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Loading... Bobby Bowden's Tales from the Seminole Sidelineby Bobby Bowden
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Unless you're a Seminole/Bobby Bowden fan, you probably won't find this book very interesting. "The Bowden Way" is a much better book for the general populace, especially those who want advice about hiring and managing an organization. But this book includes little anecdotes during Bowden's time as head coach of FSU up until 2004 when the book was published. Some of the stories are amusing, but most are rather ho-hum. I think the parts I enjoyed the most was hearing from former players on how they viewed their coach. Here, you really see what an amazing impact Bowden had on these young men. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Bobby Bowden is spending what should be his retirement years gathering victories and collecting more fodder for stories that must be told between staff meetings, film study, cross-country recruiting trips, and even the tackling of hundreds of footballs and posters that daily await the signature of NCAA Division I-A's all-time winningest coach. For the architect of one of college football's great dynasties--14 consecutive seasons of Associated Press top five finishes -- his rocker is a swivel chair that swings easily to his right so that even with the next season six months away, he can study opponent's game tape that almost always fills the large projection screen that dominates his office. His porch is an office crammed with more than 300 books he uses to break from the pressures as the coach of one college football's most recognized programs. It boasts a view of Doak Campbell Stadium, where as an assistant coach and head coach he has been a Seminole for more than 31 years. It is down there and on legendary road trips to Nebraska, Clemson, Florida, and so many other places that gutsy trick plays were called and executed, leading to Bowden's nickname a the Riverboat Gambler. It is where plays that only Bowden would dare try, including some he now regrets attempting, have unfolded. It is also where the final results of amusing and unexpected events on the recruiting trail were written. They are substance for stories that should not, and will not, wait for retirement. Readers will be among the group that gathers around as Bowden tells his Tales from the Seminole Sideline. No library descriptions found. |
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