I miss John Madden . . .

[sonofdaxjones]

yeah, I said it, I miss John Madden. 

His shtick was tired and old, and redundant much of the time . . . but his voice usually meant big game.

[Pett]

So true. They should replace Collinsworth with Gruden IMHO.

Michaels/Gruden > Summerall/Madden

[cas]

I dig Cris Collinsworth.

[Pett]

I dig Cris Collinsworth.

Nothing bad about Cris. I just think that Gruden is the sh1t....

I mean c'mon, the combo of Michaels & Gruden would be downright lethal.

[PCR]

Yeah I like Collinsworth fine as a commentator, but I think he's annoying during games.  He should be in a studio instead.  He's trying to give too many opinions when he should be analyzing instead. 

[pwrcatjd49]

I'll miss hearing about turducken all the time. 

[hemmy]

Al Michaels is way past his prime

[WillieWannabe]

Al Michaels is way past his prime

There is a prime in broadcasting?? Besides getting too physically old.
IIRC, most of the well known broadcasters were loved into their 70's and 80's.

[Pike]

yeah, I said it, I miss John Madden. 

His shtick was tired and old, and redundant much of the time . . . but his voice usually meant big game.

Couldn't have said it better. I just hope Musberger doesn't retire soon for the same reason.

[ksudrew]

yeah, I said it, I miss John Madden. 

His shtick was tired and old, and redundant much of the time . . . but his voice usually meant big game.

POW!

[Dirty Sanchez]

   madden 

[Perry]

This also leads me into another question, what does this mean to EAs Madden football series?

Madden '10 has him just for the "Ask Madden" feature of playcalling, with a really dull new dude that sucks ass to listen to, almost sounds like he's kinda mimicking John Madden's style a bit, it's a complete joke.