Ryan McFadden
Boys Of The Winter, what a book, the reason why I'm writing about this book is because this book is just so inspirational, for hockey player who are very dedicated to the game. The reason why it is so inspirational is because of just one scene in the book. That scene is when the U.S. team is just created for the 1980 winter Olympics and Herb Brooks the head coach is coaching a bunch of college kids who went to different colleges. An when they face Norway just for a scrimmage they end up tying the game 3-3. Oh the was a mistake the boys weren't focused on the game, and it was embarrassing to watch, but at the end of the game Herb told the boys to get on the goal line. So that what the boys did and they were getting ready to skate until they got the point. An the point was after almost an hour of doing Herbies which you skate to the blue line back, red line back, far blue line back, and all the way down and back all of that in 60 secs. But the point was that the boys were playing individually or in other words still playing for their college, and Herb wanted to break that and let them know that they weren't playing for themselves or their colleges but they were playing for the United States of America.
That part of the book will stick with me until my grave because it shows the crowd the scouts and the most important person the coach. The reason why is because in order for a coach to have trust in you, you have to prove to him that you are in fact a team player and that you don't just play for yourself but you play for your teammates, because your teammates are exactly like your family they always have each others back. But not only will that happen but knowing that you have done that, not only does the coach have respect/trust in you so do your teammates. But once you continue to play for yourself and not for your teammates or just for your team in general is the day your team stops working as a team, so that means you are wearing a jersey that doesn't mean anything at all.
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This book sounds very good, Ryan. But your description of the book is very broad. Can you tell me a little more on this book? Although, with the description you gave, I have a connection to another book I have read. In the book I am talking about, the group, or team in this case, was out of focus and did not do what they were supposed to do because they were out of focus. This book sound very cool and I hope I can read it someday.
ReplyDeleteRyan, this sounds like a grate read for sure, this book reminds me a lot of the book Spartan hockey. I won't get into a lot of description about the book but I will say it is a must read. Like Ali sad above your description is a little broad and I was loseing Some of the key parts. Overall I must say I do have to check out this book for sure.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely love that scene, good idea using it as your connection! I think you got the idea across but the description could have covered the plot with a little more detail. Nonetheless, I was hooked at the description of the "Again, Again, Again" incident. Being a hockey player, that has to be my all-time favorite story. Sounds like I should check this one out!
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