Posted on 12/28/2021 4:43:08 PM PST by basalt
One thing a lot of people don’t know about Madden is how he went the whole 10 yards to help Darrel Stingley after he was paralyzed in a game against the Raiders.
I was born in Oakland way back when it was still habitable.
A serious fan of the Raiders before and especially during Madden’s time as coach. Not much after that. But damn, it was a great time to be a Raider fan and a Madden fan.
I recall reading that he was afraid of flying and took the train instead.
I recorded the show. But have not watched it yet,
you won’t be disappointed
i remember that play....terrifying...
plus the outstanding Oakland A’s baseball teams of the mid 70’s...loved the uniform colors..the white spikes....all so cool....
Madden clip from Giants - Broncos....look at this hit...man!!
https://twitter.com/i/status/1475984552006987785
He was one of the greatest.
My wife, who knew nada about football, loved listening to his commentary. He talked about the X’s and O’s in a way she could follow. And his diagrams could be a hoot!
Madden once went to a coaching seminar.
One of the speakers/teachers was Vince Lombardi who gave a class on the Green Bay Sweep. Madden signed up for it because he figured you could only talk about one play for a couple hours tops, then he would have the rest of the day free.
Madden said the Lombardi class took ALL DAY. Vince diagrammed the play against every conceivable defense that was being used at that time.
Madden said he then realized that it wasn’t enough to know what his guys were doing, he was a line coach at the time, he needed to know what every player on the field was doing. He took that into his commentary, thanks Vince.
Just before he got the head coaches position in Oakland he overheard a conversation between a fan and I believe Jack Nicklaus. When the fan asked how he practiced Nicklaus replied that first he practiced every shot/situation he had performed poorly at. Then he practiced shots/situations he hadn’t faced in a while. Lastly he practiced the things he was good at, spending the least time on that.
Madden took it to heart and used that process as a coach. Thanks Jack.
All in all John Madden was a very interesting guy who led an interesting life.
Heard this during a bowl game but fell asleep. I was going tune into NFL Network. But chance on CHristmas night a coumentary on Madden ran on Fox. It will be on five streaming services on Monday. 1. ESPN + 2. Tubi TV 3. Peacock 4. Hulu 5. Prime 6. Netflix 7.mParamount +
Heard this during a bowl game but fell asleep. I was going tune into NFL Network. By chance on Christmas night a coumentary on Madden ran on Fox. It will be on five streaming services on Monday. 1. ESPN + 2. Tubi TV 3. Peacock 4. Hulu 5. Prime 6. Netflix 7.mParamount +
But I found the Football Life on Daily Motion of Madden which has him interviewed. I amd trying to figure pout how to download it to reverse it to original format as the video was reversed on puropse. So the writing is backwards.
I once read the book I Am Third by Jerry Kramer, one of Lombardi’s pulling guards in the Green Bay years. That makes all kinds of sense, that Vince could talk all day on that play.
Good post, and agree with all that.
Madden was the Rush Limbaugh of sports broadcasters, there will never be another like him.
Oh good, I am a chargers fan from the 60’s hated the raiders, but John madden the commenter loved.
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