1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: We'll always talk about immortality, you know, and some of 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: us think maybe we will be immortal that will live forever, 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: but when you really think about it, we're not going 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: to be. But I say this, and this is overwhelming, 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: whelming and mind blowing that through this bust with these 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: guys in that hall, we will be forever. Today we 7 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: remember and celebrate a Pro Football Hall of Famer, an 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: absolute legend, an icon in the sport of football and beyond. 9 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: John Madden passed away yesterday at the age of eighty five. 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: As life, his legacy will live on for lifetimes to come. 11 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: We're going to welcome welcoming you in now with heavy 12 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: hearts as we mourn the passing of John Madden. Right 13 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: here on Good Morning Football are soo presented to you 14 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: by old Trapper Beef Turkey. As always, it is Wednesday, 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: December twenty ninth, and the NFL world is speaking out memories, 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: lots of love, of course, extended to the family of 17 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: the great John Madden. My name's Kay Adams, Kyle Brandt 18 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: is here, Peter Schrager, Michael Robinson as well, and will 19 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: begin with a statement from our Commissioner, Roger Gridell, who 20 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: will be joining us right here on Good Morning Football 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: during our show, he said and quote on behalf of 22 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: the entire NFL family. We extend our condolences to Virginia, Mike, Joe, 23 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: and their families. We all know him as the Hall 24 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: of fame coach of the Oakland Raiders and broadcaster who 25 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: worked for every major network. Were more than anything, He 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Nobody loved football 27 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: more than coach. He was football. He was an incredible 28 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: sounding board to me and so many others. There will 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: never be another John Madden and we will forever be 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: indebted to him for all he did to make football 31 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: and the NFL what it is today. Will of course 32 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: be sharing our memories as the commissioner. Will be joining 33 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: our show Melissa Stark, who of course worked closely with him. 34 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: It's the time we're on the holidays. There was a 35 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: beautiful documentary surrounding and based on John Madden his impact 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: on the NFL and beyond. So we'll just start with 37 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: your thoughts. Kyle Brandt, what do you got? Well, it's 38 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: very sad, but I also think this is a celebration. 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: He made so many of us who love football so happy. 40 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: A magical man. This was like football Dumbledore, and if 41 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: you came of age in the nineties, he was your cool, 42 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: funny football grandpa. Roger Goodell himself has compared him to Elvis, 43 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: saying he was our king, and I remember when he 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: became my king. I remember like it was yesterday. It 45 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: was late eighties, late season, packers at Soldier Field freezing 46 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: five degrees out, and the broadcast goes to a shot 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: of a guy who's shirtless, big old bellied, drinking beers, 48 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: and man just jumps right into that tellustrator. He circles 49 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: the beer, he circles the hat, then he circles the 50 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: beers on the bottom, he circles the empties. It was 51 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: all so fun and so funny, and it was just 52 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: a lot. He talked a lot, and he was loud, 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: and he was big, and so you think, all right, 54 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: go to commercial break, take a little breath of oxygen. Nope, 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: he's jumping right through a wall and telling you why 56 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: Ace is the place. It was just so much matta 57 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: and you couldn't get enough. And then when the three 58 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: hour broadcast is finally over of the telestrators and the 59 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: jokes and the commercials, then this guy is gonna leave 60 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: and walk into the coolest vehicle on all the land, 61 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: the Madden Cruiser. It's got to go nineteen hundred miles 62 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: to Candlestick. And as a kid, it's magical because if 63 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: you grew up in the eighties, you grew up on 64 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: night Rider and the eighteen Van and Sonny Crockett's Ferrari. 65 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: I thought this thing was cooler than all of them. 66 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: The Madden Cruiser was better than the Batmobile. So then 67 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: all right, he does the broadcasting and the commercials in 68 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: and he's got the vehicle. And then after the game, 69 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: then you're gonna go into the basement and play this 70 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: guy's video game for several more hours. So what are 71 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: we talking about here. This is not Joe Montana, this 72 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: is not Dan Marino. This was a color commentator, And 73 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: on one Sunday, kid would listen to him talk football 74 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: for three hours, learn how to cure athletes foot, then 75 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: play his video game for three more hours, and go 76 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: to bed on Sunday night dreaming about living in the 77 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: Madden Cruiser. What a life, What a legend. Peter doesn't 78 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: get any better than that man to fact and to 79 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: nactin Yeah, I mean it was ace hard to actin. 80 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: It was moom John's back. It was Miller lite, less filling, 81 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: taste great, and that was like bullet point eleven of 82 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: his creamy Kyle. This guy, it's amazing that we're talking 83 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: about him and the Super Bowl winning coach. When he 84 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: retired after ten years, John Madden had had had won 85 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: three of every four games he coached in and instead 86 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: at forty two, I'm retiring. I'm down, and unlike all 87 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: these other coaches didn't have that Actually I'll come back. No, 88 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: he retired, walked away from the game and then has 89 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: the broadcast career and then has the video game. But 90 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: I would go back to the broadcast career. And like 91 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: from nineteen eighty three to nineteen ninety seven, the FC 92 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: did not win a Super Bowl. It was dominated by 93 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: the NFC. It was Washington, it was Dallas, it was 94 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: the Giants, it was the forty nine Ers and those teams, 95 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: then the Packers. All of those big games on the 96 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: NFC package, whether it be on CBS or then on 97 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: Fox when he jumped to Fox. All of the biggest 98 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: games of my childhood were called by John Madden. And 99 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: it was not just personality and