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Digger Phelps's Tales from the Notre Dame Hardwood | 
 enlarge | Author: Digger Phelps
Creator: Tim Bourret
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1147377
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 1582618275
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781582618272
ASIN: 1582618275
Publication Date: September 2004
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Product Description
ESPN basketball commentator Digger Phelps is regarded as one of the most charismatic and opinionated analysts in the profession. And he was the same personality during his 20 years as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame. Digger Phelps's Tales from the Notre Dame Hardwood recalls the most successful period in Notre Dame basketball history. In his 20 seasons. 17 of Phelps's teams advanced to postseason play, including 14 NCAA Tournament teams. In the book, Phelps recalls his initial expression of interest in Notre Dame through a 1965 letter he wrote to football coach Ara Parseghian. It recounts the scenes of his seven wins over number one-ranked teams, including the landmark game in 1974 when the Irish ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak. Two chapters concentrate on the coach's former Notre Dame players, concluding with the selection of his All-Digger teams. He also recalls the 20 Hall of Fame coaches he competed against, including Bobby Knight, Al McGuire, Ray Meyer, and John Wooden. Digger Phelps's Tales from the Notre Dame Hardwood concludes with a chapter entitled "Domers," which documents Phelps's relationship with Notre Dame coaches, administrators, and student-athletes, including Father Theodore Hesburgh, the man who made Notre Dame what it is today.
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 Life lessons from the coach September 14, 2007
Should be required reading for every young person in high school..The chapter on his experiences in the Bush (sr.) administration show very clearly with all of the things wrong in Washinton Digger Phelps was one of the few things right...If more people would give back in their lives instead of taking this world would be a better place..this man has...
 Another Danny Ainge Moment! August 14, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really disappointed in this shallow,collection of crumbs from Phelps. It is much less interesting and honest than Echoes on the Hardwood by Mike Coffey. This would have been a good opportunity to hear Phelps explain why he couldn't win it all with some really great rosters. Instead we get a boring recital of Digger's finer moments, and total glossing over of his obvious shortcomings as a coach. This is more a book about how much Digger likes Digger than it is about basketball, the game, and character building. Save your money...buy Coffey's book, not this one
Great book for any Notre Dame fan March 26, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book because it was told from Diggers point of view on the different games and situations. My favorite aspect of the book was how he told personal stories about the players and program, stories that you would not hear any place else. Although it only concentrates on twenty years in the Notre Dame program, it still gives fans a great deal of knowledge about the history of a program that experienced great success in the past, went through some down years and is now on the rise again. I would recommend this book to any Notre Dame fan!
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