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- The Definitive Oral History of the 1980s New York Jets
- Narrado por: Bob Dunsworth
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Comprised of exclusive interviews with Jets players, coaches, and other figures surrounding the organization, Sack Exchange: The Definitive Oral History of the 1980s New York Jets is an eye-opening account of a memorable era in one team's history, which also takes a step back and looks at the state of the National Football League as a whole during the 1980s.
From the events that shaped the 1980s Jets, such as the legacy of Joe Namath, to their multiple playoff appearances during the decade, each triumph and disappointment is chronicled and supplemented with insider information. Other highlights include examinations of the beginning of the Jets' rivalry with the Miami Dolphins; the controversial firing of head coach Walt Michaels; the defensive line, given the nickname 'The New York Sack Exchange' and steroid use by certain players and throughout the NFL.
Featured are original interviews with Joe Klecko, Mark Gastineau, Marty Lyons, Abdul Salaam, Wesley Walker, Al Toon, Ken O'Brien, Richard Todd, Pat Leahy, Walt Michaels, and Joe Walton, among many others.
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- 05-09-19
Delusions of Grandeur the Novel!
Greg Prato has constructed a monument to suspect player narratives, built entirely by the 1980s New York Jets football players. Many of whom seem to be completely without an self awareness or at least clinging to their view that they were an 80s football powerhouse done wrong by their management & coaches, mother nature, dumb penalties, player strikes and other various nods from the football gods that all went against the Jets and in many cases them individually.
Some Key non-spoilery highlights:
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Highly recommend this book to 80s NFL fans NOT of the New York Jets. If you're an 80s Jets fan, this should be both repetitive and painful. Would have liked a little more game detail in the 15 hour narrative, but the completely entertaining comments of Jet players and coaches keeps this as a solid A/A- listen.
Not recommended for: People under 30, non football fans and anyone trolling for a lurid tale of 80s/90s football jock culture. There are plenty of Oklahoma Sooner, New York Met, Miami Hurricane, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders stories out there to get your soap opera on. Mark Gastineau is obviously a character football fans are familiar with, but he tends to stand out more on this team as just goofy and aloof. For as much as these Jets are a little delusional, they seem to be really likeable and compelling men who mostly stayed out of trouble. If you are desperately in search of a political or social narrative to attach to this, it's not there.
On the technical side: The Narrator is pretty clean and fades into the stories and interviews properly and handles the slang and jargon pretty well. A couple hiccups but not many. Most of the errors in the players' memory are corrected with a few exceptions that probably don't mean anything to anyone but the biggest football dorks, like me.
Cheers!
Here's a vote for a book on the 80s Browns, Eagles, Falcons, Bengals and Oilers all of whom have similar stories that haven't been explored.
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alot of filler, no thriller
its a lot of listing of players and coaches and season records and very surface level storytelling. i was hoping for some interesting insider stories, none to be had here
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