{"product_id":"getting-to-us-isbn-9780735222748","title":"Getting to Us","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat makes a coach great? How do great coaches turn a collection of individuals into a coherent “us”? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSeth Davis, one of the keenest minds in sports journalism, has been thinking about that question for twenty-five years. It’s one of the things that drove him to write the definitive biography of college basketball’s greatest coach, John Wooden, \u003ci\u003eWooden: A Coach’s Life\u003c\/i\u003e. But John Wooden coached a long time ago. The world has changed, and coaching has too, tremendously. Seth Davis decided to embark on a proper investigation to get to the root of the matter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGetting to Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Davis probes and prods the best of the best from the landscape of active coaches of football and basketball, college and pro—from Urban Meyer, Dabo Swinney, and Jim Harbaugh to Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo, Jim Boeheim, Brad Stevens, Geno Auriemma, and Doc Rivers—to get at the fundamental ingredients of greatness in the coaching sphere. There’s no single right way, of course—part of the great value of this book is Davis’s distillation of what he has learned about different types of greatness in coaching, and what sort of leadership thrives in one kind of environment but not in others. Some coaches have thrived at the college level but not in the pros. Why? What’s the difference? Some coaches are stern taskmasters, others are warm and cuddly; some are brilliant strategists but less emotionally involved with their players, and with others it’s vice versa. In \u003ci\u003eGetting to Us\u003c\/i\u003e, we come to feel a deep connection with the most successful and iconic coaches in all of sports—big winners and big characters, whose stories offer much of enduring interest and value.“This series of profiles is a brisk and colorful companion if you want to know how several of the best coaches in college hoops operate. . . . vivid.” –\u003cb\u003eTom Perotta, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A spirited survey of some of the techniques of winning coaches in building winning teams . . . [Davis] provides plenty of useful information for aspiring coaches and committed fans.\" – \u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This refreshing look into the complex lives of coaches will appeal to an audience far wider than hardcore sports fans.\" \u003cb\u003e– Publishers Weekly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhen March Went Mad: The Game that Transformed Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A must-read book for anybody who considers themselves a basketball fan.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A vivid portrait of a time when we knew a lot less about the sport and, because of that, loved it in a different way.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Excellent.” —\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The sports book of the year.” —\u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWooden: A Coach’s Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Superb . . . [Seth Davis] has written a virtual cutaway view of the history and evolution of basketball in the form of a biography. Davis takes us on bus rides over snow-covered roads to Friday-night high school games, puts us in the frantic and precarious whirl of semi-pro basketball barnstorming in the Midwest and, finally, gives us a courtside seat in the high-stakes pressure cooker of big-time college basketball.” ―\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A meticulously researched and evenhanded assessment.”\u003ci\u003e ―The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Mr. Davis beautifully captures the ties that bound a strong-willed coach and his players. His biography is superb--readable, well-reported and savvy in its understanding of basketball.” ―\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeth Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eWooden: A Coach’s Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an on-air studio analyst for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network during coverage of college basketball and the NCAA tournament, and he is also the Managing Editor of the national college basketball platform at \u003ci\u003eThe Athletic.\u003c\/i\u003e Before joining \u003ci\u003eThe Athletic\u003c\/i\u003e, Davis spent twenty-two years covering college basketball for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Duke University, he lives with his family in Los Angeles.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301360816357,"sku":"NP9780735222748","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780735222748.jpg?v=1767728012","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/getting-to-us-isbn-9780735222748","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}