
A Season on the Brink
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John Feinstein
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John Feinstein
Sports Illustrated's number-six Sports Book of All Time
A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball - with complete access to every moment of the season. Feinstein saw and heard it all - practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and mid-game huddles - during Knight's struggle to avoid a losing season.
A Season on the Brink not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach walking a fine line between genius and madness.
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Full access to a college basketball team and coach 36 years ago was unheard of.
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Great
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Mark Bowser
co-author, “Some Gave It All”
Fantastic...Take It From A Hoosier!
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Fantastic
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Great book and I don't even care about Indiana basketball
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What other book might you compare A Season on the Brink to and why?
"Next Man Up." - John Feinstein. It's a similar look behind the scenes of an American sports team.Would you listen to another book narrated by John Feinstein?
Perhaps. But the narration was not the best. Too many up-inflections at the end of the sentences. I have, however, heard much more annoying narrators.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The story of Landon Turner. Having been a college basketball/Bob Knight fan for years, I knew all about it. But it always touches me to hear that story.Any additional comments?
Great book about a great teacher. It goes way beyond a story about a basketball team. It's a story about how a team is built, relationships are forged, and the consequences of our actions - good and bad. It gives you the outline of how someone turns people into champions."An Inside Look Like No Other."
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Feinstein is given unrestricted access to Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers for a full year (practices, flights, locker rooms). It is as much a character study and a book about ‘how badly do you want to win’ than a tract about the misbehavior of Bob Knight. I would recommend this book to anyone (even non-sports fan) as Feinstein reports on one of the most fascinating characters I have ever read about.
I can not watch basketball now without imagining how Bobby Knight would react to a play.
Great Sports Journalism
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As almost bipolar in his demeanor). As someone who was only 2 years old when this season happened, and therefore didn't know what was going to happen for each game or the season as whole, I was disappointed when Feinstein would tell the result of the games (or at one point even the season) before the event even happened. This ended some of the suspense that was building up. I know more then anything though this was a look of the characters that made up the season (rather then the actual results of a game) so still a great read. Definitely recommend!
Great book and interesting look at Bonny kight
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A look Behind the Headlines
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I grew up in the midwest and had the aura of Indiana Hoosier Basketball in my mind from a very early young age. If you wanted to compete, if you wanted to be the best, you emulated Indiana, and it was because of Knight that they (the Hoosiers) were so respected and feared. I was a Spartan fan, and even I knew the impact Knight was making on the court and how his teams were revered. Scary! And to think that most coaches...coaches, will never come close to the knowledge base this guy has/had, and what he brought to NCAA Basketball.
Sure there are the stories, the tales of his rants, and his chair throwing. Sure, he was fired, but there will never be another Bob Knight. And this story, though nearly 30 years old, will enlighten the reader on how he came to greatness and why he should be put on a pedestal amongst all other coaches. He IS a legend!
Do yourself a a favor and pick this read up. You will not be disappointed!
The General!
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