RIP John Madden.

[Left Seater]

Loved his calls back in the day. His coaching days I don’t remember much of.

[Softball Bat]

His coaching days I don’t remember much of.

I remember them well. They glory days of the Raiders.
Madden was a great coach.

103-32
7 division titles in 10 years
Never had a losing season
Won the Super Bowl in the '76 season

Unfortunately Madden's Raiders to go up against the great Pittsburgh Steelers, or else John would have won more than just one Super Bowl.
Both of those teams were Titans in the 1970's.



RIP

[Softball Bat]

[smackaholic]

His coaching days I don’t remember much of.

I remember them well. They glory days of the Raiders.
Madden was a great coach.

103-32
7 division titles in 10 years
Never had a losing season
Won the Super Bowl in the '76 season

Unfortunately Madden's Raiders to go up against the great Pittsburgh Steelers, or else John would have won more than just one Super Bowl.
Both of those teams were Titans in the 1970's.



RIP

If a 70s Raiders/Sleelers playoff game were played today, at least a half dozen players would likely do prison time for assault and battery!!!!

Rack that angry bastard!!!!!

As a 13 year old Sleeler Bandwagoneer, I fukking LOATHED that fukker!!!!

But once he got into the booth, I loved him.

BOOM!!!!!! THAT is how you do color commentary.

Definitely one of the greatest NFL coaches in history.

[L45B]

Rack the Monster Blitz on Madden ‘95.

Old guys in the booth back in the day knew how to do it right— Madden, Summerall, Keith Jackson.

[Screw_Michigan]

Rack the Monster Blitz on Madden ‘95.

First video game I ever bought with my own cash was Madden 93 for SNES. Madden was such a pioneer he has had his "own" videogame franchise for almost 30 years in a sport he stopped working in professionally over 15 years ago when most teenage gamers had not been born yet. Just amazing.

BOOM--Tough Actin' Tinactin.

[Screw_Michigan]

Rack the Monster Blitz on Madden ‘95.

Did you ever notice how all the players in Madden 95 for the Genesis were balck?

[Derron57]

Rack the Monster Blitz on Madden ‘95.

Did you ever notice how all the players in Madden 95 for the Genesis were balck?

JFC you moron it was the NFL. Rack you for getting the race card in so fast.

[Derron57]

John Madden making 85 is amazing itself. Given the tons of food he slammed at the buffet tables and the lines of blow with Rodney Dangerfield he should have punched out 20 years ago.

[L45B]

Rack the Monster Blitz on Madden ‘95.

First video game I ever bought with my own cash was Madden 93 for SNES. Madden was such a pioneer he has had his "own" videogame franchise for almost 30 years in a sport he stopped working in professionally over 15 years ago when most teenage gamers had not been born yet. Just amazing.

BOOM--Tough Actin' Tinactin.

I’ll admit Screwy, I kinda threw the rake out into the yard with my ‘95 blast. But to really go back in time and analyze those games is something else. I too had M’93 on SNES (and have today all those Madden games on the Raspberry Pie) and it probably had the best graphics and gameplay, though M’92 played faster though a tad bit choppier. But those two were the best versions.

I remember the trickiest part of M’93 was calling the right
personnel lineup (Normal, Big, Fast, etc) in conjunction with the right formation in order to ensure that it was Barry fucking Sanders getting the handoff and not Mel Gray. Or better known as “RB#20” and “RB#23” respectively. But still a fun game.

[FiatLux]

He's from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Like all Brilliant people in football.

Rest in peace... My good San Francisco Bay Area guy!!!



As he was known in San Francisco..."The Mad Man" who was from the San Francisco side and coached across the Bay!

[FiatLux]

Madden used to tell great stories of growing up in Daly City with best friend John Robinson and the two of them regularly making their way to Berkeley to watch Cal games from Tightwad Hill.

[FiatLux]

I remember the Raiders playing home games at Cal.

Between 1971-75, the Raiders played 8 games against 7 different teams in Memorial. They were 7-1 in Memorial.

[Softball Bat]

He had the highest winning % of any coach in the modern era at .759. That's insane. Great, great coach

He was indeed a great coach.

That said, it is fair to also note that early Al Davis was a genius, and those Raider teams of the 1970s were stacked with talent.

Also, John's coaching career was quite short (10 seasons), for a great one.
He bowed out before any losing came his way, which it inevitably does for any coach that hangs around a good long while.

But John took the Raider talent and organization that Al built and just flat out KICKED ASS with it.
He had a winning way, and as a Raider fan at that time, there was nothing more sweet.

The Raider mystique in those years was a real thing.

