Wins, Losses, and Lessons By: Lou Holtz

[Lou Holtz]

Am thinking about buying it, has anyone read it , what did they think, and do they recommend it.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Great book. Started it on plane home after beating State Penn and finished it the next day. Couldn't put it down.

 

[Lou Holtz]

Great book. Started it on plane home after beating State Penn and finished it the next day. Couldn't put it down.

Im goin up this weekend do you think the will have it at Hammes?

 

[GreatGolson]

Am thinking about buying it, has anyone read it , what did they think, and do they recommend it.

You would know lou! haha i havent picked it up yet but am planning on it.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Im goin up this weekend do you think the will have it at Hammes?

I would think so, but I bought mine at O'Hare
Airport.

 

[irishtrain]

LOU, did you guys see his recent post on the running game and toughness on defense-his offenses practiced against 14 man defenses to toughen up the running game. Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

 

[Lou Holtz]

LOU, did you guys see his recent post on the running game and toughness on defense-his offenses practiced against 14 man defenses to toughen up the running game. Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

I had heard something like that, maybe BK should give it a try

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

guys let me know if its worth it.... I wanna buy but with christmas and the Ireland game I am broke as joke.

 

[justinpham]

It's a great book. I really enjoyed it and it's a pretty easy read. You can really hear his voice through the words and it's a pretty good account of the life of a coach who has really pressed hard work and faith on and off the field.

I really recommend it.

Get it off amazon for cheap: Amazon.com: Used and New: Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography

Or you can check half.com

 

[NankerPhelge]

Yeah, I've read it, along with his earlier one (can't remember the title, loaned it to my son and can't get it back!). I thought they were both extremely good. Not to bring up a sore subject, but I was going to comment on this yesterday in the Holtz video thread before that went completely haywire and had to be closed down. First, Lou talks at length about the attention to detail he demanded, and that the way he strived to build perfection in a football team was demand perfection first in the tiniest of things. It was fascinating for me the time he spent teaching the team how to stand properly in, and break from, the huddle. If they couldn't do that to perfection, then he didn't think it was any use trying to teach them the bigger stuff.

He also talks in one of the books how he has no problem at all with calling out a waitress in a restaurant if he is getting less than good service. He will tell them to their face that, whatever job they are doing, they should be doing their best, and if they are not going to, then they should "move aside and let someone try who has enough integrity to give it their best." Kind of reminded me of the way he handled the intern in the video.

 

[Shamrocks and Shenanigans]

Awesome book, I really enjoyed it.