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04-16-2009, 09:51 AM
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http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/04/16/john-madden-retires/
...yeah, he could be annoying, but no Madden during an NFL season...it just won't SOUND right... 
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04-16-2009, 09:59 AM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | 'Tis a sad, sad day in the NFL. 
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania  Strange to say it... but Perry is a man who understands. | Quote:
Originally Posted by macaroni tony Back in the day, I thought I was hard. I think we all know I was pretty much lying to myself  | |
04-16-2009, 10:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NY / NJ / PA | | | wow,
first kalas (RIP), and now madden stepping down... its the end of an era. |
04-16-2009, 10:55 AM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Read that this morning. Interesting timing. Then again, pretty fitting for Madden. If he'd announced it before this last season we'd have seen tributes and a big farewell ceremony and none of that seems very John Madden to me.
Unlike a lot of the seemingly phony statements when guys retire from coaching or broadcasting to "spend more time with their family" etc, I really believe every word in that report. You can say what you want about his performance in the broadcast booth, but there is no doubt about his passion for football. |
04-16-2009, 10:56 AM
| | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBigO Read that this morning. Interesting timing. Then again, pretty fitting for Madden. If he'd announced it before this last season we'd have seen tributes and a big farewell ceremony and none of that seems very John Madden to me.
Unlike a lot of the seemingly phony statements when guys retire from coaching or broadcasting to "spend more time with their family" etc, I really believe every word in that report. You can say what you want about his performance in the broadcast booth, but there is no doubt about his passion for football. | Agree.
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania Strange to say it... but Perry is a man who understands. | Quote:
Originally Posted by macaroni tony Back in the day, I thought I was hard. I think we all know I was pretty much lying to myself | |
04-16-2009, 11:15 AM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | It'll definitely be weird. The guy's been in the booth pretty much my whole life.
You know what -- he never really bugged me. Joe Buck on the other hand . . .
I'll miss him but at 73 it just may be time to hang it up.
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04-16-2009, 11:21 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I don't feel so bad about this. I feel like he lost his edge a few years ago. Seemed like he was coasting on his rep and was more of an "act" recently. Like it was a canned presentation.
-Mike |
04-16-2009, 11:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rice Lake, WI | | | I bet Bret Favre retiring has something to do with it...
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04-16-2009, 11:23 AM
| | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 I don't feel so bad about this. I feel like he lost his edge a few years ago. Seemed like he was coasting on his rep and was more of an "act" recently. Like it was a canned presentation.
-Mike | Really? I never got that impression.
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania Strange to say it... but Perry is a man who understands. | Quote:
Originally Posted by macaroni tony Back in the day, I thought I was hard. I think we all know I was pretty much lying to myself | |
04-16-2009, 11:24 AM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPookie You know what -- he never really bugged me. Joe Buck on the other hand . . . | I always liked when Madden was calling games. He was just fun. And they paired him with guys (Michaels, Summerall) who complimented him perfectly IMO.
And I don't want to derail this conversation, but I don't like Joe Buck at all. Both he AND Costas should stick to baseball. But nobody was worse than last year when Mike & Mike from ESPN called a game with Ditka. Iron Mike was fine, but the other two should never be allowed in a booth again.
Rumor has it that Collinsworth is up for Madden's now vacant spot. I think that would be a solid choice. |
04-16-2009, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric618 Really? I never got that impression. | No, I just made that up to present a different opinion since everyone was on the "oh bummer he is gone" bandwagon.
-Mike |
04-16-2009, 11:26 AM
| | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 No, I just made that up to present a different opinion since everyone was on the "oh bummer he is gone" bandwagon.
-Mike | Haha! Jackass!
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Originally Posted by macaroni tony Back in the day, I thought I was hard. I think we all know I was pretty much lying to myself | |
04-16-2009, 11:31 AM
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04-16-2009, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Carlo Tanori | Hopefully he disappears. And takes Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia and Larry the Cable Guy with him. |
04-16-2009, 11:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | This guy defines NFL. I'm not a fan by any means but I have a ton of respect for Madden. |
04-16-2009, 12:14 PM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | I listen to him just about every day on KCBS and will really miss him during NFL broadcasts. He just seems like a wonderful guy, and I hope he has a blast on the golf course...and in the steakhouse. |
04-16-2009, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: cincinnati | | | he annoyed the crap out of me. he knows his stuff.. and i will never discredit him in any way for that.. but like mentioned above, it seemed like he was there out of tradition, not for his football prowess.
like dick clark or bob barker.. its just an act at this point.
and im sure when brett farve retired for the first time, john had a stroke. the second time.. he likely just couldnt take any more.
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04-16-2009, 12:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | | how about Chris Kattan |
04-16-2009, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO I always liked when Madden was calling games. He was just fun. And they paired him with guys (Michaels, Summerall) who complimented him perfectly IMO.
And I don't want to derail this conversation, but I don't like Joe Buck at all. Both he AND Costas should stick to baseball. But nobody was worse than last year when Mike & Mike from ESPN called a game with Ditka. Iron Mike was fine, but the other two should never be allowed in a booth again.
Rumor has it that Collinsworth is up for Madden's now vacant spot. I think that would be a solid choice. | Ugh...Collinsworth? I hope not...  ...too whiny for me...
On the topic of guys you can't stand calling games: Will someone PLEASE shut Troy Aikman up? What a nimrod...he has to be the WORST color commentator ever...
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04-16-2009, 01:47 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | All I can say is that I hope the door doesn't bump him on the ass too hard on the way out. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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