Billy Packer did not pull punches, and I respect that.
When I was at WF, I took a gut sociology class entitled something like "Sociology and Sport". The professor lined up Packer to speak for one of the sessions, and Packer started off by talking about his hoop career at WF (he did mention the Final 4) and how he got started in TV; it was entertaining. At the end of his monologue, one of the students asked a question, and Billy started a dialogue with the student; at one point, the kid got a fact wrong about WF basketball history which Billy considered important (IIRC, the student didn't know Lenny Chappell won ACC POY or something like that). Packer became agitated and started grilling the kid along the lines what a law professor does to a 1st year law student (remember this is a gut sociology class). Got to admit, it was entertaining as hell, but painful for the student. After the interrogation ended and the kid slumped in his desk, Packer asked if anyone else had a question, and naturally, everyone else was scared s***less to ask anything else, so then Billy says "OK, I guess I can leave" and he walked out.
A week later, WF played at UNC, and I snuck-in early by waiting for the team bus, grabbing a player's bag (I had classes with Kenny Green, Delaney Rudd and Danny Young; so, they would give me something to carry to make it seem like I belonged; the tricked work at Duke, UNC and UVA) wearing a coat and tie, and walking in with the WF team. Having arrived two hours before the game, I was milling around the court and ran into Packer who was doing the game for Raycom. I went up to Packer and said, "Just want to thank you for speaking to my sociology class last week, I really enjoyed it." Packer replies: "What was the fucking deal with that class? You guys had no fucking clue." I considered attempting to explain how he scared the piss out of the entire class, but realized that the conversation was not going to end well; so, I just said, "Yeah, we aren't teal smart; hope WF can pull it out tonight" and went on my way.
Packer was the bull in the China Shop, but he was one of the few "analysts" that could care less about pissing people off or even being wrong. Miss that especially given the tepid analysis today.