not just bombasted, and 100 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: not just jokes. This guy taught me football. He broke 101 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: down the game in that way that someone who didn't 102 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: play football growing up, someone who didn't coach football, someone 103 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: who didn't learn from Bill Walsh, could understand football. And 104 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: in the Madden documentary the k so beautifully alluded to, 105 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: they show that he coached a course at cal Berkeley, 106 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: not for football players but for regular students on the 107 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: game and strategy of football, and some of the stories 108 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: he hears that he tried to see where the students 109 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: would start drifting off when he was talking over their 110 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: head quickly bring him back to an analogy to real life. 111 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: He tried to make football digestible for everyone. And that 112 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: was the first of his kind, because before that there 113 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: was Cosell, who was his own thing, or there was 114 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: the ex player that just spoke in xes and ohs. 115 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: John Madden spoke to the sixty year old woman in 116 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: Idaho and to the twenty five year old guy in 117 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: South Florida, and we all loved them. And I'll tell 118 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: you what, I'm gonna miss him because John Madden was 119 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: football growing up, and he taught me the game right 120 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: there on my television set. Yeah, Peter, John Madden was 121 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: football man, definitely was football. I don't I don't remember 122 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: his coaching history and things like that. Obviously seen videos 123 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: saw how he impacted the National Football League from a 124 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: coaching standpoint. But when I think of John Madden, he 125 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: represented opportunity for me, being a young black kid come 126 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: out of Richmond, Virginia in the early nineties, seeing those 127 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: iconic games Kyle, that you talk about, right, and you 128 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: would hear that voice. Peter, you mentioned this too. You 129 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: talked about how good of a teacher he was, And 130 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: to me, that's the main job as being a coach, 131 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: is the ability to be able to teach. It seemed 132 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: like there wasn't a player, it wasn't a fan, there 133 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: wasn't anybody that John Madden couldn't make this game digestible for. 134 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: And so being a young man hearing his voice on 135 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: the big screen on the national television, knowing that football 136 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: was something I wanted to do in life. I just 137 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: wanted John Madden to say my name at some point, right. 138 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: I just that's what I mean by him representing so 139 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: much opportunity. He got inducted into the National Football League 140 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. My rookie season. I remember watching his 141 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame speech again, getting ready for my very 142 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: first NFL action, being nervous, you know what I'm saying, 143 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: but obviously hearing John Madden hearing this Hall of Fame speech. 144 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: And I remember talking to coach North Turner the very 145 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: next day when we had practice in San Francisco, like, man, 146 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: did you see the Hall of Fame speech? We you know, 147 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: as a group, we talked about it, and his calmed 148 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: me down. I had anxiety before the game. John Madden's 149 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: words calmed me down. And both of you guys alluded 150 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: to the football game, the maddened football game, the video game. 151 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: How many millions of people, not just children, because I 152 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: know some people that probably has their marriage messed up 153 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: right now because of this game, Right millions of people 154 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: come together, not just on a weekend basis, but at 155 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: every day basis, coming together playing the video game, you know, 156 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: you know, having competitive situations with each other. That was 157 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: what it was all about them. You know. I eventually 158 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to be on the Madden Football Game. 159 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: So it's a sad day in football. It is because 160 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: we lost the heavyweight. We lost a giant, a tighten 161 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: in this game. But kb to your point, man, we 162 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: should be celebrating just how much he meant to the game, 163 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: how much he meant to the broadcasting booth, and just 164 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: how much he meant to humanity, because the guy wasn't 165 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: was a master, master coach, so well said by all 166 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: of you, larger than life. He's an absolute icon and 167 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: a legends anonymous with football with passion probably more than 168 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: anything even with Thanksgiving. He's so iconic, and all of 169 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: that being in a game that he's calling, being on 170 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: a video game that he was heavily involved with in 171 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: the late eighties that is probably as relevant, if not 172 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: much more relevant and meaningful to players to be a 173 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: part of. Now, he was truly larger than life. And 174 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: then there's his coaching career, more wins as a coach 175 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: in Raider's history than anyone else over a hundred and 176 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: a quick ten year span. So let's take a look 177 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: now at the life the legacy of John Madden. Good afternoon, everyone, 178 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: Dick Stockton with John Madden. Hi, everybody, I'm bene going 179 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: along with John Madman's were all here with John Madden 180 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: for thirty years. John Madden was the beloved Dean of 181 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: football and lists. What a way to start a Super Bowl. 182 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: That's what Cincinnati wants to do. As the first sportscaster 183 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: to work for all four major networks, Madden built a 184 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: successful career with his colorful everyman approach. Boom you hit. 185 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 1: I mean that's boom, boom, right to the ground. Some 186 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: people say, you know, they run in there and they 187 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: clyde or something, it gets in their boom. That's what 188 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: I say. He makes a little basketball twist there and 189 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 1: pivot and boom, the ball's there right again between the 190 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: eight and nine. Who was he happy? While later generations 191 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: remember his larger than life broadcast persona, it was as 192 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: the coach of the Oakland Raiders that he first read 193 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: the spotlight. In nineteen sixty nine, the thirty two year 194 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: old Madden became the NFL's youngest head coach. Let's start 195 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: off and stay after the whole game. In ten seasons 196 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: with the Raiders, Madden built a dominating team. He boasts 197 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: one of the best regular season winning percentages of any coach. 