BOOM!

[Flasch186]

Madden's retiring.

[Noop]

You brew Sweet Tea?

[Flasch186]

no you do, I just enable you to do it well ;)

[Noop]

Interesting are you apart of some affiliate program or do you do this yourself?

[Flasch186]

I created it, the CEO, President, capital, and promoter (although there isnt much money for the latter)

[Sun Tzu]

Damn.

Now I wont have someone yapping in my ear about Brett Favre when I'm watching the Patriots play the Dolphins.

https://www.wegmans.com/prodimg/073/200/311017410073.jpg

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Link? Source?

[Flasch186]

Watching CNBC. Not seeing it linked anywhere yet. Darren Revel quoted NBC sources and had a press release.

[dbd1963]

It's already on his wiki page.

John Madden (football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Madden_(football))

"On April 16, 2009, NBC Sports announced Madden was retiring from broadcasting."

[Flasch186]

and sportsdigs had the story 2 weeks ago.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

How long does Madden football now continue to bear his name?

[Danny]

How long does Madden football now continue to bear his name?

Forever, why would they changed the name when everyone has known it as Madden?

[JonInMiddleGA]

... goes the dynamite?

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Who's with Michaels next year then? Collinsworth? Is he under contract to NFL Network?

[sterlingice]

ESPN has link now

John Madden retiring from broadcast booth - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4073253)

SI

[Kodos]

I'm probably in the minority, but I'll miss him.

[stevew]

Good riddance to bad Faider garbage. He's been horrible at his job for the last decade or more. And he's always good to make sure to snark the Steelers at least once or twice per game.

Anyways, I believe this was not unexpected. There had been talk that the Super Bowl would be his last segment of torture around the time it aired.

[stevew]

Who's with Michaels next year then? Collinsworth? Is he under contract to NFL Network?

hopefully michaels is with his family at his house.

[PackerFanatic]

I'm probably in the minority, but I'll miss him.

+1

Even though he never said anything all that inspiring, he was a lot better than some of the junk out there now (see: Tony Kornheiser as "color analyst" on MNF)

[cuervo72]

I'll go this far: Billick is the best NFL coach turned TV guy since Madden. He's also the first newcomer this decade who might actually steal one of Cris Collinsworth's 27 gigs some day. Naturally, Billick is assigned to the third-best NFL game on Fox every week even if he's the best guy it has. This is how network television works.

I wonder if NBC would be interested in stealing him.

[stevew]

I really like Billick as well.

[albionmoonlight]

+1 for Billick being awesome as a commentator.

[PackerFanatic]

Also agreed on Billick.

[flere-imsaho]

I'm probably in the minority, but I'll miss him.

:+1:

Things I like about Madden as a commentator:

1. You can tell he really loves the game. He's not a journalist or comedian trying to be a color commentator.

2. He doesn't hide his biases (i.e. he likes the line guys more than the skill guys).

3. He's not interested in non-football discussion during the game (note how he zones out when Michaels has to entertain a "special guest".

[Ksyrup]

I still liked him, mainly because I (and I think most of us here) know enough about football that we didn't need him to explain the rules or breakdown the last play. And for the "other stuff," I'd gladly listen to him over the Tony Kornheiser's of the sports world any day.

[molson]

Maybe Al Davis will bring him back as head coach.

[Kodos]

Yeah -- his obvious love for the game and his enthusiasm go a long way with me.

[Eaglesfan27]

:+1:

Things I like about Madden as a commentator:

1. You can tell he really loves the game. He's not a journalist or comedian trying to be a color commentator.

2. He doesn't hide his biases (i.e. he likes the line guys more than the skill guys).

3. He's not interested in non-football discussion during the game (note how he zones out when Michaels has to entertain a "special guest".

I still liked him, mainly because I (and I think most of us here) know enough about football that we didn't need him to explain the rules or breakdown the last play. And for the "other stuff," I'd gladly listen to him over the Tony Kornheiser's of the sports world any day.

Absolutely agreed on all of this. I'll miss him as well, although I also like Billick.

[gstelmack]

If he ever decided to actually watch the game he was broadcasting, I might have liked him more. He made way too many comments that did not match what was actually happening on the field for me to have much respect for him as a commentator.

[dbd1963]

I like John Madden and I will miss him.

My wife loves to hear him talk because he puts her right to sleep for some reason. When he was with Summeral, she was asleep before the 1st quarter was half over,

[Raiders Army]

Maybe Al Davis will bring him back as head coach.

I would not be surprised if he comes back to the Raiders in some type of consultant capacity. There were rumors last year that he would.

[JediKooter]

No more turducken