Wooden: A Coach's Life
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250060850 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was a reserved and aloof man, often dull, always a midwesterner despite his many years as coach of the UCLA Bruins. Similarly, coaching with astounding success throughout the sixties, and having among his athletes the greatly gifted but politically aware and rebellious Bill Walton, Wooden, though frequently at odds with his stars, managed an unprecedented and since unequaled series of championships. By way of interviews with former players and associates, and with the aged Wooden himself, Davis (When March Went Mad, 2009) manages to present a balanced portrait of a singular man, deflating the image of Saint John with suggestions of his anger, occasional nastiness (his bench jockeying will be a revelation t
Not What I Expected, Better! Terry MacDonald I was a little skeptical at first that there was cause for another book on or by John Wooden. If you've read a lot about him, you are familiar with his wealth of wisdom and his wonderful pyramid of success. On and off the basketball court he is a man of most inspiring character, and to millions, he is premier role model of a disciplined approach to life, leadership, and coaching.What Seth Davis contributes wi. "Can't enough about Coach Wooden" according to Mark R. Schaefer. Another in a long line of great books about the Wizard of Westwood.. good sports book , well written Mr. good sports book
Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and writer, revered for his "Pyramid of Success."Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports has written the definitive biography of Wooden, an unflinching portrait that draws on archival research and more than two hundred interviews with players, opponents, coaches, and even Wooden himself. Davis also reveals how at the pinnacle of his career Wooden found himself on questionable ground with alumni, referees, assistants, and even some of his players. Davis shows how hard Wooden strove for
He is also an on-air studio analyst for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network during coverage of college basketball and the NCAA tournament. . Seth Davis is the author of the New York Times bestseller When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball and the memoir Equinunk, Tell Your Story: My Return to Summer Camp. In 1995, he joined the staff of Sports Illustrated, where he is currently a senior writer. A graduate of Duke Univ