When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak
by Neil Hayes
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Author: Neil HayesPhotographer: Bob Larson
Foreword: Tony La Russa
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-23
ISBN: 1583941304
Number of pages: 408
Publisher: Frog Books
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Book Review: A great example of what happens when you keep the main thing the main thing.
Summary: 5 Stars
Not everybody that read this book liked it, judging from the other reviews here.
What I appreciated about the book was the look at coach Lad, and what he emphasized in his coaching.
It seemed that he was most concerned with challenging his players to be disciplined, to work hard, to love each other, and to grow in maturity. He uses football to do it, and I would say that he is very good. De La Salle's winning streak is a symptom of a much deeper, more profound success that that football team is experiencing. I love this book because it shows that when you love your players, and they love each other and are willing to work to show each other that love, then winning happens.
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Summary of When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak
The book that inspired the ESPN documentary 151: The Greatest Streak is now Revised and Updated!By 2002, The Streak?a historic 13-year run of consecutive wins by the Spartans, a high-school football team from Concord, California, that couldn't be beat?was still going strong. In this revised edition of When the Game Stands Tall, author Neil Hayes, who had unrestricted access to the De La Salle team, writes from the inside about the games, the players, and their visionary coach, Bob Ladouceur, who managed to amass the highest winning percentage in football history (.995) through standing for something greater than winning. The book, which also features interviews with major sports figures like Bill Walsh and John Gruden, is a revealing portrait of the coach who believed above all in instilling basic life skills where winning is not the goal, but merely the byproduct of playing the game.
The Streak had become a national story long before it ended in September 2004. In this revised paperback, Neil Hayes catches up on the lives of the main characters and takes readers through the final tumultuous year. What results is a timeless and inspirational story of struggle, tragedy, and triumph.
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