Bobby Knight and Others

Many many many sports reporters and other notable people in the sports industry make their picks for the NCAA champion and fill out a bracket that they let everyone else see. They make many bold predictions, because bold predictions get you noticed, safe ones do not. This goes the same with all sports. My question is, how come we don't hold them accountable for these bold predictions. If they make a prediction, and it turns out to be the complete horseshit we originally thought it should be, shouldn't they lose their job or suffer some sort of consequence? They should at least have to endure some sort of humiliation.
Take these two items for example. On TNT to start the NBA season, Charles Barkley said the Cavs wouldn't make the playoffs. The team that won the Eastern Conference last year wouldn't even make the playoffs this year. As it sits now they are easily one of the best teams in the East and are seeded 4th out of 8 playoff teams, very similar to where they are last year. I already didn't respect his opinion before this, but shouldn't we and many others hold him accountable for this? He made a statement meant only to garner attention and tried to pass it off as an objective opinion. What a moron, in my opinion, he shouldn't have a job. My second example is Bobby Knight. He hated the media as a coach and has now joined them. Then ESPN had all sorts of build-up to him picking Pitt to win the NCAA championship. Then they lost in the 2nd round. Now they are still having all sorts of buildup to Bobby Knight picking the Sweet 16. Shouldn't we already assume he knows absolutely nothing about what is going to happen since the team he picked to win it all only won 1 game instead of the required 6? Why would I care what he has to say now? Why does he still have credibility?
Anyway, this always brings me back to my same point that people like Charles Barkley and Bob Knight and Lou Holtz who are no damn good as sports reporters or TV analysts shouldn't have jobs. They played or coached in a sport and made a hell of a lot of money doing it. Those jobs should now go to those who studied or earned their way up the ranks in the sports analyst world. They would do a much better job, and we wouldn't get spit on by Lou Holtz.