ScottyBuff
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I picked up a cheap copy of Game Time: Inside College Football by Ted Kluck a couple of weeks back. Hadn't spent much time to read it until recently. Not a book to pay cover price for, but I got it used on Amazon for pretty cheap.
Anyway, I just read the chapter (4) titled The Turnaround: Brian Leonard, Greg Schiano, and the Rutgers Football Renaissance.
In this chapter the author spends time with various members of the Rutgers team, coaches, and at booster events.
The author relates a story told by Schiano at a fund-raising event about how he was pretty wild and would do whatever it took to get HS coaches to push a kid towards his school (when he was an assistant at various programs), including taking them to strip clubs and drinking heavily with them. One tape changed his life and approach to his life: Promise Keepers by Bill McCartney.
He interviews Brian Leonard, who at this time is preparing for the NFL draft, and he had this to say about Schiano:
I am sure that the dead-horse of Hawkins-bashing has long since been beaten to death, but has anyone ever heard of a player referring to Hawk in this way?
Just thought I would share this tidbit that I found interesting.
Anyway, I just read the chapter (4) titled The Turnaround: Brian Leonard, Greg Schiano, and the Rutgers Football Renaissance.
In this chapter the author spends time with various members of the Rutgers team, coaches, and at booster events.
The author relates a story told by Schiano at a fund-raising event about how he was pretty wild and would do whatever it took to get HS coaches to push a kid towards his school (when he was an assistant at various programs), including taking them to strip clubs and drinking heavily with them. One tape changed his life and approach to his life: Promise Keepers by Bill McCartney.
He interviews Brian Leonard, who at this time is preparing for the NFL draft, and he had this to say about Schiano:
"When he's on the field he's a coach - he's in your face, he's loud, and he'll correct you. But off the field if he realizes he's said something he shouldn't have said, he'll come off the field and apologize. You're not a friend on the field, but off the field he's a friend and a mentor."
I am sure that the dead-horse of Hawkins-bashing has long since been beaten to death, but has anyone ever heard of a player referring to Hawk in this way?
Just thought I would share this tidbit that I found interesting.