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| Authors: Bo Schembechler, John U. Bacon
Publisher: Business Plus
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 24489
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 044658200X
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780446582001
ASIN: 044658200X
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
What a great read! October 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book serves as a great inspirational/motivational tool, a behind-the-scenes history of Bo's tenure as UM's coach, and as an autobiography. My favorite part of the book was that it read like Bo's voice was narrating the book to you. The book has a great, natural flow to it, and every single one of Bo's lessons was backed up by a story that accurately illustrated the point he was trying to get across. A great read.
Great Read October 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book will give you great insight into what made Bo Schembechler such a great leader of men. You can hear Bo's voice through the pages. I played high school football for one of Bo's Boy's and can tell you he molded his players into clones of himself. After reading this book it has inspried me to be a better leader.
Outstanding! October 2, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
John Bacon has literally brought Bo back from the grave for all time. This Michigan State Spartan always respected the general on the other side of the great Michigan Civil War of the gridiron starting with the phenomenal 1969 victory over the Weasels at East Lansing! The public side of Bo was rough and gruff but John Bacon did a masterfull job of coaxing the other Bo into a book which is more like sitting in Bo's family room and listening to him expound on Leadership 101 -- Bo style. Required reading for all managers and team leaders in and out of athletics.
Inspired and Renewed October 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There are not enough superlatives to describe this book. You feel the soul of Bo coming out of the pages. Whenever you are feeling lost or uninspired, go back to this book and reread it. It will get you back on your feet and ready to "tackle" the world again. I could not put down the book because it was so captiviting. This will be a book that I will read over and over because you can never get enough of his inspiration and stories. John captured the essence of Bo in these pages. Thank you so very much!
Excellent - I should read it once a year... September 11, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I read this book in one day during a long car ride from Ann Arbor to Virginia. I'll admit that I am a Michigan alum from Bo's final coaching years. Since I read Blue Ice (which I also highly recommend), I expected a thorough and historically rich book from Mr. Bacon. This book is different - it is all Bo. I was pleasantly surprised at how Bo's personality came through SO RICHLY in this book. Somewhere in the first quarter, I remember realizing that the narrator in my head had become Bo.
I'll also admit here that I shed a few tears while sitting in a nearly empty Cracker Barrel somewhere in Maryland at 9:30pm waiting for our late dinner and finishing the last few chapters. There's no way any person, U of M person or no, could read this book and not know and appreciate what Bo and his programs were all about - so much more than just football. I found out he was more of a hero than I knew, but also human.
The classic Bo stories are all here (plus plenty of new ones), of course, - but this book gets you into the head of Bo like no other. The man was a throw-back to more principled times - leadership, honesty, respect, attention to detail, preparation, long-term vision, personal sacrifice for others. THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM. His personal, quiet generosity was unbelievable.
Standards and words to live by for anyone, sports fan or no. The tributes from friends at the end of the book just confirm the impact he had on so many. Reading it, I could easily imagine sitting in the room with Bo and Mr. Bacon during their collaboration; the gravelly voice, the chuckle, the occasional ribbing or profane reaction. One of those books that I didn't want to end.
This will be required reading for my young kids someday. Mr. Bacon has done a great job - I'm sure that Bo would have loved the final version.
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