Belichick Book

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  1. RPOZ51

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    From Amazon:

    "The definitive biography of the NFL’s most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach

    Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL—the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises in sports. As head coach of the New England Patriots, he’s led the team to five Super Bowl championship trophies. In this revelatory and robust biography, readers will come to understand and see Belichick’s full life in football, from watching college games as a kid with his father, a Naval Academy scout, to orchestrating two Super Bowl–winning game plans as defensive coordinator for the Giants, to his dramatic leap to New England, where he has made history.

    Award-winning columnist and New York Times best-selling author Ian O’Connor delves into the mind of the man who has earned a place among coaching legends like Lombardi, Halas, and Paul Brown, presenting sides of Belichick that have been previously unexplored. O’Connor discovers how this legendary coach shaped the people he met and worked with in ways perhaps even Belichick himself doesn’t know. Those who follow and love pro football know Bill Belichick only as the hooded genius of the Patriots. But there is so much more—from the hidden tensions and deep layers to his relationship with Tom Brady to his sometimes frosty dealings with owner Robert Kraft to his ability to earn the unmitigated respect of his players—if not their affection. This is a man who has many facets and, ultimately, has created a notorious football dynasty. Based on exhaustive research and countless interviews, this book circles around Belichick to tell his full story for the first time, and presents an incisive portrait of a mastermind at work.
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    Reviews on Amazon:

    “With deep reporting and a profound understanding of the football life, Ian O'Connor comes as close as humanly possible to solving the mystery of the great football sphinx, Bill Belichick, and his unmatched coaching career.” – David Maraniss, best-selling author of When Pride Still Mattered, A Life of Vince Lombardi

    "I thought I knew everything there is to know about the brilliant, secretive coach. The Hoodie would have made a model Prisoner of War. He gives up nothing. And yet Ian O'Connor somehow cracked the code at Fort Foxborough, producing this compelling portrait of the coach and the man. A must-read for football buffs and anyone who appreciates leadership.'' – Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe columnist and best-selling author of Francona (with Terry Francona)

    “In Belichick, Ian O’Connor has delivered an excess of compelling, fresh reporting and muscled writing to construct one of our great coaching biographies. O’Connor illuminates one of sports’ most secretive and mysterious figures. Fast-moving, exhaustively researched, Belichick will transform the way you consider the man and the Patriots' dynasty.” – Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN Senior Writer and best-selling author of The Miracle of St. Anthony
     
  3. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Here's my review: Fukk this book and Ian O'Connor's 'deep reporting'. "O'Connor illuminates one of sports' most secretive and mysterious figures". Yeah, please illuminate tapes getting burned in a bonfire bigger than in Bradbury's 'Farenheit 451'. Also, please do tell us about 'funny' Uncle Ernie. I'm gonna pull a Joe Namath and make a guarantee. There is no mention of Belichick being a systematic cheating shitbag. Until someone has the balls to say it and do it, less than zero interest. I would hope there's a chapter about Sharon Shenocca getting mailed 3K a month cash in Cheats envelopes and the 2 mil brownstone in Brooklyn he bought her at least. If not, will never read. I couldn't give a rat's ass about Ian O'Connor fellating this POS who should only be stabbing garbage with a stick on a work release program in a public park in Boston.

    EDIT & P.S.: I should post this on Amazon, haha.
     
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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    ^Haha. He pretty much steals everything including a million dollars from a dying old man so . . .

    The New York Post had a field day. 'Sugar Daddy Bill' or something like that. I'm gonna be having a lot of fun in here. Hopefully I'll be able to make Ian O'Connor sorry he was ever born. Poor ROPZ51, haha. Sometimes you just gotta shoot the messenger. It's all in good fun, RPOZ, ; )
     
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    What the fuck is “muscled writing”?
     
  7. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Dear Mr.Wojnarowsk:

    I regret to inform you that there is nothing in Ian O'Connor's book 'Belicheat' that will "transform the way I see the man and the Patriots dynasty". With all due respect, is this a fukking joke? He's a cheating scumbag. I would elaborate, but I am somewhat indisposed at the moment as I am currently counting cards in a casino in Vegas. I will expound at a future date. Please advise Mr. O'Connor on my behalf that at such time I will gladly give you tips that you can in turn forward to him and perhaps pass on to Bill about the beauty of beating the house at Black Jack. That may very well be a mutual waste of time as Mr. Belicheat most assuredly started the tradition himself, but I thought I would extend the courtesy.

    Fukk you,
    jeto

    EDIT: Fukk you again.
     
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  8. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    The pen weighed 50 lbs.? Those 'reviews' are painful. I was half-kidding when I said I should post my own review on Amazon. That would be a troll job worth getting banned for. "The great football sphinx." He's a constipated asshole.
     
  9. RPOZ51

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    @jetphile,

    We’re good. Your posts always crack me up. The ones I understand, anyway.

    What can be better than a beautiful Sunday where you’re getting your chores and projects done, and you know there’s absolutely no way the Jets are going to lose?

    Also, he Brady bunch episode where Greg and Marcia were both running for student council president was on today. The only Bradys that I can tolerate.

    Life is good!
     
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  11. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I might also bash this book on goodreads if someone else hasn't already beaten me to the punch.
     

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