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Sad to see him go.seems like I grew up listening to him.
he was still my favorite.
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Sad to see him go.seems like I grew up listening to him.
he was still my favorite.
Biased.....to much man love. Brady, Farve or Manning = Man love all over the place.
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Biased.....to much man love. Brady, Farve or Manning = Man love all over the place.
LOL
The last 10 years have been awful
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I'd still have athletes foot if not for John Madden.
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LOL
The last 10 years have been awful
Agreed, he was horrible. The only one that sucks more is Kornheiser.
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ill be honest i will miss his retarded comments, all in all it was good natured fun to make fun of him so we will be missing out on that.
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Gonna completely miss the guy... There will never be anyone better.
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BOOM
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He was great during the 90's. Watching NFL network and watching some of those classic games between the Cowboys and Packers, Cowboys and 49ers, Packers and 49ers, Prime-time NFC East games.....Good stuff. Madden and Sumerall were great.
But the last 10 years have been awful like Body88 said.
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Agreed, he was horrible. The only one that sucks more is Kornheiser.
Who would be a good replacement for Kornheiser?? He needs to go. He looks nothing resembling a former athlete in any way. Would it be so bad to find another qualified sports announcer that can match Jaworski's level?
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Will miss him. Definitely my all-time favorite football color commentator.
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Bring back Dennis Miller.
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Bring back Dennis Miller.
is that a joke?
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He was great during the 90's. Watching NFL network and watching some of those classic games between the Cowboys and Packers, Cowboys and 49ers, Packers and 49ers, Prime-time NFC East games.....Good stuff. Madden and Sumerall were great.
But the last 10 years have been awful like Body88 said.
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I liked him during the 80's as well...before he went overboard drawing lines all over the screen. These last few years, he has tended to only speak the obvious (Frank Caliendo did great imitations..."ya see, the team that scores the most points, wins the game ya see...BRETT FAVRE!!!!!").
Madden and Summerall were great together.
The good news is now John can post more on GetBig.
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Madden is the biggest shill I ever heard
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What a great career. Coaching and broadcasting. He did become a parody of himself the last few years.
You know, growing up one of my favorite announcing combos was Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen doing AFC West games. Being a huge Chargers fan, them calling a SD game is something that will always stick with me. So many great match-ups....that division was loaded then...Den, SD, Sea, Oak and KC....
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What a great career. Coaching and broadcasting. He did become a parody of himself the last few years.
You know, growing up one of my favorite announcing combos was Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen doing AFC West games. Being a huge Chargers fan, them calling a SD game is something that will always stick with me. So many great match-ups....that division was loaded then...Den, SD, Sea, Oak and KC....
I was the opposite.always a NFC east fan so I grew up listening to Madden.I even liked him at the end.
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I was the opposite.always a NFC east fan so I grew up listening to Madden.I even liked him at the end.
madden and the goat, summerall 8)
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What a great career. Coaching and broadcasting. He did become a parody of himself the last few years.
You know, growing up one of my favorite announcing combos was Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen doing AFC West games. Being a huge Chargers fan, them calling a SD game is something that will always stick with me. So many great match-ups....that division was loaded then...Den, SD, Sea, Oak and KC....
Yeah, I liked Dick Enberg with his 'OH MY!" catchphrase.
As far as college football goes, nothing beats Keith Jackson. I miss listening to him during big college games.
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Who would be a good replacement for Kornheiser?? He needs to go. He looks nothing resembling a former athlete in any way. Would it be so bad to find another qualified sports announcer that can match Jaworski's level?
Thats a good question. I really like Trent Dilfer. Good choice there. Or even Billick.
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He can focus his time and make Madden 10' better!
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He can focus his time and make Madden 10' better!
You know, minus some voice overs... He really doesn't make Madden.
We do.
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You know, minus some voice overs... He really doesn't make Madden.
We do.
Yea, well, that may be true but i am the best at it.
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Yea, well, that may be true but i am the best at it.
:D
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:D
PS3 ;D ;) I can own you with Detroit
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PS3 ;D ;) I can own you with Detroit
I seriously doubt that... I only play NHL09 on my PS3... It doesn't have any other use for me right now.
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I seriously doubt that... I only play NHL09 on my PS3... It doesn't have any other use for me right now.
I play that also and i play with my DETROIT RED WINGS!!
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Peter King's comments on Madden. I have to agree that few have had a greater impact on the game than Madden:
Madden's legend in NFL unmatched
I learned the secret of John Madden's success in a little diner -- more like a Big Boy-type restaurant -- in Elko, Nev., just off Interstate 80 in the fall of 1990. Understand that Elko, like all of the middling towns in Nevada, I suppose, has a gambling operation. And in the back of this little place where the locals and just-passin'-through travelers were having dinner one Tuesday night in November, in walked Madden, the larger-than-life television voice of the National Football League.
