Johnnie Bird's Book?

[Letsgohuskies11]

Did anyone see this? Sounds interesting.

http://sportzedge.com/2015/02/27/fo...a-second-class-citizen-in-college-basketball/

 

[Kitaman]

It could be but I'm not reading it. No offense meant but as a former athlete I never aspired or wanted to know what its like to be a walk-on.

 

[breezy]

It's really hard to get a sense of the tone of the book from this interview. On one hand the term "second class citizen" is getting thrown around, on the other he's basically saying it was a coming of age experience.

I'm confused if he fondly or bitterly reflects on his time here.

 

[nomar]

This guy already did this

http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Sounds like a confused kid.

If being a walk on sucked so bad, then quit. Not sure I understand his angle.

 

[mauconnfan]

Just because of what I see as his take on being a walk-on, wouldn't even consider throwing any money his way. We all know, and they do to, what the wall on life is about and just to let Johnny know it was never about him. Kind of douchey.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Just because of what I see as his take on being a walk-on, wouldn't even consider throwing any money his way. We all know, and they do to, what the wall on life is about and just to let Johnny know it was never about him. Kind of douchey.

I got to be on one of the preeminent college basketball teams in America, go to practices from a hall of fame coach, go to tournaments and games all over America and abroad, but I wasn't appreciated enough as a walk on.

News flash Birdman, there's hundreds of guys on campus that would likely take the above and just shut up.

 

[joober jones]

I got to be on one of the preeminent college basketball teams in America, go to practices from a hall of fame coach, go to tournaments and games all over America and abroad, but I wasn't appreciated enough as a walk on.

News flash Birdman, there's hundreds of guys on campus that would likely take the above and just shut up.

Hell I'd do it now if it meant I could actually be a Husky.

 

[Fishy]

Did I read a different interview than everyone else?

What was so bad about it?

This.....

It could be but I'm not reading it. No offense meant but as a former athlete I never aspired or wanted to know what its like to be a walk-on.

....is 20 times douchier than anything Bird said.

 

[Leebo]

Did I read a different interview than everyone else?

What was so bad about it?

Probably the fact that instead of the headline focusing on the angle of "being a walk on takes a lot of perseverance," it makes it sound like he's saying "UConn scholarship players treated me like s***." He of course says the opposite of that in the actual interview.

 

[Fishy]

Probably the fact that instead of the headline focusing on the angle of "being a walk on takes a lot of perseverance," it makes it sound like he's saying "UConn scholarship players treated me like s***." He of course says the opposite of that in the actual interview.

Yup.

If you read the questions and not the answers, you get a good sense of what the interviewer wanted to get out of the interview.

That he/she failed to get it speaks to how well Bird seems to regard the experience.

 

[champs99and04]

This guy already did this

http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/

I loved his book. From the sound of Bird's book, though, it seems like he took a completely different approach to the position and I'm guessing he'll write it accordingly. I'd definitely be interested in reading it if it provides any insight into what goes on at UConn behind the scenes.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yup.

If you read the questions and not the answers, you get a good sense of what the interviewer wanted to get out of the interview.

That he/she failed to get it speaks to how well Bird seems to regard the experience.

I don't think the interviewer asked many leading questions that tried to elicit an answer one way or another.

Asking if someone is bitter after they just talked about themselves being treated as a second class citizen is a reasonable follow up.

All the other questions were very benign.

 

[Penfield]

When a book like this comes out you have to let out a sigh of relief if the biggest reveal is that some of the players and coaches were jerks. It could be a lot worse.

If I had to guess the life of a walk on isn't very easy. Sounds like an interesting read.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Good luck Johnnie. I hope you make some cash.

 

[puppygenius]

Did I read a different interview than everyone else?

What was so bad about it?

This.....



....is 20 times douchier than anything Bird said.

Man am I glad you said that. No need to bash him or his book.