Yeah, not sure if I've told you "all" of these details, but when I was at Lake Brantley in the mid-80s, I (and some of my friends) wrote for the "Brantley Banner" school newspaper. Our advisor was a part-timer at the Sentinel, he usually wrote columns on running (marathons, triathlons, track meets, etc.). So he brought in Bill once to speak to our class, great guy. In my group of friends, we all idolized Bill.
Anyhow, fast forward a couple of years, and a couple of those friends went on to write for The Independent Alligator at UF. One went into college teaching (English) and the other became a sportswriter for the Sentinel. Initially, they gave him the Gaytor beat (right when Spurrier took over), and later he got the Jags (right after they entered the NFL), plus he covered NASCAR, so he basically got everything outside of Orlando (except for the Bucs). Anyhow, he got the privilege and honor to work with Bill and never had a bad word to say about him.
They don't make sportswriters like Bill Buchalter (or Jerry Greene) anymore. And for the love of God, Bianchi and Whitley couldn't carry Buchalter's jock.