A SEASON ON THE BRINK

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Summary: A Season on the Brink: Journey to the Edge
Review: During "A Season on the Brink", the author, John Feinstein, did a tremendous job of keeping the facts straight and asking people close to Bob Knight what they thought of coach Knight. Feinstein started the book with a brief history of coach Knight's past coaching experiences and the season previous to the one Feinstein wrote about. Feinstein's flashback to previous games and events helped me to follow the story more closely. In the book, Feinstein depicts a man with a dynamic personality that is often overlooked and thought to be non-existent. Feinstein describes coach Knight as a ruthless and brutal dictator of basketball while on the basketball court, but a kinder and gentler teacher of the players while off the basketball court. Feinstein tells how after practice Bob Knight would talk to and explain his actions to the players that Knight had just cussed out and kicked out of practice.
Feinstein also does a great job of describing the reasons behind Knight's frequent spouts of rage and the results. The only shortcomings in this book where the authors tendency to wonder in what he would talk about and, on occasion, to jump ahead in his telling of the story after mentioning minor details. One example of Feinstein's ability to wonder is at the beginning of the book, where Feinstein goes from talking about the year he spent with the Hoosiers to talking about his past coaching experiences in no particular order. The jump in what he was discussing was a little confusing at first.
Overall, I enjoyed reading "A Season on the Brink". Feinstein took one of the greatest coaches of all time and wrote about him in a way to make me think he was the greatest of all time. "A Season on the Brink" had a lot of information I never knew and the book, for the most part, was easy to understand and follow. I would definitely suggest reading "A Season on the Brink".

Rating:
Summary: A Season on the Brink: Journey to the Edge
Review: During "A Season on the Brink", the author, John Feinstein, did a tremendous job of keeping the facts straight and asking people close to Bob Knight what they thought of coach Knight. Feinstein started the book with a brief history of coach Knight's past coaching experiences and the season previous to the one Feinstein wrote about. Feinstein's flashback to previous games and events helped me to follow the story more closely. In the book, Feinstein depicts a man with a dynamic personality that is often overlooked and thought to be non-existent. Feinstein describes coach Knight as a ruthless and brutal dictator of basketball while on the basketball court, but a kinder and gentler teacher of the players while off the basketball court. Feinstein tells how after practice Bob Knight would talk to and explain his actions to the players that Knight had just cussed out and kicked out of practice.
Feinstein also does a great job of describing the reasons behind Knight's frequent spouts of rage and the results. The only shortcomings in this book where the authors tendency to wonder in what he would talk about and, on occasion, to jump ahead in his telling of the story after mentioning minor details. One example of Feinstein's ability to wonder is at the beginning of the book, where Feinstein goes from talking about the year he spent with the Hoosiers to talking about his past coaching experiences in no particular order. The jump in what he was discussing was a little confusing at first.
Overall, I enjoyed reading "A Season on the Brink". Feinstein took one of the greatest coaches of all time and wrote about him in a way to make me think he was the greatest of all time. "A Season on the Brink" had a lot of information I never knew and the book, for the most part, was easy to understand and follow. I would definitely suggest reading "A Season on the Brink".