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Title: The Final Season: My Last Year as Head Coach in the NFL by Bill Parcells, Will McDonough ISBN: 0-688-17491-4 Publisher: William Morrow & Company Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Add A Star If You Are A Jet Or Giant Fan
Comment: I have been a long time New York Giant fan which of course makes me a long time Bill Parcells fan. Even though it has been many years since Parcells has left the Giants I have still followed his career closely. I even found myself routing for the crosstown rivals when he became the Jets head coach. Parcells does a good job conveying the ups and downs of his last season as an NFL coach and he adds enough insight to his years with the Giants and Patriots to make this book intersting to fans of both of these teams. The Final Season just wasn't interesting enough to be a great book. Don't get me wrong it was a good read just not a great one. Jet fans will probably love this book and Giant Fans will like it. However, the average football fan will not find enough here to hold their interest. Wait for the paperback.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wanna be an NFL Coach?
Comment: For those of you who fantasized about what it would be like coaching an NFL team, Bill Parcells aided by Will McDonough offer the opportunity to find out what it is like.
Parcells takes readers through his entire final season with the New York Jets in 1999, when he ultimately concluded that this would be his final coaching responsibility. Jerry Jones has since hastened Parcells out of retirement at a hefty salary to jumpstart the formerly mighty Dallas Cowboys as he had earlier altered the fortunes of the New York Giants, New England Patriots and Jets respectively.
You cannot help coming away with an admiration for Parcells due to his rock-ribbed honesty. Here is a man who will criticize his players if he believes they are giving less than 100% or playing less than intelligent football. He blames himself for losing a game in the closing stages by "getting cute" and calling for a pass which was intercepted and ultimately cost his team the game when it would have been wiser retrospectively to keep the ball on the ground. When assistant coach Dan Henning tells him that his insistence on keeping Rick Mirer in the lineup as starting quarterback in the face of less than awesome performances stemmed from a stubbornness to face the facts since Parcells made the trade in his general manager's capacity, the coach, rather than blowing up over having his ego assaulted in the manner that a smaller man would, ends up agreeing with Henning. Accepting genuinely felt constructive criticism in a positive manner is the hallmark of a mature and honest man.
In addition to telling us plenty about strategy, how games were won and lost, and providing his opinions on players he reveres, such as his own sterling running back Curtis Martin and respected opposing quarterback Dan Marino of the Dolphins, Parcells tells about the deeply rooted pressures in NFL coaching. He reveals about his bypass operation and expresses dismay over his inability to sleep and nervous eating anxieties when the season is in full swing, leading to weight gain. He also weighs in on his view of the poor performance of certain NFL officials, especially in key situations, a problem which has magnified since this book appeared. Parcells expresses his concern as well over the rise of fan hooliganism, fearing that perhaps America may follow the example ultimately of the European soccer rioters.
If you love pro football, this is a can't miss read. The coach is an intelligent man of candor with plenty of interesting things to say.
Rating: 2
Summary: Final season?
Comment: i doubt Parcells is DONE with football as a coach.. I'm sure there will be PART 2 because this guy will coach somewhere sOON.
As for the story it was easy ready and it was pretty cheesy. Nothing really BIG or personal described in the book. For a man as criticial as he is, I expected more DEEP thoughts in this book, but it never happen.
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Title: Talkin' Tuna: The Wit and Wisdom of Coach Bill Parcells by Jefferson Davis ISBN: 1550223879 Publisher: ECW Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Parcells: A Biography by Bill Gutman ISBN: 0786709340 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: 09 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Parcells: Autobiography of the Biggest Giant of Them All by Bill Parcells, Mike Lupica ISBN: 093389340X Publisher: Natl Book Network Pub. Date: 01 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title:The Tough Work of Turning Around a Team by Bill Parcells ASIN: B00005RZAQ Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: 27 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.00 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $6.00 |
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Title: Parcells by New York Daily News ISBN: 1582611467 Publisher: Sports Publishing Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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