RIP John Madden

[Maniaque 6]

Remember when he said the best football team is when you have 5 black men at OL and a white QB ?

[La Costa Boy]

I hated his guts in the 70's and respected him his entire career. Godspeed good Sir.

[NoMoreChillies]

I learned more about NFL football from John Madden than anyone else

RIP legend

[chargeroo]

When John Madden coached the raiders, they were the dirtiest team in the league. Madden coached them that way. You guys that praise him either aren't old enough to know that or you have forgotten. He was a fun announcer but he was a dirty, nasty coach.

[powderblueboy]

Remember when he said the best football team is when you have 5 black men at OL and a white QB ?

No, but it doesn't surprise me.
Perhaps in context it wouldn't sound crass.

Everyone liked him....he wasn't a saint.
He represented the old non blow dried hair era of the league: being spontaneous, interesting and sometimes crude with off the cuff remarks;
although, I can't really remember anything controversial or crude about him...which is both good and bad.

Most of these guys now a days just provide noise.
They flee controversy like the plague.

Could you imagine Madden trying to cover for the league by attributing Parham's tremors as a reaction to the cold?

[powderblueboy]

When John Madden coached the raiders, they were the dirtiest team in the league. Madden coached them that way. You guys that praise him either aren't old enough to know that or you have forgotten. He was a fun announcer but he was a dirty, nasty coach.

A certain part of me wouldn't mind if Staley was a dirty, nasty coach.
I wonder if Madden was affected by the Stingley paralysis....he got out of coaching early.

[Boltjolt]

A certain part of me wouldn't mind if Staley was a dirty, nasty coach.
I wonder if Madden was affected by the Stingley paralysis....he got out of coaching early.

The Documentary on him that aired XMas day explains why. It airs again today.

[Bolt-O]

When John Madden coached the raiders, they were the dirtiest team in the league. Madden coached them that way. You guys that praise him either aren't old enough to know that or you have forgotten. He was a fun announcer but he was a dirty, nasty coach.

I can't disagree. Football in the 60's and 70's was brutal, and the Raiders were true to their 'branding'. Other teams were doing the same crap, not just as blatant as the Raiders. But of course, we know that the real coach of the Raiders then was Al Davis.

[ghost]

A certain part of me wouldn't mind if Staley was a dirty, nasty coach.
I wonder if Madden was affected by the Stingley paralysis....he got out of coaching early.

I was watching that game when it happened. I was a big Steve Grogan fan. Jack Tatum and Lester Hayes were thugs.

[ghost]

I can't disagree. Football in the 60's and 70's was brutal, and the Raiders were true to their 'branding'. Other teams were doing the same crap, not just as blatant as the Raiders. But of course, we know that the real coach of the Raiders then was Al Davis.

This is an AFL story. I heard Steve Sabol tell it.

Clark Hunt had a 16mm AFL game film that he kept hidden, that he showed to no one. It was the Boston Patriots and another team, in Boston. In the 4th quarter, a guy came onto the field in a trench coat and lined up opposite a WR in press coverage, so, 12 men on the field. The referees missed it and the ball was snapped, and the guy in the trench coat, defended the pass and ran back into the crowd.

The play stood.

Had that film gotten out, the two leagues would never have merged when they did.

[Boltjolt]

This is an AFL story. I heard Steve Sabol tell it.

Clark Hunt had a 16mm AFL game film that he kept hidden, that he showed to no one. It was the Boston Patriots and another team, in Boston. In the 4th quarter, a guy came onto the field in a trench coat and lined up opposite a WR in press coverage, so, 12 men on the field. The referees missed it and the ball was snapped, and the guy in the trench coat, defended the pass and ran back into the crowd.

The play stood.

Had that film gotten out, the two leagues would never have merged when they did.

[powderblueboy]

Patriots huh?

Would be nice if the Charger secondary flowed to the football like that fan.