The genius of desperation : the schematic innovations that made the modern NFL / Doug Farrar.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books LLC, [2018]Description: xxi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781629375793
- 1629375799
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | 796.332 F242 | Available | 33111009259405 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
If necessity has been the mother of invention throughout the history of professional football, it could also be said that desperation is the father. Rare are the football innovations that have occurred without an owner, general manager, coach, or player up against the wall and reaching for a way to succeed anyway. In this meticulously researched, lively book, Bleacher Report lead NFL scout Doug Farrar traces the schematic history of the pro game through these "if this/then that" moments--paradigm shifts in the game from 1920 through the present. More than just a book about schemes and strategies, The Genius of Desperation: The Schematic Innovations that Made the Modern NFL also tells the stories of the game's most prominent innovators, the adversities they endured, and the ways in which they learned to exceed their own expectations on the path to true greatness. Everyone from George Halas to Greasy Neale, Paul Brown to Sid Gillman, Bill Walsh to Chip Kelly is featured, as well as many more.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279).
"This book examines football history and its changing schemes"-- Provided by publisher.
Beginnings : the NFL from 1920 through 1949 -- The game comes of age : the NFL in the 1950s -- Rockets in the air : the AFL takes flight -- Responding with a roar: the NFL in the 1960s -- Merged : the NFL in the 1970s -- Hogs and Geniuses : the NFL in the 1980s -- A new level : the NFL in the 1990s -- Back to school : The NFL in the 2000s -- The NFL's future : the genius of adaptation.