John Madden has passed away
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As a condition of getting the Coaches' Union coaches in the game they might not have been able to negotiate separately with coaches outside the union. I remember the old baseball games that had real players in them through the Players' Union wouldn't have players that had been replacement players during the 94-95 strike like Brian Daubach and Kevin Millar.
Is Belichick not in the union or does he just have a separate likeness licensing agreement? I seem to recall Michael Jordan and Barry Bonds were in their respective unions but excluded themselves from being licensed in the games, being that they were superstars who could command higher prices. The NBA games would have a generic No. 23 player on the Bulls who was really good instead, for instance.
Buddy of mine, Ryan Hockensmith, wrote this touching farewell to John Madden for ESPN that dropped today: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32963783/john-madden-beautiful-goodbye
Back in November, he also wrote about the time when Madden first met the Turducken: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32698561/the-day-john-madden-met-turducken
Back in November, he also wrote about the time when Madden first met the Turducken: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32698561/the-day-john-madden-met-turducken
Bumping to share this wonderful anecdote about Madden helping out Giants QB Jeff Hostetler after Madden's staff almost screwed him.
https://www.giants.com/news/boom-madden-to-the-rescue
I absolutely love the idea of John Madden being some sort of hyper-networked mastermind who can make a few calls and magically have everything rearranged.
https://www.giants.com/news/boom-madden-to-the-rescue
I absolutely love the idea of John Madden being some sort of hyper-networked mastermind who can make a few calls and magically have everything rearranged.
Yeah that was hilarious....it was almost as if Parcells was testing Hostetler one more time. "let see if he can make the plane on his own".
Who knows if that was it...they prob just left without realizing he was missing. But it wouldn't be surprising if Parcells knew the whole time.
The Super Bowl his Raiders won was #11, eleven, XI. Seems like it ought to be a higher number than that.
https://deadline.com/2023/02/john-madden-biopic-series-tom-brady-gavin-oconnor-todd-lieberman-gotham-chopra-football-icon-1235260424/
Brady to produce a biopic mini-series about Madden’s life, directed by Gavin O’Connor (Miracle, Warrior). No streamer/network attached yet that I can see.
Very onboard for this, but the hardest part is going to be casting Madden.
Brady to produce a biopic mini-series about Madden’s life, directed by Gavin O’Connor (Miracle, Warrior). No streamer/network attached yet that I can see.
Very onboard for this, but the hardest part is going to be casting Madden.
Well, he could play the last ~25 years of Madden's life. Maybe more with good make up and CGI?
They could Irishman it and do aging CGI for various stages with an actor too. I think that's probably cost prohibitive and it's also pretty creepy.
I think Seth Rogan could pull it off, and he's in the right age range now to reach down and up on the different phases of Madden's life.
Yes, and his acting has suffered terribly since.
If we're going with dead people, I'd go with John Candy.
Hollywood's not only been unshy about putting actors in fat suits and makeup, they've doubled down recently on the practice. And Robert DeNiro, Christian Bale, and others have famously put on and taken off weight for a role.
Agreed PSH would have been the ultimate choice.
I’ll throw a weird one out there, Ethan Suplee (mostly a character actor, the guy who couldn’t see the sailboat in Mallrats). I do t know if he has the chops but something about the look is close, and he’s still young enough to play different eras.
I’ll throw a weird one out there, Ethan Suplee (mostly a character actor, the guy who couldn’t see the sailboat in Mallrats). I do t know if he has the chops but something about the look is close, and he’s still young enough to play different eras.
Who’s that giant, shitty actor from Black Sails and Umbrella Academy? He might actually be good for this.
Out of left field selection - Brian Baumgartner. Dude loves football and knows football, has the heft to play the role. Isn't too old. Yeah he'd need a wig, big deal.
There’s a difference between a large man and a large athletic man. PSH and Brian Baumgartner don’t move like athletes. Especially PSH anymore.
I was actually thinking John Cena could pull it off, if he was willing to put on some weight.
Was Madden particularly athletic in his coaching and then broadcasting days? I legit don't know. Assumed he was just a heavy guy at that point
