Legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden passes away

[LA RAM FAN]

Him and Pat summerall were the best one two punch nfl commentators ever.Maddox was a patriot and true Raider fan,he understood the Raiders belong in Oakland and fought for them to stay there.he understands if the Raiders don’t play in Oakland,they aren’t the Raiders.they did not belong in LA and they sure as hell do not belong in Vegas.they are having the same problem in Vegas they had in Oakland with the visiting teams fans greatly outnumbering the home teams fans,chargers are having the exact same problem in LA as well.

 

[rightwinger]

Sad to hear

He reinvented NFL coverage. He was legendary

 

[rightwinger]

Madden was the best at what he did

Madden and Pat Summerall were a great team

 

[LA RAM FAN]

He was a total sweetie-pie, back when football WAS football. I miss it.

You ain’t kidding,the NFL sense the mid ninetys or so has been a ******* joke,all those thousands that still attend those games with season tickets are ******* idiots.back in maddens day football indeed was football as you just stated,the game was not corrupt as it is now with rigged playoffs and superbowls and owners now only caring about state of the art brand new stadiums over history and tradition.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Dupe thread

Legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden passes away

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/legendary-nfl-coach-broadcaster-john-madden-passes-away RIP.

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Big ******* wow it’s in another section so stfu.

 

[rightwinger]

I forgot that he refused to fly between games

 

[mudwhistle]

 

[Hellbilly]

 

[rightwinger]

Madden refused to fly
He would go from game to game on his personal Madden Cruiser

 

[blackhawk]

He was the Johnny Carson of sports broadcasters there will never be another like him.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I just googled him yesterday, wondering what he’s been doing lately.
RIP.

 

[lantern2814]

A true legend as a coach and commentator. His sheer enthusiasm for the game really came through most of the time. You could tell he truly loved what he did. RIP John Madden.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

My favorite analyst was Bud Wilkinson. His 47 game winning streak record still stands after 64 years. He initially retired from coaching after the 1963 season.
When Wilkinson suddenly came out of retirement after 15 years to become the coach of the St Louis Cardinals in 1978, the NFL by then had fudged their rules to encourage incessant passing on the TV screen.
This prompted teams to drop the 4-3 pro defense and adopt the 3-4 defense.
When a reporter attempted to catch Wilkinson with a gotcha question, asking him what he could possibly know about the 3-4 defense, having been out of football coaching for so long, Wilkinson schooled the punk reporter. Bud explained that the 3-4 was a re-branding of the 5-2 defense with the ends assuming more pass coverage responsibility. He explained to the reporter that the 5-2 was still commonly referred to by coaches as the ‘Oklahoma’, the reason being that he invented it when he was coaching there!

 

[Lakhota]

John Madden was one of a kind. I will miss him. Thank you, John, for all the great memories. May you rest in peace, Sir.

 

[Lakhota]

Those were the days...

 

[Lakhota]

 

[Lakhota]

John Madden, Face and Voice of the N.F.L. on the Field and in the Broadcast Booth, Dies at 85 (Published 2021)

Mr. Madden coached the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl title before becoming one of football’s best-known broadcasters and a video game entrepreneur.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Ringtone]

Legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden has passed away | Sports

John Madden, the legendary coach and broadcaster, has unexpectedly passed away at age 85, according to a statement from the NFL.

dailyhive.com

RIP.

Madden always struck me as a real mensch.

 

[Lakhota]

Mr. Madden coached the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl title before becoming one of football’s best-known broadcasters and a video game entrepreneur.

For all of his celebrity, Madden was perhaps most closely identified with his video game franchise, which connected him to younger generations. He was fond of saying that when many younger people met him, it became apparent to him that they knew him from the video game, not as a Hall of Fame coach or perhaps even as an innovative broadcaster. Not that he was complaining, necessarily: He had fulfilled his father’s wishes.

“Once you start work, you’re going to have to work the rest of your life,” Madden said, recounting Earl’s advice, in his 2006 induction speech at the Hall of Fame. Then he added: “I have never worked a day in my life. I went from player to coach to a broadcaster, and I am the luckiest guy in the world.”

John Madden, Face and Voice of the N.F.L. on the Field and in the Broadcast Booth, Dies at 85​

 

[candycorn]

The Autumn Wind is a pirate...

John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85

The NFL says Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden has died at age 85. Madden's exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades.

apnews.com

They don't make em like that any more. #Raidernation is a darker place today than it was yesterday.