198 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: With one hundred victories, he won three of every four games. Well, 199 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: John Madden was the Raiders. I mean his personality, his intensity, 200 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: his persona, everything about John, his appearance was ideally suited 201 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: for the Raiders. These guys responded to him when possibility. 202 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: They couldn't have responded to anyone else, no matter how 203 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: smarter gifted they'd be. We like John. He was a 204 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: player's coach. He let us play football, He let us 205 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: have fun, and we won. We wanted to win for him. 206 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: And that's really the key to coaching in the national 207 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: football there is will the players play for you? Then 208 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: He always gave us a chance to do what we 209 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: had to do as a team. He always stressed, whatever 210 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: you guys do, just do it together and do it 211 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: as one. I only had three rules. And you know, 212 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: to be on time, you know, like we're gonna have 213 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: a meeting or somebody. Everyone's on time, and to do that, 214 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: and to pay attention, you know, listen when you're speaking, 215 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: because if you're going to teach you how to listen 216 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: and then play like hell, I want I tell you 217 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: to play like hell. On Sunday, it comes to Ron, 218 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: he called as well as a while two seconds Conanzon 219 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: Madden is on the field. He wants to know if 220 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: it's real. They said, yes, get your big butt out 221 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: of here. He does us will be read. Despite their 222 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: regular season success, a Super Bowl championship remained elusive. The 223 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: Raiders played in and lost five AFC title games in 224 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: seven years. We were that close, and I mean, if 225 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: I felt frustrated by that, how about the guy that 226 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: was that far away. You know, he was really frustrated. 227 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: So I always thought, we have a good team and 228 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: we just have to kind of get one more thing here. 229 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: And nineteen seventy six, it all came together from Madden 230 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: and the Raiders in Super Bowl eleven. Their defense pummeled 231 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, their offense shattered the Super Bowl record 232 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 1: for total yards, and the victory catapulted Madden's team to 233 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: the top of the NFL. And he locks and trolls perseverance, 234 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: you know, keep getting up and get knocked down, Get up, 235 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: get up, get up, keep getting up. John's a big 236 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: fight fan. I'm a big fight fan, you know, in 237 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: a good fight to last one up Bowl. With patience 238 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: and faith, Madden coached his team to its greatest prize. 239 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: Thirty years after that achievement, he was still waiting for 240 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: his ultimate recognition for the much anti dissipated Pro Football 241 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame Class of two thousand and six announcement 242 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 1: press conference and someone says, do you want me to 243 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,599 Speaker 1: turn this off or turn it down? I don't know. 244 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: I said, I didn't make it, but let's watch it. 245 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: See who did make it? John Madden. I didn't come 246 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: down or remember anything for twenty four hours. My son 247 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: happened to have a camera and he took a picture 248 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: of that moment. And I don't remember what I look like, 249 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: what happened, but I just had tingles all over me. 250 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: I've never been so emotional for so long. I mean, 251 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: the feeling didn't go away. We watched the NFL network 252 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna announce it, and I said, they can't take 253 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: this away kind I mean, they can't say we're kidding. 254 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: We want it back again. You don't fly to way 255 00:14:51,240 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: I can't. Today feels like the second time my life 256 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: that I'm being carried off the shoulders of others. This 257 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: has been the sweetest ride of them all. Today we 258 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: remember and celebrate a Pro Football Hall of Famer, an 259 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: absolute legend, an icon in the sport of football and beyond. 260 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: John Madden passed away yesterday at the age of eighty five. 261 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: As life, his legacy will live on for lifetimes to come. 262 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: Commissioner Roger Goodell joining us this morning with a heavy heart. 263 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: Good morning, sir, good morning, Kay. How are you. I'm okay, 264 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: We of course have heavy hearts and outpouring of support. 265 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: A beautiful statement by you. Condolence has given to his family, 266 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: his wife Virginia and so on. And I love this 267 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: part where you said he was football. How would you 268 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: describe John Madden's impact on the game. You know, I 269 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: don't think too people could have the impact that John 270 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: Madden had. You know, he re se a Hall of 271 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: Fame coach went a hundred, had an incredible career as 272 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: an announcer, created the Madden Game, which people look at 273 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: just as an electronic game, but it taught so many 274 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: people about the game of football. And then he helped 275 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: really to the week he died with myself and our 276 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: staff and the competition committee on looking at every aspect 277 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: of the game. But there there really wasn't a guy 278 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: who loved football more than John Madden. It's just it 279 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: was incredible. When I would call him and ask him 280 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: about a particular play, he knew exactly what I was 281 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: talking about. He watched every play of every game multiple 282 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: times and there was just an incredible resource. But more importantly, 283 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: he's a great friend of football, great front of the NFL, 284 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: and I don't think anyone cared more deeply about the 285 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: NFL than kirch Man. Roger. You mentioned in your statement 286 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: that you provided last night that he was an incredible 287 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: sounding board to you. You mentioned the rules Committee. I 288 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: know how much he was a part of that. Also 289 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: diversity hiring. He was a big voice in that as 290 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: well as a sounding board. What would some of the 291 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: things you would go to John Madden for is for 292 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: advice and for some mentorship that he would provide, you know, Schwigs. 