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Summary: The Football Czar spekas
Review: A perfect illustartion of the greatest football coach ever !! Yes, even better than Me Lombardi himself. First of all, it was a wonder Bill continued to write this book when his team was 1-8. Almost every story has a happy ending right ?? Well not exactly. Being a Parcells fan (followed him fron NY, to NE and back to NY) I followed this season closely. For a team to go 1-8 and win ther next 7 in a row with nothing to play for, is amazing. Parcells is the greatest motivator ever. The book talks about his relatrionship with the players. Yes, he actually got along with his players, well some of them. But the one relationship he'll never forget will be the one with The Boy Wonder. You'll have to read the book to understand.
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Summary: The Football Czar spekas
Review: A perfect illustartion of the greatest football coach ever !! Yes, even better than Me Lombardi himself. First of all, it was a wonder Bill continued to write this book when his team was 1-8. Almost every story has a happy ending right ?? Well not exactly. Being a Parcells fan (followed him fron NY, to NE and back to NY) I followed this season closely. For a team to go 1-8 and win ther next 7 in a row with nothing to play for, is amazing. Parcells is the greatest motivator ever. The book talks about his relatrionship with the players. Yes, he actually got along with his players, well some of them. But the one relationship he'll never forget will be the one with The Boy Wonder. You'll have to read the book to understand.
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Summary: Egomaniac, phony, and nasty person
Review: As to be expected of Bill Parcells, this book is carelessly written. It provides no insights, nothing new, and is basically just a place for him to pound his chest. Parcells is an egomanica and a very nasty person. How may franchises has he left hanging. He will coach again, his ego will not let him not. Do not waste your money on this "egogrophy", its not worth the paper its printed on. I'g give it zero starts if i could.
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Summary: Egomaniac, phony, and nasty person
Review: As to be expected of Bill Parcells, this book is carelessly written. It provides no insights, nothing new, and is basically just a place for him to pound his chest. Parcells is an egomanica and a very nasty person. How may franchises has he left hanging. He will coach again, his ego will not let him not. Do not waste your money on this "egogrophy", its not worth the paper its printed on. I'g give it zero starts if i could.
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Summary: Wanna be an NFL Coach?
Review: For those of you who fantasized about what it would be like coaching an NFL team, Bill Parcells aided by Will McDonough offer the opportunity to find out what it is like.Parcells takes readers through his entire final season with the New York Jets in 1999, when he ultimately concluded that this would be his final coaching responsibility. Jerry Jones has since hastened Parcells out of retirement at a hefty salary to jumpstart the formerly mighty Dallas Cowboys as he had earlier altered the fortunes of the New York Giants, New England Patriots and Jets respectively. You cannot help coming away with an admiration for Parcells due to his rock-ribbed honesty. Here is a man who will criticize his players if he believes they are giving less than 100% or playing less than intelligent football. He blames himself for losing a game in the closing stages by "getting cute" and calling for a pass which was intercepted and ultimately cost his team the game when it would have been wiser retrospectively to keep the ball on the ground. When assistant coach Dan Henning tells him that his insistence on keeping Rick Mirer in the lineup as starting quarterback in the face of less than awesome performances stemmed from a stubbornness to face the facts since Parcells made the trade in his general manager's capacity, the coach, rather than blowing up over having his ego assaulted in the manner that a smaller man would, ends up agreeing with Henning. Accepting genuinely felt constructive criticism in a positive manner is the hallmark of a mature and honest man. In addition to telling us plenty about strategy, how games were won and lost, and providing his opinions on players he reveres, such as his own sterling running back Curtis Martin and respected opposing quarterback Dan Marino of the Dolphins, Parcells tells about the deeply rooted pressures in NFL coaching. He reveals about his bypass operation and expresses dismay over his inability to sleep and nervous eating anxieties when the season is in full swing, leading to weight gain. He also weighs in on his view of the poor performance of certain NFL officials, especially in key situations, a problem which has magnified since this book appeared. Parcells expresses his concern as well over the rise of fan hooliganism, fearing that perhaps America may follow the example ultimately of the European soccer rioters. If you love pro football, this is a can't miss read. The coach is an intelligent man of candor with plenty of interesting things to say.
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Summary: Will McD
Review: Hey, Everyone this is a great book! Just to let ya know im really not 13 I am 17. I really recommend this book to everyone interested in sports. Will McDonough is a great writer! -Stiggs
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Summary: Final season?
Review: i doubt Parcells is DONE with football as a coach.. I'm sure there will be PART 2 because this guy will coach somewhere sOON. As for the story it was easy ready and it was pretty cheesy. Nothing really BIG or personal described in the book. For a man as criticial as he is, I expected more DEEP thoughts in this book, but it never happen.
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Summary: Little thin, but interesting, particularly for Jets fan
Review: I found this book to be a pretty interesting look at the 1999 Jets season. Of course I am a Jets fan (season ticket holder). I thought Parcells was fairly open and criticized folks who deserved it. I also thought he provided good insights into the job of coaching an NFL team. My main complaint is that I thought the book could have been a little more detailed and longer.
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Summary: Interesting, but seemed like a "mail it in" effort
Review: I found this to be a pretty good book with some interesting comments by Parcells, but I had the feeling throughout that the book was the result of a "mail it in" effort. In other words, I don't think Parcells (or McDonough?)was willing to put in the work required to produce a really good book. It was short, not particularly well organized and certainly not comprehensive. Maybe Bill lost any true enthusiasm he might have had for writing about coaching as he lost his enthusiasm about continuing to coach. In any event, I enjoyed a number of the candid observations he did include, but I felt cheated by what I perceived to be a lack of commitment to this book project.
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Summary: Interesting, but seemed like a "mail it in" effort
Review: I found this to be a pretty good book with some interesting comments by Parcells, but I had the feeling throughout that the book was the result of a "mail it in" effort. In other words, I don't think Parcells (or McDonough?)was willing to put in the work required to produce a really good book. It was short, not particularly well organized and certainly not comprehensive. Maybe Bill lost any true enthusiasm he might have had for writing about coaching as he lost his enthusiasm about continuing to coach. In any event, I enjoyed a number of the candid observations he did include, but I felt cheated by what I perceived to be a lack of commitment to this book project.
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