The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team Exa: Amazon.de: Jim Dent, Gene Stallings: Englische Bücher

Gebundene Ausgabe: 290 Seiten
Verlag: St. Martin's Press (September 1999)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0312192932
ISBN-13: 978-0312192938
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 15,2 x 2,8 cm

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When Bear Bryant took over the Texas A&M football program in 1954, he inherited a team that had lost its last five games by a combined score of 133-41. That season more than 100 Aggie hopefuls arrived in the small town of Junction for the first practice of a now legendary training camp. The sun bore down. The drills escalated. Trainers doled out water like gold, and meals and accommodations were horribly spartan. Ten hellish days later, only 34 remained to form the 1954 team that would only win one game, but those survivors--and that's what they were--formed the nucleus of the squad that would go undefeated just two years later.

This is the story of that team, that coach, the 10 days that shook their world, and the seasons they played together. "We lost alot (sic) of games," recalls Gene Stallings, who endured those days as a player and eventually followed Bryant as head coach both at A&M and Alabama, "but Coach Bryant knew what he was doing. Out of the yellow dust and the broiling heat of Junction, he forged a team of champions." Jim Dent's evocative recounting is so real and immediate you'll feel your throat getting scratchy as you read. You'll also feel remarkable respect for the players who toughed it out--and for Bryant, who begins as a man possessed, but, day after day, as he breaks the backs of some and helps instill true grit in others, transforms into a human being. --Jeff Silverman

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Legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant comes alive in this rollicking story of his time at Texas A&M during the mid-1950s. Dent, a Texas journalist (King of the Cowboys, not reviewed), focuses on Bryant's first-year attempt at putting together the team and pays particular attention to the grueling training camp held in Junction, Tex., during the first weeks of September 1954. The boys at this camp played under extreme conditions and most would leave after succumbing to Bryant's intensity or suffering bad injuries and near-death exhaustion. But what The Junction Boys tries to show is how Bryant and his training regime, despite all types of obstacles, did succeed, in just a few years, in creating not only a winning team (including an undefeated season in 1956), but a greatness in all the Aggies that would work to their advantage even after their playing days were over. The reader may have trouble keeping track of who's who among the many players, and Bear Bryant himself is presented rather one-dimensionally as unrelentingly tough, despite some attempts to show his kind and caring side. What the book does convey is Bryant's overwhelming passion for the sport, for the job of coaching, and for his team. Many of his famous quotes appear at the head of the various chapters and throughout the narrative, including "What matters ... is not the size of the dog in the fight, but of the fight in the dog" and "A tie is like kissing your sister." College football enthusiasts will enjoy reading about Bear Bryant and about a time when the sport was such a big part in the lives of many Americans, especially poor Texans. As one player explains why he doesn't quit: "For one thing, I ain't got the guts to face him [Bryant]. Second, I ain't got the energy to walk to the bus station. Third, they'd throw me out of Texas." (8 pages black and white photos, not seen) --©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Bear Bryant makes Bobby Knight look like Richard Simmons, in a good way. The toughest man that ever lived. Roll Tide! -Don Admire

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Ten Days in Texas 16. Mai 2000

Von Tim Graham

Bear Bryant was a master at getting the most out of the men that played for him, and this story is the standard by which the rest of his life was lived. Compassion overwhelms you as you read this book. You feel compelled to cheer on the survivors no matter what they undertook, for they simply went through hell for ten days in Junction, TX with the devil himself conducting drills. They had more heart in them than the whole National Football League has in them today. By today's standards, Coach would have been considered cruel and insensitive. Yet he managed to have so many successful years at coaching because he knew how and with whom he could build a team. He knew who had character and he knew who had heart. This book I highly recommend for the humor, for the drama and for the all of the characters of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Football Team of 1954.

Great History of Southern Football 9. Mai 2000

Von Laurie Fowler

I was captivated by this story. I am from Tuscaloosa, but until I read this book I never knew so much about the bond forged between Bear Bryant and Gene Stallings in the 1950s. This book captures the personality of Bear and reminds the readers what it takes to be successful in anything, not just football.

Good story of a mean man

While much of the book may be true the one thing that stood out for me was the reality of Coach Bryant's carelessness with his players. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 28. M�rz 2000 von Pat Carrigan

Great Book

This was one of the best books I have ever read. If you are an Aggie or if you just like football, you've got to read this book. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 6. M�rz 2000 ver�ffentlicht

A Must for Football Fans

Growing up in Texas and loving the game of football, I found this story to be the most riveting football account I have ever read. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 22. Februar 2000 von "3-man"

Absolutely amazing

This is the best book I have ever read. The heart and determination of the men who survived Junction was and still is truly amazing. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 19. Januar 2000 von Tom Walsh

Powerful

If you're a sports fan looking for a powerful story, look no further. This is one of those books you read very slow at the end to prolong the entertainment.

Ver�ffentlicht am 15. Januar 2000 von Peter Flight

A Book Hard To Put Down

I heard about this book on sports radio in NY. Mike Francessa claimed it was one of the best books he had read and I second that remark. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 3. Januar 2000 ver�ffentlicht

Best Book Ever About Coach Bryant

This book, gives a wonderful insight not only into how Coach Bryant forged a championship team, but also into how he forged his own greatest coaching years. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 14. Dezember 1999 von Fritz Steiner

A winner

Before there was Joe Paterno or Bobby Bowden or Lou Holtz, there was the incomparable Bear Bryant. Kids today act as if today's coaches are insufferable, or unbearable to work... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 12. Dezember 1999 von Chris Han

Great story, average writing.

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Remember that... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 2. Dezember 1999 von Alexander C. Meske

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