293 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: One of the things about coach you could talk football 294 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 1: day along with him. Again, you know, his knowledge of 295 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: the game, the history of the game was extraordinary. But 296 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: he also, you know, in addition to the game itself, 297 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 1: he was really big on safety. He really focused a 298 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: great deal with me and our committees and our player 299 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: Health and Safety committee on how do we make the 300 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: game safer? How do we take techniques out of a 301 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: game that really are unsafe and really don't need to 302 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 1: be a part of our game. And so he was 303 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: huge on that. But the one point that I would 304 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: probably not underestimate is his knowledge of business. There really 305 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: wasn't anything about the NFL it off the field. He 306 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: had a great knowledge of the game off the field. 307 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: He knew the business issues, He knew how it was 308 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: impacting on our fans, how it was it affecting television. 309 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: One of the things I always admired about him when 310 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: he got into television. He didn't want to just come 311 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: in and be another broadcaster. He didn't want to be 312 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: another color analyst. He wanted to come in and change it. 313 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: The way people watched the game, the way they experienced 314 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,719 Speaker 1: the game, the way they understood the game. He just 315 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: brought fun to it, and he brought an understanding to 316 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: it and changed the way we covered the game from 317 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: the production side as well as from the analyst standpoint. 318 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: And because of that, Roger, a lot of us grew 319 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: up looking at John Madden as a truly magical figure 320 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: on our televisions and true to form, Batman had the Batmobile, 321 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: James Bond had the Aston Martin, and John Madden had 322 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 1: the Madden Cruiser. And we know that you were able 323 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: to spend some time on that. We're all very jealous 324 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: about it. Can you tell us what was it like 325 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: to be on a road trip with John Madden. Hey, Kyle, 326 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: you know that that was one of the experiences I 327 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 1: always remember. We probably spent four or five days we 328 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: went to training camps. It was probably back in two 329 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: thousand and nine or ten. But it was extraordinary to 330 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: have that kind of time with coach, To be able 331 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: to spend all day long talking to him about football, 332 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: being able to get back on the bus and talk 333 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: about what we just saw the training camp and who 334 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: we met, and some players got on the bus and 335 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: spend time with us. You got to experience going to 336 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: a rest stop with coach Madden getting off that bus. 337 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: It was unbelievable. It was, you know, it was like 338 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: Elvis appeared and everybody came out. Everybody wanted to line 339 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,719 Speaker 1: up and just get a little piece of coach, and 340 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: he took time with everybody. It was just an experience 341 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: I'll ever forget, and I don't think he'll ever forget 342 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: it because he always rode me hard. Because someone had 343 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: called and asked, what does Roger want to eat? And 344 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: my assistance as well. He usually has like salmon and 345 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 1: salad and most days, and when I got on the bus, 346 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: he said, we don't serve salmon and salad on the 347 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: Madden pizza, And he rode me all the way, So 348 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: I never had my salmon and salad. But I gotta 349 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: tell you, Coach got a lot of mileage out of it. 350 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: It is Roger. First of all, thank you for joining 351 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: us this morning. Man. But how will you personally? How 352 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: will you remember John Madden? You know, Mike rob It's good. 353 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: It's a really good question. The way I remember him 354 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: is just who I got to know. He was a 355 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: really warm, genuine person. There is nothing that was not 356 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: authentic about Coach Madden. He said what was on his mind. 357 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,880 Speaker 1: I think people will probably never recognize. I think how 358 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: great a communicator he was, you know. I think that's 359 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: what made him a great coach. I think it's what 360 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: made him great on television. I think it's also great 361 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:34,719 Speaker 1: in developing the Madden game itself. He wanted to change 362 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: whatever he was involved with. And I'm a big person 363 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: on embracing change and making sure we adapt to make 364 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: sure we do things differently and better. And Coach always 365 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: did that. Coach always found a way to say, we 366 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: can change us to make this better. And he looked 367 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: at something and thought that he could could do that, 368 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: So I'll remember it as a man he was. I 369 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: didn't think of him as quite the Hall of Fame 370 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: hero and because he just was such a good friend 371 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: and someone that you could spend time with and really 372 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: talk about anything on your mind. But he is an 373 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: iconic figure in the NFL. I called him the King 374 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: the other day and I still believe that. Well, our 375 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: condolence is to you and the loss of your great friend, 376 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: the King, John Madden, such an iconic figure. We thank 377 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: you for your time and we're sorry for your loss. Commissioner, Well, 378 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: it's a loss for all of his kid but thank you, 379 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: as Commissioner Roger Goodell said, John Madden was football, so 380 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: in that sphere at whiteboard Wednesday dedicated to him. Guys, 381 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: let's get it go and hear a first question. When 382 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: you hear the name John Madden, what's the first thing 383 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 1: that pops into your head? Shrikes. I think of tur ducan, okay, 384 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: because he brought us the tur ducan, but I also 385 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: think of cankles. You're like cankles. I've never heard of 386 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: the term cankles before. Let's go to a playoff game, 387 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: Rams Packers. Brett farf there are six picks in this game. 388 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: No one cared. It was all about the cankles. Take 389 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: a listen. Can you ever see his legs? I mean 390 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: he has the biggest leg and they go all the 391 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: way down. Most legs go all No, I mean the 392 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: bigness goes all the way down. He has the biggest 393 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: cankles in the world. You see that area between your 394 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: calf and your ankle, cankles, that's called And he has 395 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: the biggest cankles in the world. No bigger cankles, I'll 396 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: guarantee you the whole world. And Jeff Scalia it was 397 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: stuff like that. I loved it, right. That was Madden 398 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: in a nutshell middle of a playoff game talking about cankles. 