retired

[DeadWombat]

I'll miss the goofy oaf.

Tough Actin' Tinactin!

[ClevelandFanForLife]

@inspecta said:

As if I needed more evidence that you are under the age of 18.

John Madden has forgotten more about football than you'll ever know.

Yeah he got a bit Harry Carry-ish towards the end, but it was part of his charm...

I'll be sad to see him go, especially now that we'll have Chris Collingsworthless in the booth. I really dislike that guy, but you kinda saw it coming, for those of you who own Madden 09 Chris does the color commentary during the game.

22 actually. and the reason i didn't madden was because we always slurped brett favre and it drove me crazy. as stated before, i have nothing against the guy and hope he lives a long life, but as an announcer he wasn't too good for my taste

[Canton Mike]

I liked Madden & will miss him...of course, I'm old too!

Collinsworth?....I'll only tolerate him if I absolutely HAVE to.

Mike

[ClevelandFanForLife]

one thing that's good about collinsworth is that he hates pittsburgh and it shows in his commentary. surely this guy can't be all bad

[Mr. T]

Collinsworth is a PUSS! I cant stand to listen to the whining bitch.

Those old enough to remember when he played for the Bengals, his last couple of seasons he would always have a injury so he would not have to play against our Brownies Hanford & Minnifield. They knocked the shit out of him several times. He hated the real Dog defense, and the Dog pound. Thank you Marty.

Sometimes I wonder who was the biggest Puss back then, Collinsworth or Boomer?

[hoorta]

Steeler SChuck said:

Curt Gowdy? Was he from the stains glory years?

Wait - did they have TV back then?

Regards

.... an'at

.

Why sure, if you were real lucky, there was even color TV! And for a terrible RADIO announcer, I nominate Myron "the Dope" Cope. BTW, I'm old enough to say Myron sounded exactly like Arnold Stang. Did he broadcast with a clothespin on his nose, or was that the bad air from the Steel Mills that made him sound like he had emphysema?

[Tobalaz]

John was a real meat and potatoes blue collared kind of guy who never had a bad thing to say about anyone and was nothing short of a class act.

Yes, he was slipping and it was time to retire but I'm going to miss that lovable down to earth lunk just as much as Pat Summerall (well, before he started drinking in the booth).

[Timugen]

That's right, folks - it isn't just a Maddenism.

Happy trails, John....and I hope you don't force Brett Favre to get a restraining order.

[medicineman]

that was great

[ClevelandFanForLife]

@timugen said:

That's right, folks - it isn't just a Maddenism.

Happy trails, John....and I hope you don't force Brett Favre to get a restraining order.

remember when he cut it with his hand instead of a knife. hilarious

[Kosar_For_President]

Boo hoo. Who cares.

[BernietheKid]

I'm not old enough to remember him in his prime but he was a great broadcaster. People also tend to forget what a great coach he was to.

In ten years his record was Win-Loss 103-32-7 Winning % 76.3

I was watching NFL network and they said the Raiders went to the AFC championship game from 1969 until 1976 where they won the championship.

That's a heck of a run. John Madden was a football genius and will be missed.

[Kosar_For_President]

@inspecta said:

People who have enough football acumen to understand his contributions to the game.

I guess you're not a member of that group....

Now go back to the political forum and talk about how everybody is a hypocrite....

Awwwww, someones got a crush... It's out, Inspecta is out of the closet, he wants to get teabagged by Madden.

[ClevelandFanForLife]

@kosar_for_president said:

Awwwww, someones got a crush... It's out, Inspecta is out of the closet, he wants to get teabagged by Madden.

don't we all. that man has sexy written all over him

[Kosar_For_President]

@inspecta said:

Ahhh, when you get called out fall back on your ace in the hole, overt gay references of your opponent.

I guess by that logic you want Bernie to lay you down after a bottle of wine and fist your asshole.

By your reaction I must say you are still in the closet, my bad. Only a fag could even think of something like that. You're so angry like, Col. Frank Fitts, USMC

[Mark O]

He was a tremendous coach in his day and he was a great broadcaster for quite awhile. He's been living on reputation for the last few years and probably should've retired when ABC stopped having MNF. But in his prime he was among the best at breaking down a football game on tv.

[nickers]

A guy who left coaching far too early IMO......reached the pinnacle of his football career at an early age...dont care hat anyone else thinks...I enjoyed his analysis of the game...Enjoy those steaks John...you earned'em!

[Furnier]

Since I'm an old bastard, I've LONG hated Madden since he prowled the sidelines for the Raiders in the 70's. He's had his moments in broadcasting for sure. Pat Summerall made him somewhat palatable, but I grew weary of his "biff, bam, booms" years ago. However, with Crissy Collinsworth taking his place I wish he'd stay on until his last functioning brain cell sparks out.

DWJ

[Oldcrow1945]

@berniethekid said:

In ten years his record was Win-Loss 103-32-7 Winning % 76.3

That's a heck of a run. John Madden was a football genius and will be missed.

I believe he has the record for a coach with the shortest amount of time to 100 wins. He was a great coach and in his earlier days in the booth he was one of the best.

Yep, he will be missed. Thanksgiving won't seem the same.

[ndneighbor]

I remember when Keith Jackson retired. He still kept showing up from time to time.

I wouldn't mind seeing Madden showing up for some postseason games in the future.