Building a Champion
by Bill Walsh with Glenn Dickey
Walsh's 1990 memoir of building the 49ers from the worst team in football to champions: hiring, the West Coast offense, handling Joe Montana and owner Eddie DeBartolo, and the toll it took on him. Candid about burnout.
Read it if…
you want Walsh's own account of the turnaround and its personal cost.
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Skip it if…
you want the principles distilled.
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Three things you will actually use
- Build the system, then find the players.
- Teaching is the job.
- Success exhausts; plan for recovery.
Do this first
Read the final chapters on exhaustion and ask what you are sacrificing to win.
Our verdict
Candid turnaround memoir.
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