399 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 1: That's what I'll remember, all right. For me when I 400 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: think of John Madden, it's gotta be the video game. Man. 401 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I come from an era of gamers. Yes, 402 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: I saw the Madden game. Come. I actually used to 403 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,959 Speaker 1: play it on Genesis back in the day. Madden ninety 404 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: three was my favorite. I played with the Cowboys and 405 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: Miss Slip was a straight dog on that game. Man. 406 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: But yeah, John Madden again, you know, a pop culture icon, 407 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: especially with this Madden game is something that I'm gonna 408 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: remember him for. This Mad Game was awesome. Brother. Some 409 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: of us go all the way back to the Commodore 410 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: sixty four with Mad, but cankles Madden the first thing 411 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: I think of three words, itching, cracking, and burning. Now 412 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: what does that mean? Every other commercial break for any 413 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: other Madden game he would ever call, he would go 414 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: to some guy's feet that were on fire, and he's 415 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: uncomfortable and it's got this heat sensor thing on it, 416 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden madd would come in Boom 417 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: tough act to acting. And as a kid, I didn't 418 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: know what athletes foot was. I thought that's something that 419 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: you wanted, like I got athletes feet. No, it turns 420 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: out it's a condition. Then John Madden tells you as itching, cracking, 421 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: and burning, And on the national broadcast every single Sunday, 422 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: this guy's feet would be on fire and Madden would 423 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: put out the fire. And I've never forgotten about it, 424 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: all three of them. Boom tough act to acting the best, 425 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: put it on the map. I love it. Acting a 426 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: fee with your answers. Everybody watching me don't want to 427 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 1: share your memories of the great John Madden. He was 428 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: the master of the telestrator. He telestrated everything from coolers 429 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: to Troy Aikman's beer. Do we all remember that? Of course, 430 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,719 Speaker 1: if you Shrigs could have one cav John Madden telestrate 431 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 1: one thing your everyday life, what would it have been. 432 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: I would love John Badden to take the telestrator and 433 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: telestrate me riding the subway in COVID times. You got 434 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 1: the mask on here. This guy's got the mask, but 435 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: he's also trying to be six feet apart, and he's 436 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: got the other guy, and this guy's got no mask 437 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: and the cop. He don't care about the guy with 438 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: no mask, but this lady, she's upset about this guy 439 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: in the mask, just drawing it all up and giving 440 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: a scene. Because if you take any New York City 441 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: subway right now, it is a scene and it is 442 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: an amazing thing to observe. I would love Madden to 443 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 1: give us his telestration of exactly what's going on all right? 444 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: For me, it's got to be my morning routine. Guys, 445 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, if you follow me on social media 446 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: and on my platforms, I'm always talking about stretching and 447 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: meditating and I have a superman pose that I do, Guys, 448 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: right while I kind of put my hands on my 449 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: hips and I look at myself in the mirror, and 450 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm telling myself, I'm the greatest thing since slice bread. 451 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,959 Speaker 1: I would love to hear John Madden kind of, you know, 452 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: telestrate talk through, you know, take the audience through my 453 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: morning routine and guys, I stand on my head for 454 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: like two or three minutes. To me, that would be 455 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: the highlight of John Madden telestrating my morning routine. There's 456 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: a lot of things I was thinking about saying jin Friday, 457 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: which is me just passed out with two martinis in 458 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: the couch. That's not that interesting. We just made the show. 459 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: I think if we had started a little bit earlier 460 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football, we might have had Coach Madden come 461 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: on the show. And if he did, I'm just gonna 462 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 1: make this about a thing we do here. I would 463 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 1: like a John Madden telestration of Angry Runs. Just come 464 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: in and do it. You know why, because the segment 465 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: is just a series of booms boom boom bom boom 466 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 1: boom bumm after another, and he'd say, what is that, Pat? 467 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: And that's a scepter. He's got a scepter, pat and 468 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: he would circle. Look at this, this guy Zipper is 469 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: down and he would circle that and he would be 470 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: on or not. It was like what Madden is born 471 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: on the telestration. To do it would be a terrible look, 472 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: very masculating for me. It would also be an honor 473 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: to have him do that. And I just am getting 474 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 1: whiskey just even thinking about Angry runs withs Coach Madden 475 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: and Rob brought it up earlier. The younger generation. Of course, 476 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: Madden being in Madden playing Madden. That's the connection for 477 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: many people to the Hall of Famed legend John Madden. 478 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: So who is your all time favorite Madden video game player? 479 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: To play with, Peter Today's Madden. It's a different matter 480 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: than I grew up with. I grew up in the 481 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: nineties with the Sake of Genesis version that MicroB was 482 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: talking about, and I would always play the Detroit Lions, 483 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: Scott Mitchell handing it off to Barry Sanders. Barry had 484 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: ninety nine spheres and would just go all over the place. 485 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: And yeah, it was always the argument, we drive a 486 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: big power back like a Jerome Venis or a bad Morris, 487 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: or or a shifty one like Emmett or Barry with 488 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 1: his jersey untucked. Barry Sanders on Madden in nineties versions 489 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: with a white cover and Madden's face on it. That's 490 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: what I was going with Barry number twenty in Detroit Lions. Peter. 