Christopher L. (cbrett42) reviewed on 7/6/2010 + 7 more book reviews

Interesting content, but I wasn't impressed by the writing. Pearlman often uses off-the-wall references that serve no point other than to draw the reader away from the story. For example:
"Jimmy Johnson, a man with an ego as large as the Qinghai-Tebet Plateau"
"Switzer approached discipline as if he were the proprieter of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch"
"he and Martin stared at one another like Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal in Love Story"

There are many more; those are just a few I found quickly flipping through the pages. Rather than set the scene, they make me wonder what the similes/metaphors have to do with an NFL team in the 1990's.

I also didn't appreciate how Pearlman seemed to side with some players/coaches/etc., making the case for their side of a story convincingly while vaguely (if at all) presenting the other side of the story.

All in all, this was an interesting read for the content, but I think it would have been a much more enjoyable read if it were written by someone else.

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