In a wide-ranging interview, retired NFL head coach and broadcaster John Madden reiterated that he has no intentions of getting back into coaching or acting as a consultant.
The 73-year-old Hall of Famer told Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times that he doesn’t see himself working for an NFL team again.
“I can’t see going to a team,” Madden said. “I have too much respect for the game and where it is today that there’s no way that I’d think I could go to a team, because I wouldn’t want to go full time.
“There’s no other job in pro football that’s not a full-time job. You’re either in it and you’re playing, or you’re a coach on the sideline watching. There’s no place on a team for someone like me.
The former Oakland Raiders coach pointed out that a consultant shouldn’t have much influence if they’re not immersed in the day-to-day activities of an NFL team.
“A consulting position might work in another profession, but not in pro football.,” Madden said. “There’s no such thing. They give a guy a parking spot and put his name up as a consultant, and in six months they erase the name.
“Guys are working 16, 18, 20 hours a day. You can’t come in and say, ‘When they go to cover 6 on that side, you ought to run a bob trail and then go play-action.’ They’re not going to listen to that B.S.”
Madden added that he has no interest in owning an NFL team.
He does plan on attending all of the Raiders’ home games in the suite he owns.