John Maddeen’s win-loss record was influenced by Al Davis selecting better players than he did in later years. Be that as it may, Madden won, and did so for 10 years, so he wasn’t a mere Al Davis puppet.

John Madden was the coach of the Oakland Raiders for 10 years. He wasn’t some flash in the pan, he was the real deal. His tenure was the most successful era for that franchise including a record of 103 wins, 32 losses and 7 ties with one Superbowl win. His record constitutes the second highest winning percentage in NFL history…the highest for anyone who coached over 100 games. They only missed being in the playoffs twice during his ten years as coach and never had a losing season during that time.

For comparison, the Raiders have only been IN the playoffs three times in the past 20 years.

In my opinion, he was one of the best coaches in NFL history.

After he retired from coaching, he was incredibly popular and effective as a broadcaster because he was colorful, entertaining and relatable. He put the game in terms that even someone who didn’t know the game could relate to. He was always positive and upbeat and had enthusiasm to spare. He was my all time favorite broadcaster.

I think most younger people know his name because of the video game, but he was much, much more than that. He became the face of the video game because of his entertaining and colorful presence as a commentator and his success as a commentator was built on his reputation as one of the most successful NFL coaches ever.

Not bad for a guy who never played a single down of professional football (he was drafted but was injured in training camp and never played).

“If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me ‘Coach,’ but if they know me for the video game, they just call me ‘Madden.’”
–John Madden

Fair winds and following seas Coach.

For whatever reason, someone in his family threw the band away the day of the ‘accident’.

propelled him into several office cabinets

He said the accident happened in his bathroom at home.

In any event the accident caused Reid to reflect on his career and decide not to run for reelection in 2016.

Of course there is no evidence Reid was attacked, however, no reporters bothered to investigate. So, nothing to see here.

Reid did sue the exercise band company but failed to convince a jury to give him damages.

Last night I talked to an old college commune friend. He’s solidly progressive, scared to death of Covid, and complains of internet conspiracy theories, but even he doesn’t believe Epstein committed suicide. The point being that we live in an age where openly weird suspicious things to happen to powerful people, but we may as well be living under Stalin for all we know about what’s really happening.

He could have done that with a modest law practice in Las Vegas. He spent > 40 years on public payrolls and grew suspiciously wealthy all the while.

Should note that in chained dollars, disposable personal income has nearly quadrupled since 1955. If his income level were at the same percentile of the population where sat his father’s back in the day, he’d be a great deal more comfortable than was his family growing up.

Madden and Reid both didn’t kill themselves.

Nor did Jeffrey Epstein.

Okay. Will do. I am happy to let Reid speak for himself. From yahoo news . . .

“[C]onsider the 2012 presidential election, when Reid came under fire for falsely accusing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of failing to pay taxes for a decade. Romney lost. Reid didn’t apologize. ‘Romney didn’t win, did he?’ Reid once asked in an interview with CNN.”

I remember the incident well.

Spot on, mom.

https://news.yahoo.com/former-u-sen-harry-reid-013832221.html