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Fridays with Bill
Fridays with Bill

Fridays with Bill

Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick
By John Powers

SPORTS & RECREATION

304 Pages, 5.5 x 7.5

Formats: Cloth, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Cloth, $24.95 (US $24.95) (CA $33.95)

ISBN 9781629376295

Rights: WOR

Triumph Books (Nov 2018)

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Overview

Revealing the side of this NFL icon's personality that the public rarely sees
Bill Belichick is a different man on Fridays. With preparations for Sunday's game essentially complete, and the media presence reduced to those regulars Belichick calls the "Friday Warriors," the normally terse coach is known to open up in provocative, entertaining, and expansive fashion. Fridays With Bill provides a rare glimpse inside one of history's greatest football minds, featuring insights and musings from the man who has won five Super Bowl championships and who is destined for the Hall of Fame. This is Belichick at his most relaxed, profoundly philosophic and often puckish, with topics ranging from his preference for left-footed punters to his struggles with technology to his favorite Halloween candy. Covering themes of communication, decision making, technology, and more, this curated collection of wit and wisdom is an indispensable read for Patriots fans and all those who love the game.

Author Biography

John Powers
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John Powers is a longtime sportswriter for the Boston Globe, New England's leading daily and Sunday newspaper. He is the author of several books, including The Boston Dictionary, The Boston Handbook, and Fenway Park: A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America.

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Fridays With Bill

Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick

By John Powers

 

Contact: Sam Ofman, Triumph Books, 312.568.5450, sofman@ipgbook.com

 

Most people associate Bill Belichick with Sundays. On Sundays he’s on top of his game, leading the greatest dynasty in modern sports history as Head Coach of the New England Patriots. On Sundays, Belichick is all business, donning his signature hoodie and patented scowl as he serves up his trademark monosyllabic replies to the press following a Pats victory.

 

On Fridays, Belichick is a different man. In Fridays with Bill: Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick (Triumph Books, November 6th, 2018), veteran Boston Globe sportswriter John Powers collects and explores the most profound insights from the legendary coach’s most revealing Friday press conferences. After completing the bulk of the week’s practice and preparation, Belichick takes a more open and intimate approach to the press on Fridays. These sessions showcase his genius as a football coach and a leader of men, as he dives deeper into his thinking. Powers offers an insider’s perspective to help illuminate Belichick’s wisdom on subjects ranging from rosters to rivalries, trick plays to technology and everything in between. Highlights include:

 

  • How Belichick’s father exposed him to high-level coaching at an early age
  • Insights on how to identify and develop young talent, and the importance of helping rookies adjust to the professional game
  • Anecdotes on everything from meteorologists to Halloween candy to FAA regulations, demonstrating a more intimate and personal side of the renowned curmudgeon
  • We’re on to Cincinnati: a collection of the most curt and direct (and hilarious) replies he’s given reporters over the years

 

We all know the TGIF feeling, but nobody experiences it quite the same way as football writers in Foxborough. Fridays with Bill pulls back the curtain on the real Bill Belichick, providing a unique look at his coaching philosophy and true personality. Football fans in New England and across the country will find value in the pages of this great new title.


About the Author:

John Powers is a longtime sportswriter for the Boston Globe, New England's leading daily and Sunday newspaper. He is the author of several books, including The Boston Dictionary, The Boston Handbook, and Fenway Park: A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America.

 

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