A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (A Gift for Basketball Fans)

Amazing chronicle of an amazing coach. Not an easy read as I felt every eruption and mood swing but it was well worth it.

A well written, interesting book about a complicated individual. I would recommend this book to any fan of sports writing. When the book came out in 1986, it created quite a bit of negative publicity around Coach Knight. I came away with a different impression than I think I would have if I had read it then. I came away thinking that while Knight obviously had a quick temper, he was also a great coach who was loyal to, and set and enforced strict academic standards for, his players. In this day of constant stories of academic cheating, philandering coaches and the big money that major universities make off the backs of their athletes, I found Feinstein's portrait of Knight to be that of a coach who probably had more to admire than seemed to be the case in 1986.

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I wasn’t aware this book was published many years ago. I decided to read after Feinstein’s death. Excellent book and I’m now under the impression that in addition to being a great coach, Knight was very insecure, a humanitarian, and sometimes a bully. I encourage basketball fans to read this book, you’ll see another side of Knight often not told in the media.

Few books are able to stand the test of time, but 37 years since John Feinstein’s A Season on the Brink was published, it remains both a basketball and sports classic. A prescient introduction by the late and great Marquette coach Al McGuire was clearly a personally written tocsin for Coach Knight by his close and respected friend. The openness and clarity of Feinstein’s year with Coach Knight is a remarkable read. While there may be other books devoted to a season with a coach/manager and the players, none, with perhaps the exception of Lombardi’s Packers, can match the intensity and drama that occurred virtual every day. Coach Knight’s great success can never be denied and his supreme focus on each player’s innate abilities is paramount throughout the book. Whether you agree or not agree with Coach Knight’s approach is not the point with Feinstein’s writings. You will find all the emotions of an intensely driven individual whose loyalty to his players and friends made Coach Knight one of the most important leaders in both college basketball and sports.

Outstanding -- a good study of this coach, long before the rest of the world started focusing more closely on Bobby Knight.

Interesting book, Knight had everyone scared of him especially the leadership at Indiana University. Amazing they put up with him so long but I guess the revenue outweighed his treatment of players

This is the 2nd Feinstein book that I have read and it was as good as the 1st one, Let Me Tell You A Story. His writing about Bob Knight didn't leave much out, besides some curse words. Its crazy to think about the access that he had to this team. He was able to paint a picture so real to the reader that it makes you relive, that college season as an Indiana Fan. Bob Knight truly is one of the best who ever coached the game. His mind games and temper tantrums are sometimes crazy but have proven to be effective and Feinstein was able to capture them in print. Amazing, if you are a sports fan you should get your hands on any Feinstein book. If you are a college basketball fan get your hands on A Season On The Brink

great book

After reading some other John Feinstein books that I really enjoyed, I had to go back to the book that started it all, and I was not disappointed. Great read, even for someone like me with zero college basketball knowledge.

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any sports fan should read this book, actually, this is a book for everyone. one of the most enjoyable books iv read.

good book....if your a sports fan who likes the behind the stories...good book.....