[Screw_Michigan]

I’ll admit Screwy, I kinda threw the rake out into the yard with my ‘95 blast. But to really go back in time and analyze those games is something else. I too had M’93 on SNES (and have today all those Madden games on the Raspberry Pie) and it probably had the best graphics and gameplay, though M’92 played faster though a tad bit choppier. But those two were the best versions.

I remember the trickiest part of M’93 was calling the right
personnel lineup (Normal, Big, Fast, etc) in conjunction with the right formation in order to ensure that it was Barry fucking Sanders getting the handoff and not Mel Gray. Or better known as “RB#20” and “RB#23” respectively. But still a fun game.

Nice recap. Sometimes I'll play the old Madden games on my SNES and Genesis emulators. The games are fun for about 10 minutes. I mostly enjoy seeing who was on the rosters then and the 16 bit music.

[Mikey]

He had the highest winning % of any coach in the modern era at .759. That's insane. Great, great coach

He was indeed a great coach.

That said, it is fair to also note that early Al Davis was a genius, and those Raider teams of the 1970s were stacked with talent.

Also, John's coaching career was quite short (10 seasons), for a great one.
He bowed out before any losing came his way, which it inevitably does for any coach that hangs around a good long while.

But John took the Raider talent and organization that Al built and just flat out KICKED ASS with it.
He had a winning way, and as a Raider fan at that time, there was nothing more sweet.

The Raider mystique in those years was a real thing.

Fuck yes.

Ken "The Snake" Stabler
Banaszak, Davis and van Eeghen
Biletnikoff and Branch
The Ghost
Dalby, Buehler, Shell, Upshaw and Vella
The Tooz, Otis Sistrunk (from the University of Mars)
The Mad Stork, Villapiano
Atkinson, Tatum, Willie Brown, Colzie

Good times...

[L45B]

, Tatum,

The Assassin :grin:

[Softball Bat]

To add to Mikey's list, just because they are in the Hall of Fame and played on Madden teams...

George Blanda
Jim Otto
Bob Brown
Ray Guy

[Softball Bat]

, Tatum,

The Assassin :grin:

Super Bowl XI...

[Mikey]

No Mother Hubbard? WTF is wrong with you? :grin:

Though I've always been a Falcon fan first, I liked the Raiders back then (as well as the Cowboys & Dolphins). Most of it was because you just couldn't help but love Madden. What a team of characters, though...

You're right. I was looking specifically at the 1977 team that won the Super Bowl. Marv Hubbard was truly bad ass, but gone a couple of years before that as were a few other greats that could be added to the list, including the ones that pops mentioned.

I'll have to add a few that were playing in the earlier days.

The Mad Bomber (Lamonica)
Ben Davidson
Warren Wells
Billy Cannon

etc

[BSmack]

Got my son into football playing Madden with him. Simply put, Madden has had more influence on football than anyone since Paul Brown. We see and hear the game differently because of Madden. I still remember what he had to say about his broadcasting style in "One Knee Equals two Feet." He wanted more people to understand the game on their level. Last year, the three highest rated prime time shows of the year were Sunday, Monday and Thursday Night Football. Mission accomplished. RIP

[smackaholic]

Forgot about Guy.

I think there are still a few punts of his hanging in the air above Oakland Coliseum. Dude could absolutely blast it.


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[smackaholic]

Oddly enough, there was one dude from those 70 teams that I liked.

Dave Casper.

Dude just looked like the all American boy which made him stand out from the rest of that motley crew who looked like they all belonged in police lineups.


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[Diego in Seattle]

, Tatum,

The Assassin :grin:

Literally.

Sincerely,
Daryl Stingley

I will give Madden props for visiting Stingley often after the injury, eventually becoming great friends.

[smackaholic]

There’s no denying that Madden was a world class human being.

Sure was hard to tell I. The 70s though watching him rant like a madman on the sideline.

The Stingley injury was horrible luck. Was a clean hit with really shitty luck for all involved.


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[Screw_Michigan]

Got my son into football playing Madden with him. Simply put, Madden has had more influence on football than anyone since Paul Brown. We see and hear the game differently because of Madden. I still remember what he had to say about his broadcasting style in "One Knee Equals two Feet." He wanted more people to understand the game on their level. Last year, the three highest rated prime time shows of the year were Sunday, Monday and Thursday Night Football. Mission accomplished. RIP

Well said.

[FiatLux]

'Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble' - John Madden.
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[Kierland]

As a fellow Cal Poly alum and an original Raiders PSL holder I met him a few times at various functions. The 1960 plane crash that killed 22 of his football buddies was one of the reasons he stopped flying in the late 70’s. He was a good dude.

[Softball Bat]

Gotta luv old skool NFL.

Coach Madden strolling the sideline, burning a a heater in the middle of a game.









That right there is how it's done!