FritzIam4IU Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32953839/nfl-hall-fame-coach-broadcasting-icon-john-madden-dies-85 So sad. Best broadcaster I have seen...loved him and Summerall together announcing. Edited December 29, 2021 by FritzIam4IU 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Posted this in the NFL thread and thought it was worth sharing here as well. My son and I were at a high school basketball game when he saw the news on twitter. Of course, he is only familiar with Madden because of the video game and the promotion of the recent documentary. We talked about Madden on the drive home. This is one of those that really hits home with me. Not because I was a Raiders fan, because I wasn't. But, because he was such a prominent sports figure when I was growing up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Didn't they just have something on Fox this weekend about his career 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted December 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 24 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Didn't they just have something on Fox this weekend about his career Yep. On Christmas I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 He was one of the voices of my youth. When you heard him and Summerall, it felt like it was a big game even if it wasn’t. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I remember him winning the Super Bowl, talking in the booth, and the video games. RIP Coach 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 He certainly coached in his share of notable "name games" Immaculate Reception Sea of Hands (greatest football game I've ever seen) Ghost to the Post Holy Roller And if not for the Steelers of the 70s, the Raiders may have been the dynasty of that decade... RIP Coach Madden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUskim Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I wasn’t old enough to see him as a coach but he was for sure the voice of football for me growing up. I loved when he and pat called and games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 One of the icons of the NFL....and a voice to generations. What a life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, IUskim said: I wasn’t old enough to see him as a coach but he was for sure the voice of football for me growing up. I loved when he and pat called and games. He was a heckuva coach...Never had a sub .500 season in the NFL... And I know guys like Sid Gillman and Don Coryell get a lot of credit for developing the modern passing game, but the Raiders of the late 60s-early 70s, led by Madden, pioneered "going downfield" and with guys like Daryl Lamonica and Snake Stabler throwing, and Warren Well, Fred Biletnikoff, and Cliff Branch catching it, who could blame them. They were also one of the first to use the tight end as a true downfield weapon... I know he was very animated as a broadcaster, but thee was a ton of football knowledge in him...A great football mind... And his players loved him...they called him "Pinky." Edited December 29, 2021 by IUFLA 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Percentage wise was he the winningest NFL coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Percentage wise was he the winningest NFL coach? Of the guys that coached 10 or more years in the NFL, yes... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Of the guys that coached 10 or more years in the NFL, yes... Whats also amazing that was at a time with Chuck Noll, Tom Landy, DOn Shula and even Hank Stram was in his own division. Very impressive. That has to be the Golden Era of coaches, yes?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 31 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Whats also amazing that was at a time with Chuck Noll, Tom Landy, DOn Shula and even Hank Stram was in his own division. Very impressive. That has to be the Golden Era of coaches, yes?? In his first year as a head coach, the other 4 coaches in the AFL West were Sid Gillman, Hank Stram, Lou Saban (an Indiana alum), and Paul Brown...Only one of them (Saban) isn't in the Hall of Fame. The Raiders won the division, but were beaten by the Chiefs in the last AFL Championship game (and then went on to beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I can not imagine there will ever be a more revered broadcasting team than Madden and Summerall (sp?) They were magic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I didn't know this, but read it in one of the numerous columns about Coach Madden today...Thought it was very cool...the yellow line on TV showing where the first down marker is? Madden... "In the mid-1990s, Fox was in the middle of a pre-production meeting. Madden was on the telestrator showing the crew how he planned to break down a particular play before kickoff. He drew all over the field, mapping out what individual guys had to do on the play, and he slapped on a line where the first down was located. "Why can't we just keep a first-down line on the screen the whole game?" he asked. Everybody shrugged their shoulders. Somebody said it'd be too distracting. Somebody else said the technology wouldn't allow it. "You're wrong -- we should do it," Madden said, shaking his head. He let it hang in the air, and producers in the room started to wonder whether maybe Madden was right. "The yellow line is a direct descendant of that moment," says Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks, a longtime Madden crew producer who was in the room that day." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 This will bring any sports fan from my generation to tears. These two are irreplaceable. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 FYI. For those who didn’t have the chance to watch the Madden tribute on Christmas Day, FOX is re-airing it tonight at 8:00 EST. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: FYI. For those who didn’t have the chance to watch the Madden tribute on Christmas Day, FOX is re-airing it tonight at 8:00 EST. I was able to watch part of it with my boys that only know Madden football not the man. To share some knowledge with them was great. Loved seeing the players comment when hearing John call a play they were part of. This world works in mysterious ways. The whole timing of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 It feels like he wanted that show to air so he could experience it by hearing the reaction and then passed. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 7 hours ago, bluegrassIU said: I can not imagine there will ever be a more revered broadcasting team than Madden and Summerall (sp?) They were magic. Dakich and Walton. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) Sad day. I was lucky enough to talk with him twice at Pebble Beach. He was always around the tournament, living in Carmel. A player I worked for stopped him to say hello and he stayed 30 mins talking football. Nice man. Edited December 30, 2021 by Indykev 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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