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A season in the sun : the inside story of Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the making of a champion / Lars Anderson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 267 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063160200
  • 006316020X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Foreword / by Bruce Arians -- Tampa Bay scheming -- Endings and beginnings -- The arrival -- A training camp unlike any other -- Making history-- on a coaching staff -- Brady's struggle-- on and off the field -- A gem washes ashore in Tampa -- The mastermind -- Learning and growing -- The turning point -- A man named Tom in full -- The conquering of quarterbacks -- Super Bowl LV -- The GOAT boat -- The work begins again.
Summary: "The extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of how Coach Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came together to deliver one of the most improbable Super Bowl victories in NFL history." -- From Amazon.com.Summary: The prospect of Tom Brady, six-time Super Bowl champion and widely-acknowledged greatest football player ever, joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a historically hapless franchise that hadn't made the playoffs in more than a decade, seemed unlikely. It would be the ultimate test for the ultimate football legacy. Brady's new coach, Bruce Arians, also had much to prove. Together, like so many aged snowbirds, Brady and Arians had decamped to Florida to make the most of their remaining years. Anderson shares inside stories and new insights into Brady, Arians, and the Bucs. He captures the rhythms of perhaps the strangest NFL season ever, turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bucs' quest for one glorious season in the sun becomes a riveting sports epic. -- adapted from jacket
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.332 A547 Checked out 07/05/2024 33111010782031
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WITH A FOREWORD BY COACH BRUCE ARIANS

The extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of how Coach Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came together to deliver one of the most improbable Super Bowl victories in NFL history.

The pursuit was so shrouded in secrecy that it was referred to within the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' organization by codename: Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson. Indeed, the prospect of Tom Brady, six-time Super Bowl champion and widely-acknowledged greatest football player ever, joining the Bucs, a historically hapless franchise that hadn't made the playoffs in more than a decade, seemed about as likely as Jackson emerging out of an Iowa cornfield in the movie Field of Dreams.

But come Brady did. At age forty-three, pushing the boundaries of football mortality and without Bill Belichick by his side for the first time in his NFL career, this would be the ultimate test for the ultimate football legacy. Brady's new coach, Bruce Arians, also had much to prove. One of the great offensive minds of his generation, Arians returned to coaching in 2018, at the age of 65, in search of the one achievement that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career: a Super Bowl championship. Together, like so many aged snowbirds, Brady and Arians had decamped to Florida to make the most of their remaining years.

Renowned sports journalist Lars Anderson was granted extraordinary access to the inner workings of the Bucs' organization. The result is a remarkable work of sports journalism, peppered with wild inside stories and new insights into Brady, Arians, and the Bucs. From the practice facility to the team plane, from the garage where Brady treats his footballs to the huddle on gameday, Anderson captures the rhythms of perhaps the strangest NFL season ever, turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. In his telling, the Bucs' quest for one glorious season in the sun becomes a riveting sports epic.

Includes index.

"The extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of how Coach Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came together to deliver one of the most improbable Super Bowl victories in NFL history." -- From Amazon.com.

Foreword / by Bruce Arians -- Tampa Bay scheming -- Endings and beginnings -- The arrival -- A training camp unlike any other -- Making history-- on a coaching staff -- Brady's struggle-- on and off the field -- A gem washes ashore in Tampa -- The mastermind -- Learning and growing -- The turning point -- A man named Tom in full -- The conquering of quarterbacks -- Super Bowl LV -- The GOAT boat -- The work begins again.

The prospect of Tom Brady, six-time Super Bowl champion and widely-acknowledged greatest football player ever, joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a historically hapless franchise that hadn't made the playoffs in more than a decade, seemed unlikely. It would be the ultimate test for the ultimate football legacy. Brady's new coach, Bruce Arians, also had much to prove. Together, like so many aged snowbirds, Brady and Arians had decamped to Florida to make the most of their remaining years. Anderson shares inside stories and new insights into Brady, Arians, and the Bucs. He captures the rhythms of perhaps the strangest NFL season ever, turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bucs' quest for one glorious season in the sun becomes a riveting sports epic. -- adapted from jacket

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