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Can we agree that John Madden sucks?

Fedaykin

Fedaykin

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I thought that I was rid of him when ESPN got MNF. But no. NBC apparenty couldn't find anyone to sit next to Al Michaels but the man with the ham-sized hands. (by the way a great drinking game is to take a shot every time Al Michaels tells you where some player is from... you're drunk by minute 7 of the 1st quarter)

I can't stand his hindsightfulness. "That was a great play, now let me tell you why that's exactly what they should have done." Never mind the fact that he just criticized them 10 minutes ago for running the exact same play. "You just don't want to run that play agianst THIS Cowboys defense." (Don't get me started on his romantic love for the Cowboys, despite them not having won a playoff game since 1997. They're great though.) Oh, THIS Cowboys defense? I thought we were playing against the other, easier one.

I'd rather listen to Dennis Miller equate the Battle of Grumentum to a tie game than listen to another slurry syllable from the head whose size puts Ted Kennedy's to shame.
 
well, I haven't watched an NFL game since the 90's really, but I don't mind madden.

BOOM! Tough actin tanactin!!!
 
We'll have to agree to disagree. Is he the perfect analyst? No. But he's still one of the most entertaining. Now, Chris Collinsworth is someone that really needs to go. I'll even put up with Kornheiser just because I like him on the radio and PTI and, even though he's not great in the booth, the MNF booth had very good chemistry right now.
 
Oh, completely agreed on Collinsworth. I've dislike him since he was one of the trio on HBO's Inside the NFL.

Don't like or dislike Madden, really. Not much of a fan of Al Michaels.

When it comes to NFL broadcasters, I just miss Pat Summerall.
 
Madden doesn't bother me that much, especially when compared to all the other sportscasters out there.
 
Like him or hate him, Madden's a classic announcer. He's not going anywhere. Like the poster above said...

Boom! Tough actin' Tanactin!

You can't find greatness like that just anywhere...
 
Yes I agree, he's an ass.

It seemed to have come out that after the Patriots first Super Bowl win that he bet $2,000 against them. During the final run he was going "This is stupid, the Patriots should just go to OT... blah blah I'm a fatass bitch... blah...". He did that because he bet against them!
 
I have come to the conclusion that there is no sportscaster anywhere that someone doesn't think is terrible. Almost no one actually agrees on who is the worst, which probably actually means that most of them are doing a good job.


Personally, I think that Cris Collinsworth is actually one of the best commentators, because he shares insights from his playing career that aren't already painfully obvious to the viewer.

I also like Gus Johnson a whole lot. He could call nothing but Detroit Lions games and make them seem exciting. Look on YouTube for some of his calls in various sports to see what I mean-- he really puts a lot into the emotion of his calls.

Madden I find funny but harmless; Al Michaels annoys me more with his attempts to be a comedian.

The Fox crew with Tony Siragusa on the sideline looks like it has the most fun covering the game out of all the crews out there-- they're always putting up goofy graphics like "REMEMBER FOLKS... the yellow line is not official." But they pay attention to the game first and foremost.

My least favorite would have to be CBS's number one crew featuring Phil Simms and Jim Nantz. Simms seems to decide before the game what story he's going to focus on (this team has a good defense, so they need to blitz), and he proceeds to tell that story regardless of whether it actually matches what happens in the game or not. (If the defense is doing well, it's because they're blitzing; if they're not, it's because they're not blitzing, repeated ad nauseam.)


I can almost guarantee that no one here agrees with all of the assessments I just posted. What I find to be true is that I tend to talk back to the announcers and MST3K all the dumb things they say-- but I'd miss them if they weren't there. ;)
 
Like Madden.

Find Collinsworth irritating but insightful.

Hell, I liked Dennis Miller, though, so take my perspective with a block of salt.
 
He wasn't bad when he was in his prime, but nowadays he annoys the hell out of me. Once in awhile he'll say something insightful, but even then he'll often blabber on about it longer than neccessary.
 
fennrysha said:
We'll have to agree to disagree. Is he the perfect analyst? No. But he's still one of the most entertaining. Now, Chris Collinsworth is someone that really needs to go. I'll even put up with Kornheiser just because I like him on the radio and PTI and, even though he's not great in the booth, the MNF booth had very good chemistry right now.
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I completely agree on Collingsworth. I really enjoy Kornheiser in th ebooth because it seems like he's just watching the game and reacting like many of us.

And yeah, Madden had crazy man-love for Brett Favre. Oooh won't the best story of tomorrow be that the team that pitched Pennington to get Favre gets beat by Chad and the Dolphins. That's some poetic justice for ya.
 
^^^ Hell yeah.

Odd, I'm a fan of Florida teams but have always rooted for the Jets over
the Dolphins in the past including that one MNF game back in 2000 I think
it was, Testaverde leading them to what is IMO the best comeback in NFL
history. Then I rooted for his replacement Pennington who is now a Dolphin.

Jets lead by Favre?

Go Dolphins! :cool:
 
I'll take Madden and whoever he's paired up with in the announcer's booth over the current god-awful MNF team any day of the week. How Mike Tirico got that job is beyond my comprehension.
 
I actually like Madden and Collinsworth, while I despite almost everybody else.

The worst IMO is Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Troy states the obvious and because he doesn't know anything about defense, tends to ignore them. He talks sooo slowly and you rarely learn anything new from listening to him. Buck treats football games like doing baseball games over the radio which means he ends up describing obvious things you can see on the TV as filler. He loves to hear himself talk and doesn't realize it's ok for nobody to say anything for a 3 second period... His panic attack over the Randy Moss 'mooning' incident was the worst and this in and of itself should have gotten him fired. Even SI's Dr. Z doesn't like this team!

Actually in hindsight, Simms has got to be THE worst announcer. He is so obnoxious and has to the dumbest of all announcers. Nantz isn't so bad and deserves a better partner.
 
Madden has really become a caricature of himself. I think he's terrible at this point. His commentary sounds like his game, it's generic and randomly pieced together.

The aboslute worst had to be the NFL Network telecast a few weeks back with Bob Papa, Deion Sanders, and Marshall Faulk. I like Papa, but the other two should be arrested if they ever go near a booth again.
 
Fedaykin said:
I thought that I was rid of him when ESPN got MNF. But no. NBC apparenty couldn't find anyone to sit next to Al Michaels but the man with the ham-sized hands. (by the way a great drinking game is to take a shot every time Al Michaels tells you where some player is from... you're drunk by minute 7 of the 1st quarter)

I can't stand his hindsightfulness. "That was a great play, now let me tell you why that's exactly what they should have done." Never mind the fact that he just criticized them 10 minutes ago for running the exact same play. "You just don't want to run that play agianst THIS Cowboys defense." (Don't get me started on his romantic love for the Cowboys, despite them not having won a playoff game since 1997. They're great though.) Oh, THIS Cowboys defense? I thought we were playing against the other, easier one.

I'd rather listen to Dennis Miller equate the Battle of Grumentum to a tie game than listen to another slurry syllable from the head whose size puts Ted Kennedy's to shame.
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This is one of the most insightful and accurate assessments in the history of the BBS.

I agree with you on all points.

Madden = Useless Pantload

-Shawn :borg:
 
Awwwwwwwwww. I like John Madden, if for no other reason I get tickled when he starts drawing all over the screen.

Anybody else see The Replacements? When he was drawing what looked like all of the male anatomy I was LMAO. :guffaw:
 
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