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  • Guts and Genius

  • The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s
  • By: Bob Glauber
  • Narrated by: Jamie Renell
  • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (150 ratings)

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Guts and Genius

By: Bob Glauber
Narrated by: Jamie Renell
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How three football legends - Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells - won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever.

Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells dominated what may go down as the greatest decade in pro football history, leading their teams to a combined eight championships and developing some of the most gifted players of all time in the process.

Walsh, Gibbs and Parcells developed such NFL stars as Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Rice, Art Monk, and Darrell Green. They resurrected the careers of players like John Riggins, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams, Everson Walls, and Hacksaw Reynolds. They did so with a combination of guts and genius, built championship teams in their own likeness, and revolutionized pro football like few others. Their influence is still evident in today's game, with coaches who either worked directly for them or are part of their coaching trees now winning Super Bowls and using strategy the three men devised and perfected.

In interviews with more than 150 players, coaches, family members and friends, Guts and Genius digs into the careers of three men who overcame their own insecurities and doubts to build Hall of Fame legacies that transformed their generation and continue to impact today's NFL.

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©2018 Bob Glauber (P)2018 Hachette Audio
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Critic reviews

"Glauber shows in fascinating detail how each coach built a foundation for success both on the field and in their relationships with owners and players. This has been a great season for football books...and this one adds to the treasure trove." (Booklist)

"Football began to climb to the heights it reached today in the 1980s, in large part thanks to Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells and Joe Gibbs. Bob Glauber perfectly brings together these men, with that time, to give us a glimpse of the greatness behind the guts and genius." (Adam Schefter, ESPN NFL reporter and author of The Man I Never Met: A Memoir)

"The extraordinary careers of these coaches are expertly interwoven to create a delightful and insightful read." (Library Journal)

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