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John Madden to Retire!

mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
edited April 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Thank god!



http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/1 ... index.html


NEW YORK (CNN) -- Legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden is retiring, he announced Thursday.

"It's been such a great ride ... the NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion -- it still is," he said in a statement released by NBC Sports.

Madden, 73, was a Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders, but is best known to millions as an ebullient football commentator.

He won 16 Emmy awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, NBC said.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,773
    i always liked listening to Madden....

    oh well....

    getting old sucks.....................
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    mca47 wrote:
    Thank god!



    http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/1 ... index.html


    NEW YORK (CNN) -- Legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden is retiring, he announced Thursday.

    "It's been such a great ride ... the NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion -- it still is," he said in a statement released by NBC Sports.

    Madden, 73, was a Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders, but is best known to millions as an ebullient football commentator.

    He won 16 Emmy awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, NBC said.

    Are you kidding me! Madden has be the voice of football for 20 years!!!

    Who would you rather have doing a game?
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I wonder if Harry Kalas's death had something to do with it. They were the same age and Kalas had a much more vigorous schedule (doing baseball, NFL Films and NFL games) but it's hard to be on the road so much at that age.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    Now here's a guy who, when he retires, won't be coming to work anymore.
  • OneTooFreeOneTooFree Posts: 265
    Solat13 wrote:
    I wonder if Harry Kalas's death had something to do with it. They were the same age and Kalas had a much more vigorous schedule (doing baseball, NFL Films and NFL games) but it's hard to be on the road so much at that age.

    i'm sure it had something to do w/ it


    i hope Aikman follows suit sooner rather than later...
  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    Rygar wrote:
    Now here's a guy who, when he retires, won't be coming to work anymore.
    :lol:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITZCr6gR8gA
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    Wow. It's time, but I am going to miss him. Madden and Summeral were fantastic.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    yellowporch wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    Now here's a guy who, when he retires, won't be coming to work anymore.
    :lol:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITZCr6gR8gA
    hehe
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBW7ysPcbT0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnrPJSXWqsg
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Check this clip out! Madden is a legend!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    Rygar wrote:
    Now here's a guy who, when he retires, won't be coming to work anymore.

    AHHH HA HA HA

    i'll miss his awesome, sometimes-jumbly commentary...he was the best!
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  • yellowporchyellowporch Posts: 510
    Rygar wrote:
    yellowporch wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    Now here's a guy who, when he retires, won't be coming to work anymore.
    :lol:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITZCr6gR8gA
    hehe
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBW7ysPcbT0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnrPJSXWqsg

    man caliendo is so good..that guy has a gift-
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Summeral and Madden were a dream team. Happy Trails in retirement, John
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  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    tybird wrote:
    Summeral and Madden were a dream team. Happy Trails in retirement, John

    +1
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    stickfig13 wrote:

    Who would you rather have doing a game?

    Anyone else!


    Well, that's not true. There are some horrible color guys in football. That said, I never liked Madden.
    Between his incoherent babbling, his incomplete sentences, his made up words, and his gay love affair for Brett Favre I'm glad he's leaving.


    That said, does anyone else think it's a coincidence that Madden is retiring the same year Brett Favre decided to quit?
    Hmmmm...


    :lol:
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    I tired of Madden after his first couple of years. I like the guy as a person but just not his commentary of games. Circling hot dog wrappers being blown by the wind every game kinda got old, just sayin'.
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    mca47 wrote:
    stickfig13 wrote:

    Who would you rather have doing a game?

    Anyone else!


    Well, that's not true. There are some horrible color guys in football. That said, I never liked Madden.
    Between his incoherent babbling, his incomplete sentences, his made up words, and his gay love affair for Brett Favre I'm glad he's leaving.


    That said, does anyone else think it's a coincidence that Madden is retiring the same year Brett Favre decided to quit?
    Hmmmm...


    :lol:

    Man you just heard that on Jim Rome!

    Caught stealing takes!
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    No Brett Favre = No John Madden
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    No Brett Favre = No John Madden

    Haha !! So true

    Talk about jocking an athlete
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    stickfig13 wrote:

    Man you just heard that on Jim Rome!

    Caught stealing takes!

    Well actually no...I didn't.

    I don't watch or listen to Jim Rome and as a matter of fact I've said pretty much the same thing about Madden on these boards for years.
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    mca47 wrote:
    stickfig13 wrote:

    Man you just heard that on Jim Rome!

    Caught stealing takes!

    Well actually no...I didn't.

    I don't watch or listen to Jim Rome and as a matter of fact I've said pretty much the same thing about Madden on these boards for years.


    Well excuse me....I will be sure to get the transcript of every post you've ever made...

    I just thought it was funny that you posted that 2 seconds after Rome said the same thing. You should listen to Rome....He rips the Cubs for choking all the time.
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    stickfig13 wrote:


    Well excuse me....I will be sure to get the transcript of every post you've ever made...

    I just thought it was funny that you posted that 2 seconds after Rome said the same thing. You should listen to Rome....He rips the Cubs for choking all the time.

    I actually saw it on CNN.com right after I was on here.

    But anyways...

    Nah, I can't stand Jim Rome. Not for the fact that he rips on the Cubs...I've been dealing with that my entire life as a Cubs fan. hahaha! I can't stand him because he's flat out a dickhead.
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    mca47 wrote:
    stickfig13 wrote:


    Well excuse me....I will be sure to get the transcript of every post you've ever made...

    I just thought it was funny that you posted that 2 seconds after Rome said the same thing. You should listen to Rome....He rips the Cubs for choking all the time.

    I actually saw it on CNN.com right after I was on here.

    But anyways...

    Nah, I can't stand Jim Rome. Not for the fact that he rips on the Cubs...I've been dealing with that my entire life as a Cubs fan. hahaha! I can't stand him because he's flat out a dickhead.

    Yeah It takes a cynical personality....I think if you give it a week it might grow on you.

    Back to John Madden....I think you either love him or hate him. You have to admit that he has been a partof your football experience for a long long time...
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    stickfig13 wrote:

    Yeah It takes a cynical personality....I think if you give it a week it might grow on you.

    Back to John Madden....I think you either love him or hate him. You have to admit that he has been a partof your football experience for a long long time...

    For as many years as I've hated hearing Madden broadcast games, it will be kinda weird to NOT hear him from time to time.

    That said, I'm almost certain that Madden will still be involved in football in come capacity. He may not be doing the weekly broadcast, but you know one of the networks will try to talk him in to doing commentary or something.
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