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Books : The Education of a CoachIn association with Amazon.comby: David Halberstam  List Price: $24.95 Price: $5.89 You Save: $19.06 (76%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: November 01, 2005 Sales Rank: 267268 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Bill Belichick+s thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success-most recently, his wins in two of the last three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots. In this groundbreaking new book, David Halberstam explores the nuances of both the game and the man behind it. He uncovers what makes Bill Belichick tick both on and off the field, as a coach, a father, and a son. -I+ve been fascinated by Bill Belichick for more than twenty years, going back to the time when he was a young coach in his early thirties working with the linebackers on the Giants,+ Halberstam writes. -There was, I thought, a certain signature to a Belichick game+I was fascinated by that, and by the fact that he seemed so uncoachlike, or perhaps the prototype for a very different kind of modern coach in what is an increasingly complicated game+.+ Average Rating:
 Rating: - Written By A Fan Of The Belechicks, But Still Informative & EnjoyableTo many pro football fans, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belechick isn't a popular man, but I've always - despite "Spygate" - thought he was a great coach. After reading this book, I'm further convinced. I also understand his personality better, too - why is why who he is, a man with not much personality. The story of his dad Steve is just as interesting as Bill's football career. How father-and-son are so alike and so knowledgable about this game, is explained well by the book's ... Read More Rating:  - Good book but a little boringI'm not sure what the book's intention was, but be prepared to read more about life events instead of football related events. I read this after the Tony Dungy book, and I would recommend that over this book. Rating:  - Great Insight into a Very Private ManI read this book several years ago, and reread it recently after reflecting on the "Spygate" drama of the past year. I found the book very insightful the second time around. David Halberstam was an incrediably gifted writer who was able to truly get into the mind of his subjects, and this book is a great example of that. He starts by offering insights into Belichick the boy, and how his formative years, watching his father working for Navy, helped mold the man who heads the New England Patriots today. ... Read More Rating: - Not Halberstam's BestHalberstam set a very high standard for himself -- in his sports books as well as in his political books. The "Summer of 1949", for instance, was particularly well researched and written. This book lacks the depth of "1949." There is little digging into player reactions. Instead of demonstrating character through anecdotes and understatement, Halberstam keeps hitting us over the head with his point about how great Belichick is about "breaking down film" & etc. What in the heck does ... Read More Rating:  - Halberstam's worstI've read several of his books (although this was my first sports book of his) and I highly enjoyed them. Maybe it's because the subject is just not a very interesting person, but this book is just terrible. He tells us material that contributes nothing; who cares about about his grandparents and his wife family? He also gushes about the subject and his family. Is everything really so great? It's as if he chose an average person at random and wrote a biography about him. The average person doesn't lead a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: 
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