The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804173176 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Perfect “March Madness” Reading reviewed by Bill Pence of CoramDeotheBlog.com" according to Bill Pence. Published just in time for college basketball’s “March Madness”, John Feinstein’s thirty-sixth book, many of which I’ve read and enjoyed, looks at the intense rivalry and relationships of three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball coaches. The book gives insight to the sometimes strained relationships between three coaches who won a total of eight national championships - North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith (2 titles), Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (5 titles) and North Carolina State’s Jim Valvano (1 title), and how those relationships evol. Naner said You know Feinstein is a Duke grad, right?. Bought and read the Kindle version.If you love Coach K, this book is for you! If you loved Jimmy V, this book is a great tribute and provides insight into a very complex and highly talented individual. If you loved Dean Smith, this book will make you wretch and wonder why you even spent a nickel for this book. In summary, John Feinstein wrote a worshipful history of Coach K. You have to roll your eyes after reading halfway through this book with Feinstein just pouring it on thick and heavy for K. Get your boots! Granted Dean Smith did not suck up to Feinstein and kept him at arm's length. "Another JOHN FEINSTEIN great read" according to NK X-COUNTRY SKIER/HIKER. Anyone who is a fan of college basketball and especially the long rivalries in the ACCthis is a GREAT GREAT read. FEINSTEIN is a master of the sports book. I've read several and they are all 'spot on' at revealing the details, excitement, and behind the scenes details of the storyHighly recommendedThe developing relationships between DEAN SMITH, COACH K, AND JIM VALVANO and their telling of the back story is wonderful stuff for any college hoops fan.
He is the author of A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, both #1 New York Times bestsellers and Last Shot, which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for mystery writing in the Young Adult category. He was inducted into the U.S. He currently writes for The Washington Post and Golf Digest and is a regular contributor to The Golf Channel, Comcas
The only problem: no one knew who Krzyzewski was. Nine days later, Jim Valvano was hired by North Carolina State to be their new head coach. And just like that, the most sensational competitive decade in history was about to unfold. The hiring didn't raise as many eyebrows, but the two new coaches had a similar goal: to unseat North Carolina's Dean Smith as the king of college basketball. Feinstein pulls back the curtain on the recruiting wars, the intensely personal competition that wasn't always friendly, the enormous pressure and national stakes, and the battle for the very soul of college basketball.. On March 18, 1980, the Duke basketball progr
It makes a fitting bookend to the author’s first, “A Season on the Brink” (1986), his hair-raising exposé of Indiana coach Bobby Knight, expletives included."—The Wall Street Journal"A compelling story of the complex relationships and backyard rivalries of the three coaches who dominated college basketball during the 1980s and early ’90sFeinstein’s relationship with all three coaches gave him the intimate details that form the backbone of the book. The book is crammed with enough minutia and fresh anecdotes about the three competing coaches to satisfy any basketball junkie.” —Lincoln Journal Star “The author informs his narrative with myriads of interviews with all of his principals—and with those who have survived them—and enriches all with his deep knowledge and love of the game. State fans might quibble about the details, as they always do, Feinstein faith