John madden where is he now

With a degree in teaching, Madden was fascinated by the process of coaches reviewing game film and translating the intelligence to players. He leveraged this into a string of college-level coaching jobs. Madden parlayed his unique teacher-by-way-of-football skill set into a head coaching job with the Raiders.

He had 10 storied years with the team from , including a Super Bowl win in Although he never had a losing season, he missed the playoffs in his last season with Oakland.

Madden decided his time leading the Raiders was complete. If I could choose any team, it would be the Kansas City Chiefs and the things that they do. I think the things that they do offensively have been copied by a lot of people. And if you said, you know what, what should we have the offense look like today in the video game? I think offensively it would look like the Kansas City Chiefs.

And then the other thing, you can't forget those young quarterbacks. I mean, they're amazing. And what happens is, which is also part of the video game -- high schools, colleges and pros all play the same offense now.

When a player comes in as a rookie, it's not like the old days where you had to learn how to be a pro quarterback. They've been running that same offense for four years in high school, four years of college.

So, when they come in, they have eight years' experience already. I enjoy just watching these young quarterbacks and the things that they're doing. And then you say, well, how about the older quarterbacks? Well, they are not bad either. You think of Aaron Rodgers. I mean, probably the two best quarterbacks right now would be, to me, Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers. You believe in the offense and I think those two are your Super Bowl quarterbacks. But anyway, I mean, there are so many good ones and so many players out there that you enjoy watching.

Madden: "If there is anyone I would love to coach" is Patrick Mahomes. I've met him. I've talked to him.

The kid is a first-class kid and a first-class player. I have talked to Andy Reid about him. There are a lot of guys out there I'd like to coach, but Patrick Mahomes would be the guy. Madden: I watch a lot of football each week. I watch every game on my soundstage. I have 10 screens -- one movie theater type of screen in the middle, then I have nine screens around it -- four screens on either side and then one screen down below -- and they're all numbered. So, we could switch from one game to another game, so we don't watch any commercials.

I've been doing this since I retired. It's kind of a complicated thing, but it's a system that works for us. And so, it's a perfect thing. So that's why I set it up, and I do that every Sunday. I also get game films from the NFL, so if I wanted to look at a game, the coaches' version of a game, I have that also. I have plenty of ways to watch. How did you come up with your system in your soundstage? Did that evolve once you got done? Who is in charge of the movement of games from the big screen to the other screens?

Madden: I never watched football as a fan because I was either playing, coaching or broadcasting. I would watch a ton of film, but never games. When I retired, I really didn't know how I was going to watch them. I review the schedule of games that week, and I put in where I want them -- the top game in my mind being the No. My grandson Jesse, who knows more about football than anyone I know, handles the switching of the games.

I had to learn how to multitask in watching them all -- has taken me years. Plus, there are no commercials, which is a huge advantage. Initially, it started out as a Sunday hangout. Everyone would come by. We had our own food festival too, mostly BBQ. My only rule -- if you want to come by to just eat and drink, you need to sit in the back, and if you want to sit up front, you cannot talk, just watch.

The TV setup has been a big part of my happiness since I retired. Football on TV has changed a lot. When you were calling games, RedZone had just gotten started. How do you think that changed the game? What do you think of RedZone versus a traditional broadcast? Madden: No, I wouldn't use RedZone. When you just have RedZone, you just get portions of games and just scoring, and you really don't get a feel for the game, the teams or what's going on.

Madden: I did so many games for so many years that there is not one that would be obvious to say, like one of those Super Bowl games. The big ones to me were always the rivalry games, when both teams were good. Like the 49ers and the Cowboys, Washington and Dallas, the Raiders and Kansas City, and then going back to my favorite team, the one year was the '85 Bears.

If you say what was your favorite game, it had to have been one of theirs. We did most of their games, and we never saw them lose. And their defense was just overpowering, just took over the game. They were just great players, at a fun time, embraced by the city of Chicago.

And you just would go in there and sort of feel like, this is really what it's all about. You mention the '85 Bears as your favorite team. He signed the final one-year deal of his playing career with the Florida Panthers on Jan. The Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs and faced none other than the Devils in the first round.

Unfortunately, the Panthers were eliminated in Game 7. In September , Madden announced he was hanging up his skates after career games. The same day Madden announced his retirement from the NHL, he accepted a job with the Montreal Canadiens , scouting and evaluating amateur free agent players at the college level. A little over a year later, he headed back to the Panthers as an assistant head coach.

GoBlue pic. He has established himself as a regular winner during his career season. He played college football at the University of Florida and was an AllAmerican. Neither owns the NFL. In , after the season ended, Madden abruptly resigned as coach of the Raiders. He was emotionally stressed and exhausted. Madden had a bleeding wound and a strained relationship with his children that he wanted to heal.

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