Bobby Knight, season on the Brink
I am so glad that I chose this book "Season on the Brink". It shed new light in the life of Bobby Knight. John Feinstein wrote this book masterfully, which is why this book was once a best seller. I felt like Feinstein's point of view allowed us the audience to see the good, the bad, and the ugly of Bobby Knight. By the way, the entire book is in Feinstein's point of view. The Setting for most of the book except for road games is Bloomington, Indiana. The climate is mostly dreary cool, rainy days. We are introduced in this story to Bob Knight who in the past years had went to the olympics and won a gold medal, and the season after he won gold in 1985 he had his worst season of his career at Indiana. This book is written to show what Bob Knight does when his back is against the wall and what he needs to do to get himself and his team success. In the 1st chapter we meet one of the protagonist's, a guy named Darryl Thomas who was a mellow, laid back kid, who lacked motivation. You kind of feel bad for the kid because you know he could do so well if he really wanted to be. The other protagonist was Steve Alford, who was a unathletic but very talented guy who could shoot like no other. He had a great desire t
Indiana loses to Michigan in a heart breaker where some of the fouls that were called were questionable. He felt that with the extra age they would be more mature and would help quicker. Bobby Knight focused his anger early on with Darryl Thomas, calling him about every name in the book. Bobby Knight before the 1986 season considers quitting and going into broadcasting but the paralyzation of Turner motivates him to return. Knight goes on a recruiting trip where he recruits Keith Smart who later would help Indiana win a national championship. Then a little used guard Delray Brooks transfers to Providence, who at the time was being revived by now Louisville Head Coach, Rick Pitino. I play wheelchair basketball and our captain really pushes me hard to be a better player and sometimes I get frustrated but I understand. He always helped his players once they graduated. The entire book describes the up's and down's of the 1986 season. We also meet Pat Knight, the son of Bobby, who would later be a good player at IU. Quinn Buckner comes down to talk to the team, and help out as he was cut from the NBA team Indiana Pacers. We get another feel on how hard he gets on freshman. Then later on in 1988, paid dividends as they won the national title in 1986. Crushing blow to the team when Darryl Thomas sprains his ankle and with Ohio State's game being earlier than it was supposed to be, it definately made Thomas out for the next games. Bobby Knight really showed a sensitive side also many times, he just lived a strict lifestyle.
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