his first question, mainly talking about himself and his career, awards, and reputation.

When asked about other schools and coaches who have found themselves in the same situation, Vitale never wanted to play ball and mainly offered up excuses.

You can listen to the interview here.



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Dickie V is much too emotional to be using any brain cells whatsoever.
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cheeser74 months
I almost got a clean shot on him 49 years ago at merlot's .I was led away by 2 of NO's finest. And still i say frick HIM
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LSUMANINVA74 months
The best way to get under his skin is to win.
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HC8774 months
Beat his darling Duke team next weekend and he'll likely stroke-out. GT!
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Jaydeaux74 months
That and keep on his arse on twitter. Its pretty clear he’s rattled by the tweets
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Gondor74 months
OK, my dream is for LSU to beat Duke and Smart to have an awesome game 30+ points. Dick (I don't call him Dickee anymore) goes to interview after the game and Smart just looks at him turns and walks away. That would be classic.
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TampaTiger2274 months
The loudest talker is always full of shite.
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ApexTiger74 months
Just because he's been on the air for 45 years, doesn't give him privilege to be a hypocrite and he is being one 100%. He assumes Will Wade is guilty of paying players, throws him under the buss, LSU caves to public pressure and suspends Wade...2 weeks later, Vitale is tweeting that Players should get paid. Who does one reconcile these statements? He's indignant about sides of the coin...and let's not forget, nothing has been proven or even alleged..LSU and Wade are not under an investigation...only a public persecution from Vitale
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DVinBR74 months
i think dementia may be starting to creep in on him
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jptiger200974 months
In the end, this will be the only excuse
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Yeahright74 months
He definitely doesn't have dementia. He talks too well for that. He has "selective memory" so he can feel good about himself.
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DrSteveBrule74 months
It's obvious to anyone with a brain that Pitino knew what was going on at his program, so it's ok for him to just deny, deny? "I didn't know what was going on", well if that's true then you should have, and Dick Vitale is a complete hypocrite to say that's ok but to come at Will Wade as hard as he has
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BayouBengal9974 months
WOW, well my opinion about Dick is now worse than before not better. He denies all probability with any other coach or school yet he will slam LSU and WW for the exact same probability. Actually there's more evidence and proof from these other schools perspective then there is LSU. This guy is so full of dodo. This guy is no different then CNN, MSNBC and the rest of the leftest agenda driven networks out there pumping out narratives pushed by someone above them. I assure you this was a collaborated effort by the national media to take down WW and LSU. This guy doesn't give two shits about LSU or it's program unless it's to take it down. He even mentions that its a bad look for LSU and public opinion is already negative. That WAS the "PLAN". It's an awful look by this guy and the sports media. Like I mentioned yesterday Dicky V your Karma will come full circle and I predict something awful happening to this guy in the future, near or far.
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justustm274 months
"This guy is no different then CNN, MSNBC and the rest of the leftest agenda driven networks.." I was with you until this nonsense. Guess you are looking for "Fair and Balanced", Fox News, InfoWars, Breitbart, the right wing agenda driven networks.
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Pianoman74 months
You are exactly right about the parallel between this old dude and CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC. You're guilty until proven innocent if want you to be. Look what they did to Trump for the past two years, lying about him colluding with Russia, all the while ignoring the real collusion and classified document mishandling by Hillary Clinton. Many lives were ruined in the process, but a day of reckoning is coming.
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Black n Gold74 months
Did he drop the "You People" line?
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Obvious he is Cajophobic.
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Jaydeaux74 months
Yes he actually said exactly that
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Big EZ Tiger74 months
Too bad they didn't have a black guest in the studio so he could have said, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU PEOPLE??!" when Dickie V blabbered that.
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Tiger242474 months
He only exploded when he dodged answering questions, which for the most part was the entire interview.
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BayouBengal9974 months
Great attempt at an interview with a bully. That's all this guy is. He basically said all LSU representatives have no intelligence. The more he talked the more desperate he got. What a awful human being and I have zero respect for this man now. I honestly loved Dick V. at one time and now his true colors are out in the open. It's all about channeling money in the direction they want the money to channel. They had to kill the beast before it woke up and they are still taking shots at it. Don't let this moron fool you, he's taking orders from someone higher than himself. No Dick you don't win all those awards by toeing the honest/integrity line, you make it by marching to the orders of the $$$$$$$ man. That's who you are and will always be. See I'll be in one place when I rest and you'll be in another. Just because you keep the $$$$$$$ man happy doesn't mean you're for the right side pal. You're doomed Dick V. That's who you are.
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jdd4874 months
What is this guy's agenda against LSU? He's on a mission with this shite.
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UptownnMike74 months
Did we ever figure out what Jordy agreed with Dick on?
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rsylve74 months
It was the clip where Dick indicated if a low ranked player got paid what do you think the top prospects are getting paid.
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KingBarkus74 months
I listened. Vitale has deemed Wade guilty, but when his friends are involved (Pitino, Coach K, Self, Calipari), it's the system that needs to be reformed. Why not blame the system in Wade's case? If you are going to pass judgement on Wade, where is the judgement for Pitino, Pearl, etc?
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theOG74 months
Jesus Christ, he's gone off the deep end.
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XbengalTiger74 months
Vitale can DIAF. He is a total hypocrite and has lost all credibility.
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SomeLSUguy74 months
He can also STTD
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HollierThanThou74 months
I'm not a conspiracy theorist but this dude has an agenda. Christ
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Fenwick8674 months
LSU is getting scapegoated by a bias national sports media. LSU is not a media darling, it's a punching bag for the sanctimonious. That is not a conspiracy, it's the reality. The entire coverage of the FBI wiretap, not from just Bilas or Vitale, proves it undeniably.
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CalTiger5374 months
He never answered the question if he heard the tape. He sounds like a member of mafia
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TaderSalad74 months
LSU fans need to file a lawsuit against Vitale whatever the outcome is of the WW debacle. Any OT lawyers want to represent? Sue this a-hole into non-existence.
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atltiger648774 months
sue for what?
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LoveThatMoney74 months
This is absolutely hilarious. It is complete hypocrisy and LSU fans called him on it. The result is he can't let it go. It's pissed him off that he's been held to account for his hypocrisy. He came on this local radio show thinking he'd slap around a couple doofuses and return to his day. This is now national news. He's embarrassed as frick and he should be. His entire brand is going up in smoke as it becomes clear that he's favoring the bluebloods and can't face criticism. Look in the mirror? frick you, Dick. You look in the mirror. Will Wade is on a federal wire tap talking about an offer. We have no idea what that offer was. Could it be about money or a job? Sure. Could it be about something else? Sure. But to mischaracterize it as Will Wade "buying players," at least as definitively as he did, is fricking shameful. He hasn't heard the tape. He has no more information than we do. And yet Will Wade is buying players. This dude needs to get absolutely lampooned and lambasted all over sports media. He's a fricking clown. Talking all this shite about Will Wade when his boys are over there on record, too, for paying players and their families with evidence that is FAR LESS circumstantial. Go frick yourself, Dick, you fricking self-righteous, Pitino dick sucking, flamboyant arse clown.
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madddoggydawg74 months
“We have no idea what that offer was.” You had a good point until this.
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LoveThatMoney74 months
Do YOU know what the offer was? I'll hang up and listen.
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pellietigersaint74 months
he needs to be in a geriatric mental home. he needs an IV drip of Ativan, perhaps some 4 point restraints. he's a freaking loonatic.
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