Madden was taking his bus cross-country from the Bay Area to New York for a Giants game that weekend, and this restaurant was the dinner stop seven hours into the trip. Well, there was a bit of a hubbub, and a few knowing nods Madden's way, and when he'd finished eating, a fellow came up to him and introduced himself. Said he was from Wisconsin, and asked, "Who do you like in the Packers-Lions game this weekend?''
"Packers,'' Madden said, and he threw out a few generic, friendly reasons why.
A few minutes later, just before Madden climbed aboard the bus to continue the trip east, a few more fans approached, said hello, and conversed. One fellow asked about the very same game that weekend, Lions-Packers, and Madden asked where he was from. "Ann Arbor,'' the man said.
"I like the Lions,'' he said.
I did a double-take.
"Hey,'' he said when we got on the bus, "I don't know who's going to win these games. No one does. Why not make these people feel good about their teams and about the game Sunday? And the truth is, I think both teams can win.''
Madden, who retired this morning, spent his life making us feel good about the biggest game in America, week after week, year after year. It's a shame he's retiring, because he's still very definitely on his game -- and I don't say that just because his employer, NBC, also employs me.
Watching a DVD copy of NBC's Super Bowl XLIII telecast a week after the game to see the amazing Ben Roethlisberger-led drive over and over, I noticed that Madden's zeal was still there, as were the knowledgeable tidbits that were his trademark over the years. After Roethlisberger's winning touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes, Madden raised his voice a few octaves higher than I'd heard it in a while and said, "Unbelievable!''
I remarked to NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol after watching the game, "Madden got so excited on that last drive.'' Ebersol knew. That's why he'd hired Madden in the first place three years ago, even when some in the business were telling him to develop his own star announcing team instead of Al Michaels and Madden. There will be time for that, Ebersol said. But he wanted the best in the business, and that's what he got in Madden and Michaels.
Madden's legacy is enormous. When the Hall of Fame voters (I am one) selected him to enshrinement two years ago, I remember thinking how hard it was to pigeonhole Madden's impact on the game. He could go in on his coaching career alone; his 10-year record, with a Super Bowl victory, will survive as one of the best of all-time. Who wins 76 percent of the games he coaches during the regular season? No one. Not Lombardi, not Walsh, not Belichick, not Noll.
Madden's a Hall of Famer on his post-career impact alone, I believe. He'll not only go down as the best colorman of all time, but I think his video game is responsible for making kids who might have turned to soccer or skateboarding turn into football fans. Madden didn't invent the game, but his shtick and his persona helped make it the most popular game in America.
In our lifetime, who has done three things at an iconic level? I can't think of another person alive, other than Madden, who has.
One more thing: you can take it to the bank that Madden was not pushed out. I've got some inside knowledge on this I cannot share in detail, but I can tell you with absolute certainty the network not only was planning for Madden to return and for Cris Collinsworth to stay in the Sunday night studio, but also was hoping for Madden to stay into the future. So if you hear anything about Madden being pushed out, you can be sure it's a lie.
Madden will be missed, but we've seen too many people who die too young, who likely would have wanted a few years to do what they wanted, when they wanted. Good for Madden. Bad for us.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/04/16/madden/index.html
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I always thought Peter King was a fat shill. I appreciate all of Madden's accomplishments, though.
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Madden was good for a long while but stayed too long.
Most TV announcers today are crap. Either they haven't played and don't quite get it or they're ex-players and not articulate or paper over things, like Simms. Michaels is one of the worst, the hype is tremendous. Listen carefully and notice that the old coot's always about a second behind the action.
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the greatest play in history, the Immaculate Reception still has him feeling owned 30 years later
must have hurt him to call 2 more steelers super bowl wins 8)
ps he retired because brett favre retired
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i heard Collinsworth might replace him, we'll see. im glad to see Madden go. his shtick got real old with me all the "boom!" and love for Farve was irritating. he never said anything that made the game better IMO.
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I can grant that it may have been time for Madden to retire, but Collinsworth, whom I respect as a former ballplayer, annoys me intensely as a broadcaster.
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I can grant that it may have been time for Madden to retire, but Collinsworth, whom I respect as a former ballplayer, annoys me intensely as a broadcaster.
Tell me about it. I can't stand Collinsworth as a color commentator. Very irritating. I'd rather see someone like Aikman replace Madden.
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Tell me about it. I can't stand Collinsworth as a color commentator. Very irritating. I'd rather see someone like Aikman replace Madden.
Aikman was a very pleasant surprise to me. He is even-handed and knowledgable, plus his voice doesn't make me want to kill myself.