John Madden RIP '36-'21

[Nanker]

One of a kind. An American original. He made a huge impact on the American football experience. Thank you Mr. Madden. RIP.

[devnull]

11 hours ago, MothersMilk said:

Very sad news indeed... he was a part of my youth, and him and Summerall were the voice of Sundays for a lot of years. RIP

 

https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/28/nfl-legend-john-madden-dead-at-85/

John Madden, Pat Summerall, and roast beef with mashed potatoes are how I remember Sunday afternoons as a kid

[Foxx]

I think my first recall when thinking of John is his description of actions. Boom! Bam! Bop! Pow!... I always used to chuckle when he would do that.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbrRVaRMGBs

 

[Sig1Hunter]

I always remember sitting on the couch with my dad, watching football and just laughing at John with his coaches clicker and interjecting BOOM! We used to get a real kick out of that.

[Foxx]

https://twitter.com/NFL345/status/1476230219438641160

 

[Foxx]

Beef on Wicky. 🤣

 

 

[Foxx]

https://twitter.com/gmfb/status/1476312073051250699

 

[Foxx]

22 hours ago, devnull said:

RIP 

 

And a prediction.  John Madden will grace the cover of Madden 23.  EA will then retire the Madden franchise and rebrand it as EA NFL 24 / EA NFL 25 / etc / ...

 

[Foxx]

[Koko]

22 hours ago, Ann said:

 

 

https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1475985614264745986

 

I never realized how much I missed him overexplaining everything, especially with Sumerall playing it straight no matter how silly Madden got.

 

RIP Coach.

[Ninety-4]

One of the first Bill's games I ever attended as a kid was a MNF game against the Raiders in early - mid 70's.  Bills as an underdog won the game on a late drive and TD by Ahmad Rashad IIRC. Great memory.  Madden was the Raider coach at the time. 

[Foxx]

This is nice.

 

[Alaska Darin]

On 12/29/2021 at 10:41 AM, Foxx said:

Beef on Wicky. 🤣

 

 

We actually won that game with Todd Collins at QB.

 

Madden was a huge part of my childhood, first watching him coach the always entertaining Raiders, then his books, and finally on television.  I learned a lot about football but his absolute love of the game itself was more contagious than Covid.  He was also a genuinely nice man and never let fame change him.

 

RIP to a one of a kind American.

[MothersMilk]

Just a fyi to everyone... Fox, regular ota Fox, will be airing his doc All Madden tonight at 8pm est.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

Madden Football is racist...

 

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 I have lots of opinions on John Madden. The creation of the Madden video game was not a great development for the U.S. It further glamorized violence and dehumanized Black athletes, helping to establish plantation cosplay that has grown worse in the era of fantasy football.

 

 

Plantation cosplay? 

[Foxx]

5 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Monkey said:

Madden Football is racist...

 

 

 

Plantation cosplay? 

Is that really a surprise? Thought police has been creeping into existence for quite sometime now.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

5 minutes ago, Foxx said:

Is that really a surprise? Thought police has been creeping into existence for quite sometime now.

 

Of course not.  Here's another.

 

 

 

And her logic justifying it is impeccable.  "I was the monsterback on my powderpuff team, and I'm right.  So if you disagree with me, you just proved my point!"  

 

I'm tempted to reply "Interesting hypothesis.  I'd like to see the supporting data and your analysis."  But I'm sure I'd just get accused of...<shakes Magic Intersectionality 8-Ball>...speciesism.

[Ann]

1 hour ago, Crap Throwing Monkey said:

 

Of course not.  Here's another.

 

 

 

And her logic justifying it is impeccable.  "I was the monsterback on my powderpuff team, and I'm right.  So if you disagree with me, you just proved my point!"  

 

I'm tempted to reply "Interesting hypothesis.  I'd like to see the supporting data and your analysis."  But I'm sure I'd just get accused of...<shakes Magic Intersectionality 8-Ball>...speciesism.

"If a guy has a concussion, he shouldn't play anymore"...

 

 

[Ann]

 

 

https://twitter.com/SalSports/status/1476920642591203332

[Alaska Darin]

16 hours ago, Ann said:

"If a guy has a concussion, he shouldn't play anymore"...

 

 

I love the fact that he always had an opinion and they were thoughtful without being "overthoughtful".

 

I think in his first book he chastised coaches who wasted time outs instead of taking 5 yard penalties, especially early in games/the second half.  It's a simple take but he was dead on.