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Rest In Peace, John Madden.
I would have posted this in a forum, but which one? Consider: There is a generation of gamers (and probably non-gamers) who have NO IDEA about John Madden, the NFL analyst whose everyman style and extensive knowledge of football transformed sports broadcasting. Heck, I'm sure the same generation has NO IDEA John Madden won over 100 games in 10 years as the Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders, and did so in an era when the NFL season was only 14 games. (His .759 winning percentage was 2nd all-time when he stepped down as Head Coach.)
Lest we forget the Lite beer commercials!
John Madden Football went from the PC to the Sega Genesis & Super Nintendo to the stratosphere.
What a legacy.
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From all the reading I've done, the guy we got to know on-the-air was exactly the person he was to those who knew him. Funny, warm, and nice. He loved the game of football and it showed.
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He had the ability to take the game of football seriously while not taking himself too seriously. Yet you learned about the game whenever he was in the booth. His pairing with Pat Summerall was not smooth at first (Summerall had a close friendship with his previous partner, Tom Brookshier), but Summerall & Madden became the pre-eminent NFL broadcasting team. If they were calling your team's game on a Sunday, then it's because it meant something. The game became more of an event.
