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published
September 18th 2007
by Crown
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Hardcover, 336 pages
isbn
0307394131
(isbn13: 9780307394132)
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In the summer of 2006, the NFL’s most senior general manager, Ernie Accorsi, invited Tom Callahan “inside” the Giants organization to experience a sea...more
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Read in December, 2008
I'm no Giants fan, but I did enjoy the book. It tends to meander at times, getting wrapped up in the backstory of every new character introduced. I think what takes away from the book most of all is the immense assault of names thrown at the reader. I am a huge sports fan and know plenty of history, and often times I'd find myself struggling to remember who is who, or why this person is important. Callahan seems to take joy in showing off how many historical figures he can cram into a single pag...more
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Read in January, 2009
Good book, but I won't say it was one of my favorites as an inside look. Ernie Accorsi is a true lover of football and all sports, and I did appreciate the candor of the book and his willingness to speak on the record about his own players and those he was happy to leave behind in the draft, etc.
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If you are interested in the NFL and like to hear interesting stories from old guys that have been around the business for many years than this is a good book. Otherwise you might not find it all that interesting.
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Read in May, 2008
With a number of meanders, and the only story line, the 2006 football season of the New York Giants, seemingly an afterthought, this book never really seems to be about anything. Rather it's just a bunch of recorded reminiscing by a retiring General Manager of the New York Giants, which would all be well and good, but there's no back story given to a number of the names and events that come up in the process. An 'inside story' it is not, which left me wandering 'so what?' If you're a Giants fan,...more
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Interesting look into the inner workings of a Professional Football franchise from the early days to today.
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Read in April, 2008
The GM is Moneyball for Football. Not in the sense that it looks at statistical analysis being applied to sport, but in the way it chronicles the thoughts and methods of a General Manager as he builds his team. A very well-written look at everything that goes on behind the scenes at a professional sports franchise, although given that the author and his subject (former Giants GM Ernie Accorsi) were close friends, at times it felt like the shining portrait of Accorsi and his talents might be a ...more
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Read in June, 2008
this book was very blah. the passages about ernie accorsi's childhood were some of the most unstimulating written words I have read in quite some time - that the man grew up in Hershey, Pennsylvania should start and stop all discussion of his childhood right there. The only parts I enjoyed were Ernie's scouting notes on players that crept into the book. He was right on with Eli Manning
Read in April, 2008
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Casey
Every Giants fan would love this book, which means none of my friends should read it. Except maybe for you, Casey. It seems very similar to something someone might write about Carl Peterson (without the success, of course. Hah!). Great inside info, all made a little better by the fact that their devotion to the players involved pays off the next season when they won the Super Bowl.
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The best part of the book is when the tales are told of evaluatiing and drafting QBs. Elway, Kosar, Eli Manning - Accorsi's involvement with all three make for good reading. Perhaps the most surprising story was how close Brett Farve came to being a Jet (they were all set to take him but Atlanta grabed him one pick before them in the second round).
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Read in December, 2007
Good book focusing on Ernie Acorsi and his time as the GM of the Giants. I learned a bit about a team I hate. And all the nice stuff they wrote about him, I still hate Jeremy Shockey. Some of Acorsi's stories growing up are good though (espeically the one about him playing football with the other kids in the neighborhood).
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Read in October, 2007
Even though this books purports to tell us how a football General Manager works, it really is nothing more than a biography of the New York Giants General Manager Ernie Akorski. I wanted more in-depth everyday details on what a GM does, how he does it, not a running biography of the last year before a GM retires.
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Read in October, 2007
This was a good, solid look inside the mind of a GM. I can't say I've read better because I haven't read any other books about sports GMs. This is a lot better for Giants fans but I think general football fans can appreciate Ernie Accorsi's knowledge and perspective.
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A well-written book and an interesting read, but the title is misleading. I was hoping for insight into the decision-making process of an NFL GM...this was more like a memoir of the Giants 2006 season.
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Read in January, 2008
not the most absorbing but a quick fun read. more about the career of Ernie Accorsi (Giants GM) than the job itself. interesting stories from a lifetime in the sport-type of book.
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Read in September, 2007
For a Giants fan this book is indispensible. This is a work of old-school sports reporting that any NFL or sports fan would enjoy.
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Good insight into being a GM. Made me a fan of Accorsi. Made me root for the Giants to beat the Pat's in the Superbowl too.
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Read in February, 2008
The best book to read as the Giants won the Super Bowl
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