491 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: Barry Sanders was my all time favorite player in the 492 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: world growing up. I love Barry Sanders or everything about him. 493 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: I love Barry Sanders and you're right, he was Damn 494 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 1: They're unstoppable on Madden. But for me, guys, and this 495 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: was a great honor when it lead when the time 496 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: when my time finally came from me be able to 497 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: be able to do this the franchise mode Mike rob 498 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: when I played QB, Yes, right, so it was when 499 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: college football came out and I was able to do 500 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: the franchise mode on that and then drafted myself as 501 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: a quarterback, right as a quarterback into the Madden Franchise mode. 502 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: And it was crazy, man, because again I talked about 503 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: earlier in the show. For years. Man, you just played 504 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: this game, and you know you played the Madden game. 505 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: You know you know the Madden iconic stature. You know 506 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: that you know to be on that game really means something, 507 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: especially to be on the cover and all of that stuff. 508 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: So to be able to draft myself from college as 509 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: a Hospan Finals at the quarterback position, and then be 510 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: able to draft myself in the franchise mode and actually 511 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: played quarterback, and now I was in a video game, 512 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: was in real life. Man, it was awesome. I will 513 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: never forget that about job Matt video games. Yes, it 514 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: is really cool. Madden's favorite player if you listen to 515 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: any game, was Brett Farfe. He loved Bret Brett, Brett fire. 516 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: So I would always play with the Packers because I 517 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: wanted any piece of Brett Farve because they would make 518 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: him unbelievable, and so were his surrounding pieces. I had 519 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: a Maddened game that was like mid nineties Super Nintendo 520 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: and sixty four had not dropped yet but it was 521 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 1: still talking. So the guy I would throw to all 522 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: the time, and this is a deep cut. Every time 523 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: I would throw to five's tight and he would catch 524 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: every single one. In summer, I would go fast complete 525 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: Mark Chimura Chimura. He was unbelievable in this game, this 526 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: particular version that I had, because they gave all of 527 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: our super friends superpowers. So you would throw it to 528 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: Chimura every single time, and your friend or your brother 529 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: knew it was going to Chimura, and he would take 530 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: whoever on there. You would take a Darren Sharper, whoever 531 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: was there doing it to try to stop it, and 532 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: he would always work and it would always be completed. 533 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: And it was Mark Chamoura was my guy, and a 534 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: big old spike in the end zone. Ver you have 535 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: it a very John Madden edition of white Board Ones, 536 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: they will have more Ill, one of the most beloved 537 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: iconic sports figures of all time. All after this and 538 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: I'll show right here, I'm good Morning Football. Don't go anywhere. 539 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: I'm smiling because we're celebrating the life of John Madden, 540 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: one of the greatest coaches, broadcasters and friends to the NFL. 541 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: And one person at the NFL Network who worked very 542 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: closely with John Madden and the start of her career 543 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: was really learning a bunch about the world of broadcasting 544 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: and of course the world of the NFL was Melissa Stark. 545 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: We are so happy to have John Madden's Monday night 546 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: football partner, Melissa Stark, on the show this morning. Melissa 547 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: condolences on the passing of John Madden. What it's your 548 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: initial reaction and the loss of this legendary man. Well, 549 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: you know the fact that we had the tribute on 550 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: Christmas Day that the All Madden documentary aired, and I 551 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: know that he he was surrounded by family and friends 552 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: when he watched it, and then after he saw it, 553 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: he went around to everybody and asked them their favorite part. 554 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: And he loved it. I mean, he absolutely loved it. 555 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: And you could see for those of you who haven't 556 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: seen it, you have to see it, but you could 557 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: see how many people loved him, and you could see 558 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: the impact that he had on different people, because everybody 559 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: loved him for a different reason. Just the career that 560 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: he had in so many areas. I think the one 561 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: thing in life is it's very hard to be the 562 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: best at one thing, but to be the best at coaching, 563 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: at broadcasting, at being a human being, just a Hall 564 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: of fame person. To be the best in all those 565 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: areas is, you know, the ultimate trifecta, and that's what 566 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: he was. Melissa. I'm so sorry for your loss. Everyone 567 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: loved John Madden, but not everybody worked with him. You, 568 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: of course, on that Monday night, pootball broadcast you John Madden, 569 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: Al Michaels. It was magic. What was it like working 570 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: with the great John Madden? It was incredible because I 571 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: was so young at the time. K I mean, I 572 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: was twenty six five twenty six, and he just treated 573 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: me like one of the guys. And he was so 574 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 1: much fun. And we would watch film together. When we 575 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: would go to the team facilities, he would orchestrate these 576 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: touch football games and we'd all play. We all had 577 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: to play different roles in different positions, and we'd play 578 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: the pr teams and usually we'd lose, but we'd never 579 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: lose because John would cheat. John would fudge the score 580 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: so that our broad cast team always won. But he 581 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: always made things fun. Of course, we wrote on the 582 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: Madden Cruiser, and that was just unbelievable because you hear 583 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: so much about the Madden Cruiser in his claustrophobia and 584 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: how many miles he logged and all of that, but 585 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: it really was his home. You're on it and he's 586 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: letting you into his home. That was an incredible perspective 587 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: into him and who he