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Guts and genius : the story of three unlikely coaches who came to dominate the NFL in the '80s / Bob Glauber.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 306 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538760413
  • 153876041X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Walsh: Rock bottom after being passed over -- Gibbs: An unlikely apprenticeship -- Parcells: The Jersey guy who nearly blew it from the start -- Walsh: Fighting back from the brink -- Gibbs: Nearly fired before he'd even won a game -- Walsh: From doubt and desperation to vindication -- Gibbs: Going against every fiber of his being -- Parcells: Fighting back while risking it all -- Walsh: A fall from grace -- Parcells: Frozen out one year, on top the next -- Gibbs: The hunch that made all the difference -- Walsh: The pressure from within and the impossible expectations from outside -- Parcells: When no one else believed ... Except him -- Gibbs: Raising a third trophy -- Gibbs: Something had to give -- Three unlikely coaches, the Hall of Fame careers, and a lasting impact.
Summary: "This book tells how three football legends -- Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells -- won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever" -- Provided by publisher.
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How three football legends -- Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells -- won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever.

Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs and Bill Parcells dominated what may go down as the greatest decade in pro football history, leading their teams to a combined eight championships and developing some of the most gifted players of all time in the process. Walsh, Gibbs and Parcells developed such NFL stars as Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Rice, Art Monk and Darrell Green. They resurrected the careers of players like John Riggins, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams, Everson Walls and Hacksaw Reynolds. They did so with a combination of guts and genius, built championship teams in their own likeness, and revolutionized pro football like few others. Their influence is still evident in today's game, with coaches who either worked directly for them or are part of their coaching trees now winning Super Bowls and using strategy the three men devised and perfected. In interviews with more than 150 players, coaches, family members and friends, GUTS AND GENIUS digs into the careers of three men who overcame their own insecurities and doubts to build Hall of Fame legacies that transformed their generation and continue to impact today's NFL.

Includes index.

"This book tells how three football legends -- Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells -- won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever" -- Provided by publisher.

Walsh: Rock bottom after being passed over -- Gibbs: An unlikely apprenticeship -- Parcells: The Jersey guy who nearly blew it from the start -- Walsh: Fighting back from the brink -- Gibbs: Nearly fired before he'd even won a game -- Walsh: From doubt and desperation to vindication -- Gibbs: Going against every fiber of his being -- Parcells: Fighting back while risking it all -- Walsh: A fall from grace -- Parcells: Frozen out one year, on top the next -- Gibbs: The hunch that made all the difference -- Walsh: The pressure from within and the impossible expectations from outside -- Parcells: When no one else believed ... Except him -- Gibbs: Raising a third trophy -- Gibbs: Something had to give -- Three unlikely coaches, the Hall of Fame careers, and a lasting impact.

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