john madden retires

[Maynard]

im not a huge madden fan but dam, he is an icon in TV, gaming an coaching. 73 years old. its gotta suck reaching that point and knowing your at the end of your life.

im sure he doesnt sit around with regrets, but at the same time is his legecy any consolation for the fact that death is right around the corner.

[Youk]

Why the fuck is he retiring in the first place? He's gonna be at home watching the games and commenting on them anyway, might as well do it in the booth.....

Nothing personal about Chris, it's just the way he talks. He always pauses between words and chuckles for no reason, I hated listening to him in 09.

I guess the workload of taking the bus around to every game each week gets a bit old.

Honestly, I'd rather have Collinsworth over a lot of the other guys out there. Not over all of them, but def over a lot of them.

[bucky]

I like Cris.

[dell71]

im not a huge madden fan but dam, he is an icon in TV, gaming an coaching. 73 years old. its gotta suck reaching that point and knowing your at the end of your life.

im sure he doesnt sit around with regrets, but at the same time is his legecy any consolation for the fact that death is right around the corner.

Damn. Ease up on burying the dude.

[Houston]

I guess the workload of taking the bus around to every game each week gets a bit old.

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They should just set it up where he can comment the games from his house.

[BuccaneerFan]

im not a huge madden fan but dam, he is an icon in TV, gaming an coaching. 73 years old. its gotta suck reaching that point and knowing your at the end of your life.

im sure he doesnt sit around with regrets, but at the same time is his legecy any consolation for the fact that death is right around the corner.

lmao, Maynard is such a positive ray of sunshine. :2thumbs:

[EmpireWF]

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Really sad to hear.
Definitely a guy you take for granted. As FT stated the guys forgotten more about football than any of us will ever know.
The guys impact on football is immense , there really arent that many non players that can claim to be an absolute icon. The mans name is synonymous with football. Even on an off day theres no more insightful guy in the booth than Madden. One of the few if not the only guy who always refused to delve into off the field shenanigans outside of what it did to a player on the field. Never got into the BS tabloid aspects of the game and always a wealth of inside info and great views on players/teams/trends.
Truly is an end of an era.

[seaplus]

what is the opposite of FML?
TYG ... thank you god ...?

[Mogriffjr]

I've always been one of those guys who has defended Madden to a point. Yeah he says stupid shit but ripping on him has almost become vogue and people do it now just for shits. Honestly, the guy has forgotten more about football than 99% of people will ever know and sadly IMO he was forced to become and stay a caricature to make money and keep his job/ratings etc.

Get him off camera and I bet he would be an absolutley fasinating guy to talk to and pick his brain about things.

Madden is one of the brightest minds in the NFL circles by all accounts.

For those who don't like collinsworth, get over it...you'll live.

[DJ Rhude]

Madden simply cannot watch football without Brett Favre.

lmao

[DJ Rhude]

I'm going to miss hearing the guy.....especially when you think about the possible replacements

[Point Blank]

Damn. No homo but I love hearing Madden's voice while watching football. He'll be missed.

[Blade]

Praise god that its over. Its finally over!!!

[MrBill]

Happy and sad at the same time. He used to be great but for the past few years he really wore on my nerves...which is hard since I usually cut Favre fans a little slack :D