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 enlarge | Author: Neil Hayes
Creators: Tony La Russa, Bob Larson
Publisher: Frog Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 126227
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 402
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1583941304
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3320979463
EAN: 9781583941300
ASIN: 1583941304
Publication Date: August 23, 2005
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 The secret is simple - RECRUIT November 24, 2003
2 out of 48 found this review helpful
It's really not such an amazing feat when you take it into account that De La Salle is the only local high school that actually RECRUITS football players. If they earned this record based on students in the area and NOT the recruitment efforts, or, if they played other schools that recruited players, THAT would be worth writing a book about. It's always rubbed me the wrong way that a high school team does this. Does De La Salle turn out amazing players? Definitely. The funny thing is though, most of them were already highly talented before they got there, which is WHY they got there.
 I'm not even a football fan.... November 6, 2003
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
As the mother of three former high school football players who remains largely indifferent to the sport even now, I found myself surprisingly captivated by this story. Powerfully and tightly written, it early on evoked strong emotions and a growing fascination with Head Coach Ladouceur's methodology. As one of the team members said, "If you think Coach (Ladouceur) is inspiring on the football field, you ought to be in his Religion class."The Coach is clearly unique among high school football coaches, This book is about a season of individual football games, the team players, the assistant coaches, and Coach Lad. I quickly grew to care deeply about every one of them. As one of the boys chided a boasting parent, "Dad, it's not about winning." Indeed, it's not, not really at all, and that's what is so intriguing about this coach and this team. It's not even about football. Corny as it may sound, it's about love.
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