Maddenisms

[woodbuck27]

Al MIchaels isn't bad.

Yeah Al is alright, and so are Aikman and Buck. Hell I would still prefer old Max Macgee drunk on Budweiser back in the day on my Packer Radio Network.

There's a quote in the Madden videogames that is something like "90 percent of the game is half mental" or something like that. I still haven't been able to figure it out.

Pretty much all anouncers suck these days.

I believe Woodbuck said that in an interview many moons ago

Hahahahahahahaha!! Your killing me Partial. X100

I'm dieing here. Very funny !!!

[woodbuck27]

To me John Madden is an institution to the NFL and American football similiar to what Yogi Berra is to baseball.

I grew up with hating the Yankees but I loved Yogi. I was "a Brave fan" - Big Time - and supported the Senior Circuit ( NL ) but Yogi berra was/remains to me very special. John Madden the same.

Madden is a pure character right out of a cartoonist's invention. He is so unreal he is wat too real as a sporting personality.We'l all be very sad when he's gone as he is such an icon to the NFL.

Get this, John Madden said it again:

"Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear."
-- On Coaches And Coaching

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer there are for a player to break.
-- On Rules

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-- On Self-praise

With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.
-- On Speakers And Speaking

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else
-- On Winners And Winning

John Madden

[woodbuck27]

[mraynrand]

I always got a kick out of Madden explaining the obvious, in great detail, and then having Pat Summerall say:

"That's exactly right"

Or Madden would endlessly talk about Emmit Smith "Emmit really knows how to find the hole (as the road grader O-line opened up a gap big enough for a Ford Super-Duty) - he's patient and waits for that hole to open up BOOM, he's into the secondary!"

Then Summerall would say:

"He found the hole"

[chewy-bacca]

Hi guys, im new here...my first post


To me, Madden is football commentary. Im 29 years old and he is the voice I grew up with. IMHO, he adds a lil comedy with the way he goes off on topics, to the point where they other guys dont know what to say. He brought us the 6 legged turkey, and the tur-duc-in!! Also, he LOVES green Bay and #4....he is a god among men.

[Noodle]

Chew, good post, way to stand strong!

And welcome to the Show, my friend.

[PlantPage55]

There was one night two years ago on Monday Night Football, where I think he started to doze off or something. He was going off on a rant, and then he started to tail off, and all these yellow dots started appearing on the screen. I thought to myself "SOMEONE TAKE THAT PEN AWAY FROM HIM!"

HA HA, he's great though...he's like a kooky old grandpa!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Madden loves Green Bay. I saw him get off his bus at Lambeau and opened up a grill behind the bus and was eating brats. I also saw him at Manny's Steakhouse in Minneapolis (eating a huge steak), and he loves being John Madden--which is cool.

[GrnBay007]

He's a Good Ole Boy. I like him.

[Row 67]

Almost all announcers are stupid.

Best game I ever watched was when I lived in Cali and the bar I was in got the satellite feed was broken down between audio and video. They couldn't get the audio from the booth, but they got the audio from the field. It was sweet! You could hear the field sounds. They picked up some of the sideline conversations, the players calling out audibles, etc.

Having announcers covers up the real part of the game.

[woodbuck27]

Hi guys, im new here...my first post


To me, Madden is football commentary. Im 29 years old and he is the voice I grew up with. IMHO, he adds a lil comedy with the way he goes off on topics, to the point where they other guys dont know what to say. He brought us the 6 legged turkey, and the tur-duc-in!! Also, he LOVES green Bay and #4....he is a god among men.

How couldn't someone LOVE Big John Madden? Of course some don't.

Welcome to PACKERRATS chewy-bacca.

GO PACKERS ! FAITH !!!

[woodbuck27]

Madden loves Green Bay. I saw him get off his bus at Lambeau and opened up a grill behind the bus and was eating brats. I also saw him at Manny's Steakhouse in Minneapolis (eating a huge steak), and he loves being John Madden--which is cool.

This says it all:

[justanotherpackfan]

Seems like everybody is talking about how they despise Madden. http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/s...ad.php?t=30183 I don't see what's wrong with the guy. Boomer and Aikman are my favorites but Madden isn't that bad.

[pacfan]

Al MIchaels isn't bad.

Yeah Al is alright, and so are Aikman and Buck. Hell I would still prefer old Max Macgee drunk on Budweiser back in the day on my Packer Radio Network.

Amen, Brother!!!

[Chester Marcol]

He use to be one of my favorites when he was with Pat. I remember watching crappy games just cuz they were doing the game.

But lately it's closer to:

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_vids/Frank_Cliendo_John_Madden.htm