Comments on: ‘Carl Madison Field’ – School Board Considers Renaming Tate Football Field For Legendary Coach

By: Aggie of 83

Aggie of 83 — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:57:34 +0000

I was a student at Tate and there is no doubt that he was a great coach and deserves recognition. However, I think it is to confusing to have the field named one thing and the stadium something different. Keep it as it is. When I go back to Tate to watch the games it reminds me of the good old days when I was in the stadium. He won 1 National title at Tate and back to back (2) at Pine Forest. Not sure why they want to do this at Tate instead of Pine Forest.

By: Danny Webb

Danny Webb — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:45:22 +0000

Coach Madison,

Little did we know that 40 years ago at the young ages of 14-17, that we were being taught true lessons of life.

Lessons that have stayed with us to this very day. Lessons like discipline to stick it out during those two-a-days no matter how hot, how hard, how thirsty, and how tough they were. Lessons to trust in your teammates like calling crack-backs on those outside sweeps, lessons to know that when you failed to execute your responsibilities there were going to be consequences – whether running stadium bleachers or 50-yard sprints or one-on-one in the cage. But the biggest lesson learned for me was to respect your coach and teammates. They say if you can count on one hand the number of true friends you have, you are blessed. Well, I am Blessed! I am proud to say that my best friends outside my wife, are four of my defensive teammates – class of ‘79. I never had the privilege of serving in the military and have said on many occasions that playing under Coach Carl Madison for all four years is about the closest that I ever got to being part of a true brother hood. Special bonds were being built in those days between a group of young boys that have stuck with us to this day and we never even realized it.

I had the privilege of playing under Coach from 1976-1979. We did not win State, we did not even win District our Senior year, but what we did “win in”, was how to live Life applying those principles you taught us.

Thank You Coach Madison for the many years and long hours of dedication not just to this sport, but to the impact that you have had on so many young men’s lives.

Congratulations on your life achievements & Happy 90th Birthday!

Danny Webb
Class of ‘79

By: Janice Cooley Stewart

Janice Cooley Stewart — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:32:10 +0000

Where do we sign up to come

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:31:57 +0000

Michael – thanks for sharing and serving.

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:19:14 +0000

I played QB and FS for coach mad dog at MHS from 1992-1995. He is a great coach and taught me so much about life and football. I got to play at Troy after serving in the Navy; similar to his bio.

By: MIKE PEADEN

MIKE PEADEN — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:29:42 +0000

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH MADISON. HE DEMANDED YOUR BEST AND NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR IT. I STILL FEEL MY MUSCLES TIGHTEN WHEN I SEE HIS PICTURE FROM THE 70′S AND I COULD NEVER FORGET THE VOICE THAT WOULD SCARE ME TO DEATH. MY FAVORITE WORDS HE SAID WAS “ON IN” WE NEED LEADERSHIP LIKE THAT TODAY BUT THIS PRESENT GENERATION WOULD TRY TO PUT HIM IN JAIL FOR THE USUAL COACHING PRACTICES OF THAT DAY
A WELL DESERVED HONOR

By: CW

CW — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 08:51:44 +0000

Do it . . .

By: Bama

Bama — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:58:31 +0000

Coach Madison certainly deserves the praise he gets from his former players. like someone said before, he was tough but fair. I played for Coach Madison when he was at Ernest Ward in the early 60’s

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:37:45 +0000

Coach Madison absolutely deserves this honor. I was lucky to attend Jackson Academy when he was coaching there. He found some old 70’s Band uniforms and thought it would be a good idea to get a few of us goof balls in them for football games. We had a blast goofing off as “the band” with out kazoos, tambourines, and 5 gallon buckets as drums. Had a lot of great memories because of Coach.

By: Jlb

Jlb — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:38:23 +0000

The stadium name would remain the same.. The football field would be named after Coach Madison.. I can definitely say he was a tough coach. But his player respected him highly. It’s a shame we don’t have more coaches like him today. Congratulations on turning 90 soon.. And definitely hope that the school board will vote for the field to be named after Coach Madison.