John Madden retires
 

[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/04/16/madden.ap/index.html]John Madden retires as NFL broadcaster - NFL - SI.com[/url]

Can't say I was his biggest fan, but he was a legend and I don't think primetime football will be the same without him.

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I'm kinda gonna miss hearing him. Even though the last couple of seasons his been outta of it.

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I'm actually kinda bummed about this news. Say what you will about the guy but he's definitely a legend.

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Wow. No more Kalas or Madden (though Madden is at least still alive).

So...who replaces him now?

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;546302][url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/04/16/madden.ap/index.html]John Madden retires as NFL broadcaster - NFL - SI.com[/url]

Can't say I was his biggest fan, but he was a legend and I don't think primetime football will be the same without him.[/quote]

Ditto.

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When in his prime he was at his best!!! In the last couple of years he was very irrelevant. I wonder who will replace him!

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[quote=SmootSmack;546311]Wow. No more Kalas or Madden (though Madden is at least still alive).

So...who replaces him now?[/quote]

Don't laugh, but Matt Millen was a pretty good announcer.

Here's another good link.

[url=http://sportsontheair.blogspot.com/2009/04/breaking-news-madden-retires-from.html]Eye On Sports Media: Breaking News: Madden Retires from Broadcasting[/url]

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;546314]Don't laugh, but Matt Millen was a pretty good announcer.[/quote]

He was... at one time he was viewed as the next Madden.

It's going to take a while for the public to get that bad taste out of their mouths from his GM days though, if ever.

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Millen was a good announcer. Who knows, maybe he can overcome his inept reputation.

As for Madden, he was terrific for a while but his act wore kinda thin on me lately. It will certainly be different without him around. If you think about it, he was my generation's Howard Cosell - the announcer, like him or hate him, everybody knows.

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loved Madden, but I'm glad he's getting out now. He never seemed to have the chemistry w/Michaels that he did w/Summerall & these last few years his wit & attention to detail just isn't what it used to be. I would guess that the job wasn't much fun for him anymore.

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I still enjoy watching Madden's games, mainly for the comedy he provides. Aside from the sometimes strange things he says like "the team that scores more points will probably win", he's a very knowledgeable commentator, unlike some of them we get (Joe Buck, Gumbel, others).

I'll miss him.


Hopefully his video games will never retire.

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Well, with no more Favre to talk about, I think we all saw this coming.

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Hopefully they can hire Greg Gumble to replace him!

Seriously though, Madden wasnt the best announcer ever -- but he was entertaining. Frank Calliendo (sp) just became unemployed.... ;)

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You guys ready for Michaels and Collinsworth?

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Hey say what you want, Collinsworth isn't half bad.