Art Wander: TURN DOWN SOUND AND ENJOY THE GAMES

[LouGrant]

Look who followed us over! Welcome to the staff, Artie!!


Art Wander: TURN DOWN SOUND AND ENJOY THE GAMES


DON'T GET ME STARTED had me waiting for the NFL games to begin and now that a pair of exhibition games have already been played, the cotton balls are being purchased so the ears can be spared the attack on the drums by the talkmeisters.


That first NFL exhibition for 2002 is in the books. Please, don't call them pre-season games because they really aren't games. They are exhibitions or better yet auditions for players trying to make an impression. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue should consider abandoning that American Bowl stuff that force teams to travel halfway around the world to play a meaningless game. Naturally, Taggy got the freebie trip to Japan to see the game and witnessing many empty seats. The teams aren't necessarily excited about making such a long trip - just ask the 49ers.
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[Michael82]

I guess I'm not the only one who dislikes Madden. That was a horrible performance. Maybe i'll listen to the MNF via radio or internet. Or better yet...just mute it out!

Nice Job, Billszone! We grabbed ourselves a pretty damn good columnist! WOO HOO!

WNSA and Empire were just too stupid to realize!

[The_Philster]

As bad as Madden was, he wasn't nearly bad as he was on FOX

[Shiny Chicken]

I've never understood the big deal about Madden either... he's never impressed me... and his speach at the HoF ceremonies... that was awful

[The_Philster]

I liked his statement about seeing 100,000 fans....50,000 blue #12 jerseys though...but he has a tendency to ramble....senility has set in.

[Shiny Chicken]

yeah, that was the only decent comment....

[Michael82]

Agreed! Madden's speech was terrible. It wasn't even like a speech, it was like he was doing his announcing and it was just as bad!

[Bufftp]

Originally posted by The_Philster
I liked his statement about seeing 100,000 fans....50,000 blue #12 jerseys though...but he has a tendency to ramble....senility has set in.

he has always rambled.:abe:

[HenryRules]

Personally, I think Al Michaels is still the weak link in the booth though. He seems to be rather popular, but I can't stand the guy.

[shawn]

Art Wander should be the last person in the world criticizing Madden's “constant chatter”. I wanted to take a shotgun to the radio whenever I heard Wander’s nonsensical ramblings.

[Earthquake Enyart]

Originally posted by shawn
Art Wander should be the last person in the world criticizing Madden's “constant chatter”. I wanted to take a shotgun to the radio whenever I heard Wander’s nonsensical ramblings.

You know I agree. I hated his TV show. But for some odd reason, I like his columns.

[BillsNYC]

we always used to muste bills games and put van milller on

[WG]

Madden had appeal way back when he first started. He brought that screen-writer thing to the booth and explained things from a coaches perspective. But he's been out a little too long or something. He has nothing original left. He used to offer decent commentary on players or coaches, now he simply touts party-line and media high-profile gibberish.

I agree w/ Benjudah, his "speech" was terrible. At one point he made a comment about Casper and they showed Casper turning to whomever was on his left, Hampton I think, and it appeared that he was saying something like "WTH is Madden talking about..." Who knows, but there was a little smirk there between the two of them and the camera very quickly went away.

It's a real shame that Howard David won't be calling the games on the radio this year. That guy was king when it came to calling a game on the radio!

Madden will be in the booth two years tops! I'm willing to give him this season to see if he does anything original. But they have to quit showing him on TV. He looks like a poster boy for Avon cosmetics! I think if they put anymore cake-crap on his face they're gonna have to hose it down at halftime just to avoid the cracking!! It's gotten ridiculous. No one should need that much makeup to go on TV.

Except for Michael Jackson of course...

[lordofgun]

Am I the only one who though Monday Night's broadcast was 50 times better than last year with Miller???

It was Michaels' and Madden's first time together. It might take them time to get the chemistry going, but I enjoyed it immensely compared to the dribble from the last 2 years.

[Earthquake Enyart]

It's definately back to football. I agree with log. I just wish Madden would share more of his football knowledge with us, rather than BOOM, POW. But I think is is way better than last year.