was. And I was just 588 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: so thankful that the way he treated me was incredible 589 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: for my confidence and just being in his presence and 590 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: being part of that team, you know, obviously with al Michaels, 591 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: and you couldn't ask for anything more. We listen, we 592 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: can't get enough of the cruise. We absolutely love it. 593 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: We had Chemistier Gondell on earlier and he told us 594 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: incredible story about how the coach Matt had said to 595 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: him when you come on the cruiser, what would you 596 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: like for food? And Roger and his assistant says some 597 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: salmon and salad, and Coach Ben, we don't do salmon 598 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: and salad on the Matten Cruiser. Can you tell us 599 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: some more memories of that? And do you remember any 600 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: of these house rules? What was your experience? So it 601 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: was incredible you had, We had Willie who was the 602 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: bus driver, Joe as a bus driver as well. Really 603 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: it was like a family getting on there. I remember 604 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: it was incredibly cold. He kept it like an iceberg 605 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: in there. So it was just lots of jokes, lots 606 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: of inside jokes, some of them not you know, PG rated, 607 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: so I couldn't share them here. He loved he loved 608 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: to tell jokes. And you know you're talking about food. 609 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: We didn't really eat that much on the bus because 610 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: we'd stop in all these you know, we'd stop in 611 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: all these places. I mean we really went to production 612 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: meetings and things like that on the bus. But it 613 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: was so he loved food. He absolutely loved food, and 614 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: so it was so much fun to go to, you know, 615 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: if you're in Philly, the Cheese Steak, if you're in 616 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: Kansas City, the Ribs, and he would just talk about 617 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: them the whole way. And he would find, you know, 618 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: the most authentic place to go, not touristy, and come 619 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: off the bus and be this absolute rock star hero 620 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: and just want to know about the people and just 621 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: want to know about the town. And that was him, 622 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: and he was just so genuine and so real. We 623 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,719 Speaker 1: already we all know John Mann had just larger than 624 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: life type of personality. He worked so close with him 625 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: for a long time. What was he like, you know, 626 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: behind the scenes off camera, what was that experience like 627 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: with John Man? Just the kindest human that you'll know, 628 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: and so interested in you or whoever he was talking to. 629 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,719 Speaker 1: Loved to have fun, love to laugh. I said, you know, 630 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: I think from me, the biggest thing that I'll remember 631 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: about him is his smile. But really cared about people 632 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: and cared about your kids. And you know, he would 633 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 1: look at pictures of my kids and say, Okay, that 634 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: one's gonna be an offensive lineman, Okay, that one's gonna 635 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: be the quarterback, and everything always came back to football. 636 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,959 Speaker 1: Of course. One of my favorite lines, and I'm sure 637 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: you guys heard this when he was covering a broadcaster, 638 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: or maybe he just said it to us behind the scenes. 639 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 1: I think he said it on the air, but he 640 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: would say about a football player, he said, there's one 641 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,879 Speaker 1: person that's watching him on every single play, and that's 642 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: his mom. And John just got it. You know, he 643 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: just understood what was valuable, and he understood family and 644 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 1: that's what he prioritized and that in football. He will 645 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,799 Speaker 1: definitely be missed. But of course, you know, what can 646 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: you what work would you ask for than to live 647 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:34,280 Speaker 1: such an incredible, credible life where you touched so many people. 648 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 1: It's beautiful and I know you are in the thick 649 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: of it and you're working, but like I don't think 650 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: you realize the impact that you make to so many 651 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: young broadcasters and the impact that you have being on 652 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 1: the field. And just to say from a personal level, 653 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: how honored I am to share a sideline with you 654 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 1: on Saturday night. I can only imagine how you felt 655 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,879 Speaker 1: with Madden and Michael's up there in the booth. But Melissa, 656 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: thank you for sharing your memories. It's so cool to 657 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: speak with you this morning. Thanks for having me. Guys, 658 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: we're joined now by a very special person to me 659 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: personally and to the world of the NFL. Someone you 660 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: can currently hear calling games on Amazon Prime NFL on 661 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: Prime alongside the great Hannah Storm. You can hear that 662 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 1: on Thursday Night Football, the recipient of the Pro Football 663 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame honor of the Pete Roselle Award, a 664 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: multiple Emmy winner, and a close friend of the late 665 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: John Madden Andrew Kramer. We are so sorry. We are 666 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 1: sending our condolences to you, of course on your loss, 667 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,760 Speaker 1: and we thank you for joining us this morning. Thanks okay, 668 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: and thanks to all of you for having me on. 669 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: And truthfully, I think it's a universal loss for not 670 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: just for the entire sports world as well as of 671 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 1: course the NFL. It is and we know that you incepted. 672 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 1: You were part of the inception of Sunday Night Football 673 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: alongside John Madden back in two thousand and six, and 674 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: I just wanted to give you a chance to really 675 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: take it wherever you'd like to go and tell us 676 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: how you're feeling, what he meant to you, or any 677 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,320 Speaker 1: stories you'd like to share. Well, I have to start 678 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: off by because that's the first thing, aside from profound sadness. 