Mark Madden has a personal grudge with Kenny Pickett


Mark Madden has a personal grudge with Kenny Pickett

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  1. I’d be surprised if he didn’t trash Kenny Pickett regularly regardless of how he plays. For Madden this is par for the course.

    Edit: the image was not showing when I first commented this. I didn’t know Kenny trolled him on Twitter. Just when I thought I couldn’t love Kenny any more…

  2. I personally like Mark because when I worked with him he was very nice to me and helped me out when he didn’t have to.

    He does a lot for charity causes and for underprivileged kids that doesn’t get reported specifically because he asks that it doesn’t.

    But I totally get why people can’t stand him.

    Though I will always have a soft spot for him because of his fight with Jim Wexell the day Ben returned from suspension. Easily the craziest, most chaotic moment of time covering the Steelers and I’ll never forget it.

  3. Madden’s whole “super genius” deal is absolutely an act and he does it for ratings. He’s good at that act. However, he also absolutely had guys he likes and dislikes for various petty reasons and his “character” will relentlessly go after the guys he dislikes.

  4. He’s always been like this. Ward, Bettis, JuJu, and even with Malkin. He’s an outdated carny hack. Just an old lonely miserable person doing the same shtick for 20 years. No wonder he’s the second rated sports show (out of two) in his time slot.

  5. I remember when Juju was here that Madden set his sights on him almost immediately and then after his third season (I think) he flat out said on air that it didn’t matter whether Juju played well or not that he was going to hound him and be “up his ass” (those were his words) until he left Pittsburgh. I wasn’t a fan to begin with but that just cemented my dislike for him.

  6. I only liked listening to MM when I found out he came from a wrestling background. His whole schtick is like just being the bad guy wrestling guy for attention. I guarantee he doesn’t believe half the crap he thinks/says. I’ve literally heard him call all of Pittsburgh a bunch of idiot yinzers. He’s just there to say controversial things and get ear balls.

  7. I don’t listen to him, because he’s a second rate ripoff of Bobby Heenan and Jesse the Body Ventura

  8. Mark Madden is in the business of getting yinzers angry. That is his shtick and he preforms it marvelously well. Him taking shots at Picket is not personal, it’s a low hanging fruit.

    Put yourself in his shoes. After Canada being fired who would be the next person you would talk about? The historically bad offense just rid themselves of its coordinator, the crosshairs naturally pivot to the QB now.

  9. It blows my mind that people still don’t grasp Mark Madden’s character. The guy’s been trolling Pittsburgh for years and people still fall for it lol.

  10. I don’t know why yinzers still tune into this quack. He’s just another Skip Bayless without the national audience. His commentary does nothing for Pittsburgh sports. He doesn’t provide anything insightful or intelligent. He’s in the “hot-take” game and that’s all you really need to know.

  11. Mark Madden is really good at his job. Just acts like a complete idiot and everyone gives him attention and clicks.

  12. There’s a couple talking heads like him and it’s some pre-crime type behavior. They’re an insane echo chamber I read a comment today that Kenny didn’t have the arm strength convert a 3rd and 17. I feel like if you put takes like that out you need to be put on a list.

  13. You can listen to Madden for hockey opinions and stories about WCW in the early 90’s but anyone that gets Steelers opinions from him deserves to have their fan card revoked.

    He’s not part of the Steelers media. He doesn’t have insider connections, he doesn’t interview the players, he’s not even in the stadium on game day, and he’s openly admitted that he doesn’t really even like them. (Except Ben, which should be telling). The Steelers organization has clearly distanced themselves from him for a reason.

  14. I don’t have concrete evidence, but MM might be … just MAY BE … it’s possible that he’s an asshole.

  15. Madden attacks anyone who won’t go on his show.

    A long time ago, my friend called him and asked him how he could talk so clearly with Ben’s junk down his throat.

  16. Mark Madden is click bait personified. He is the mlm pyramid scheme of sports talk radio. He throws 10 obnoxious “hot takes” on the wall and hopes 1 sticks. He will say anything to get someone to bite and argue to the contrary. If we all ignore him he will go away.

  17. Idk why anyone pays attention to him. The only good thing he ever does is his occasional interview with Pens personnel since he does have connections there but even with them he’s a dip shit sometimes. Like his “re-signing Malkin is bad” narrative.

  18. People blame Russo, Eric B, Nash and Hogans contract…I think this bozo is who really killed WCW 😅

  19. Speaking of which, the fake slide was outlawed in college football but not the pros.

    I think Kenny should pull it out one more time.

  20. Mark Madden is one of the most miserable souls in sports. Couldn’t care less what he’s doing, and won’t click Trib as long as he’s employed there

  21. I remember on Twitter once he was talking shit about something and I found all this porn the dude liked and commented on from years back on his account and kept tweeting him screenshots of it. He wouldn’t stop responding and it was absolutely hilarious.

  22. I told google to block any articles from Madden years ago. One of the best decisions I have made in a long time.

  23. For as long as I’ve been online and at Steelers forums, message boards, etc, the one thing everyone has agreed on is Mark Madden is an idiot. How does he still maintain any relevance?

  24. Yea when he has a vendetta against an athlete, he’ll trash them no matter how good they play. He did it to Hines Ward for the majority of his career.

  25. Mark Madden is a POS who has a hard-on to get troll attention. That’s how he justifies his job by all the people who respond with anger at his posts and columns and radio shows. The best thing people should do is boycott every place Mark Madden works.

  26. marks the type of guy who I can see being sexually attracted to feet. specifically young asian feet, ala Quentin Tarantino

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