{"id":240,"date":"2009-04-16T09:53:44","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2009-04-16T09:56:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T14:56:43","slug":"john-madden-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeboyznetwork.com\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"John Madden Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

“NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol announced Thursday that living-legend NFL broadcaster John Madden is retiring. And we had it pegged earlier this year, after Matt Millen made an unscheduled appearance on the playoff edition of NBC\u2019s pregame show, Football Night In America:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our estimation, John Madden will retire from broadcasting after the season, Cris Collinsworth will take Madden\u2019s place on NBC\u2019s Sunday Night Football, and Millen will replace Collinsworth on FNIA,\u201d we wrote on January 3.<\/p>\n

We had been hearing rumors that Madden would exit the industry, along with speculation that he\u2019d re-join the Raiders in a front-office role. Last September, owner Al Davis hinted during the infamous \u201cLane Kiffin Must Consume Fecal Matter And Die\u201d press conference that a local figure could soon be added to the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time,\u201d Madden said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m 73 years old. My 50th wedding anniversary is this fall. I have two great sons and their families and my five grandchildren are at an age now when they know when I\u2019m home and, more importantly, when I\u2019m not . . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been such a great ride. . . . The NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion \u2014 it still is. I appreciate all of the people who are and were such an important part of the most enjoyable, most fun anyone could have . . . that great life with the teams, the players, the coaches, the owners, the League . . . my broadcasting partners Pat [Summerall] and Al [Michaels] . . . the production people and the fans . . . is still great . . . it\u2019s still fun and that\u2019s what it makes it hard and that\u2019s why it took me a few months to make a decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still love every part of it \u2014 the travel, the practices, the game film, the games, seeing old friends and meeting new people . . . but I know this is the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve previously heard it, Madden and Ebersol agreed upon execution of Madden\u2019s six-year deal that, after three years, they\u2019d revisit his situation.<\/p>\n

Sundays and Mondays won\u2019t be the same without John Madded, and in hindsight he capped his career the right way \u2014 by calling one of the most exciting Super Bowls ever.” -profootballtalk<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m not going to lie here, while I have enjoyed sitting down and playing Madden football from time to time on my playstation and now Wii, I have to be honest. Is there really that many people out there that is going to miss Madden as an announcer? I mean really sorry Madden you were never a fan of mine. while I enjoyed laughing at your typical “Well in order to win the game they need to have more points then the other team by the end of the game” comments. But regardless I did not have the chance to watch you be a coach but if you coached at all the way you announced then it amazes me that you even won a Super Bowl at all. But hey, thanks for the memories and the laughs at you, clearly not with you. I’ll still play Madden 09 though, thanks for that too!<\/p>\n

Oh and btw, come on now Chris Collinsworth is just as bad looks like we all get stuck with another crappy possible 10-20 years of enjoyable comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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