John Madden retiring

Collinsworth would be a good guess considering he did the one NFL Sunday Night Game that Madden didn't do last season.

 

Kind of like a source confirmation. Thank god both of them will be gone.

 

You think they'll ever change it? "Madden Football" is a brand name now, not just a football game endorsed by a celebrity football figure.

 

Damn. I was hoping Dennis Miller was ready for a comeback.

 

Exactly. I don't think they would ever change the name, even when it gets to the point that they have to do it without his voice.

 

I just never thought Madden was all he was cracked up to be in the booth. Anyone can look at an isolated replay, then draw lines on a screen and scream, "Watch how this back gets through the hole." That doesn't add anything for viewers who are trying to figure out why a play succeeded or failed. Tell me WHY the linebacker wasn't where he should have been.

Whatever . . . enjoy your retirement, John.

 

Cincinnati.com (Cincinnati Enquirer site) reporting Collinsworth will replace Madden.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=5c49394b12564ab6832411d82ad3a991&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a5c49394b12564ab6832411d82ad3a991Post%3a6aff5266-b4c8-456b-b8d7-1d86eb45738a&sid=sitelife.cincinnati.com

 

An aside ... Jerry Rice was no joke.

 

I like Collinsworth in the booth over most anyone, except when he does Steelers games. That's when the Bengal in him comes out and he suddenly starts calling the game with a slant to it. Otherwise, he's fine.

I'm going to miss Madden. The guy could breakdown a play, see what went right or wrong and tell you why it went right or wrong. Not everyone in the booth does that. And at least he got to go out on a high note -- with a Super Bowl that might rank among the best all-time. His voice after Santonio's touchdown went somewhere I rarely heard it go ... just pure excitement for being there at that moment.

 

You fuckers are insufferable.

 

interesting to me that, really, in a few interviews with pat, he didn't seem to be a huge fan of madden. professionally they got along fine and it there was a high level of respect there. I just kind of got the feeling like they didn't relate at all outside the booth as well.