679 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: I just sort of got flooded by various memories that 680 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: I had of working with him, but one in particular, you, 681 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: my diminutive friend, will appreciate since we are both very 682 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: slight five two barely one hundred pounds. So it's Monday 683 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: and night football pre game, and it's in Miami, and 684 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: there are hurricane like conditions and I am on the 685 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: field literally doing stand ups with sandbags on my feet, 686 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 1: and John was doing pre game with us at the time. 687 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,280 Speaker 1: And after, you know, he threw to me and I 688 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 1: gave the report, then i'd throw back to him. And 689 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 1: as he is throwing back, he says, Wow, I think 690 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: I just saw Andrea Kramer fly through the air in 691 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: the wind. That was Madden's humor. He was just so 692 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,919 Speaker 1: he was always, you know, so quick and so wry 693 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: and so funny, and and listen, you know, you just 694 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:49,800 Speaker 1: had Melissa on and she joined John at the onset 695 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 1: of her career. By the time I got to John, 696 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,880 Speaker 1: I've been in the business for twenty plus years. But 697 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: let me tell you the idea of working with John 698 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: Madden al Michael's of course the greatest production team of 699 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: all time in Fred Gelli and Drew Esscoff, that was 700 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: pretty significant. And then of course being on the bus 701 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: with John it was like being on tour with a 702 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: rock group. That's what it was like when you walked 703 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,719 Speaker 1: into a hotel because Madden was so much larger than like. 704 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,240 Speaker 1: It was literally what the sports version of the Beatles 705 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,080 Speaker 1: was like. But the thing that you can't miss about 706 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: the bus, the bus wasn't about transportation. The bus was 707 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:30,240 Speaker 1: about camaraderie. The bus was about everybody talking, watching whatever. 708 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,279 Speaker 1: You know. Coach always had the clicker in his hand, 709 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: whether it was on the bus, watching television or Friday 710 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,359 Speaker 1: film sessions that we would sit at and he would 711 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,759 Speaker 1: you go back and forth and go through all the 712 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,680 Speaker 1: plays and it was just there's just so many amazing 713 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 1: memories that you have of him. But it all came 714 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,319 Speaker 1: down to this was his team. Now he was no 715 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: longer in the Raiders. This was his team and the 716 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,319 Speaker 1: dinner that he had for all of us at his 717 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,880 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame induction. He always had a party right 718 00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,719 Speaker 1: before the super Bowl. When we covered the super Bowl 719 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: in Tampa, it was about team. That was the key 720 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,959 Speaker 1: thing for John Madden. We know the big, bombastic personality, 721 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: we know the commercials in the video game. You know 722 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,279 Speaker 1: the man. So what was he like in those I 723 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 1: don't know, more private moments or maybe just off the 724 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 1: broadcast where it was just you and him, and maybe 725 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 1: you him and the crew. I think two things really 726 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 1: resonate for me on a personal level, and that is 727 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: coach sort of stuff. He stopped traveling to the Hall 728 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 1: of him. He loved the Hall of Fame. Of course, 729 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: we remember the one probably the greatest ever line, right, 730 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,719 Speaker 1: which is the busts talk to each other, which is 731 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,840 Speaker 1: more evidence of camaraderie. Right. But when I was honored 732 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 1: by the Hall of Fame, as K mentioned, I get 733 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: home and Coach calls me and I'm just so proud 734 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,399 Speaker 1: of you. And we must have talked for like an 735 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,799 Speaker 1: hour just catching up on everything, and it was so 736 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 1: meaningful that he picked up the phone to think about 737 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,240 Speaker 1: me at that really important time in my career. Fast 738 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: forward a few months and I'm about to do my 739 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 1: first game as an analyst on Amazon Thursday Night Football, 740 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,720 Speaker 1: and today's for the game. My phone rings, Hey, coach, 741 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,759 Speaker 1: how are you? I didn't know about this? Why did 742 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: I know about this? I'm so proud of you. He's 743 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 1: going on and on, how are you feeling? And I said, coach, 744 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 1: I'm a little nervous. I'm pretty darn scared, you know 745 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: what lists And John Madden said to me, don't feel 746 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 1: like you have to cram for the test. You've been 747 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: preparing for this your entire career. Oh my god. Hearing 748 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 1: that from John Madden was so personally meaningful to me. 749 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: It sort of tamped down my anxiety level from one 750 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,480 Speaker 1: hundred to maybe a sixty. But at least it was 751 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,320 Speaker 1: going down, so that was a good thing. But that's 752 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: the kind of person that John was. How could he 753 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: be a resource for me? What can I do to 754 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 1: help you? Something that he told me, which was advice 755 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: that I carry with me to this day, is don't 756 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,520 Speaker 1: just talk all this football lingo. People don't know what 757 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 1: it really means. You're going to explain stuff. Absolutely. That's 758 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,920 Speaker 1: something that I try to bring to my role. And 759 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: it's something that I constantly hear Coach saying in my 760 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,760 Speaker 1: head because he was the master of that. He understood 761 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: the game, but how to explain it in that very 762 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: understandable and relatable way, and just you know, it's just 763 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,920 Speaker 1: it's so hard to think that he's gone, and just 764 00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,319 Speaker 1: the idea that he passed away in peace. And by 765 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: the way, can we just say he would not be 766 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: happy with all this talk about him. He would want 767 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,720 Speaker 1: us all to be talking about the playoffs up coming 768 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,160 Speaker 1: and who's missing that That's what was important to Coach 769 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 1: more than anything. He was, as I call him, the 770 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,440 Speaker 1: custodian of the game. We are so honored to have you, 771 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: Andrew Camer that you would even wake up and stop by. Guys, 772 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: thanks so much for having me on. Happy Holidays to you, 773 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: Happy New Year. Above all, stay healthy to you and 774 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,040 Speaker 1: everyone that's out there and watching and listening. Thank you 775 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 1: so much. Big thanks to the Commissioner, Roger Goodell, Melissa Stark, 776 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: Andrew Camer for joining our show. Our condolences to them, 777 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,920 Speaker 1: to his family, Virginia, his extended family, the Raiders and 778 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,280 Speaker 1: the NFL will see you tomorrow on Good Morning Football.