War Room: Bill Belichick and the Patriot Legacy

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In War Room, New York Times bestselling author Michael Holley gives readers an unprecedented look behind the scenes at three contending National Football League teamsfrom the draft room to the locker room to the sidelinesand grants access to the brilliant minds of Bill Belichick and his former protgs, Thomas Dimitroff and Scott Pioli.

In 1991, while he was with the Cleveland Browns football organization, Belichick was struck by the Big Idea: how to build the perfect team, one draft pick and one trade at a time. This strategy obsessed him, leading him on a remarkable personal and professional journey filled with miraculous finishes, heartbreaking losses, shattered relationships . . . and ultimately three Super Bowl championships. In Massachusetts, Belichick reunited with two former office employees from the Ohio daysPioli, a low-paid scouting assistant, and Dimitroff, a groundskeeper and part-time scoutand together they refined and burnished Belichick's method for constructing a winning team. The end result was one of the greatest franchises in modern NFL history: the New England Patriots. Packed with never-before-told anecdotes and insights from team officials, players, coaches, and scouts, War Room is a fascinating, often astonishing story of grit and genius, and the art of building a championship team.

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"A deeply reported, thoroughly engaging look at what it takes to succeed in the NFL." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Crisply written, the story moves along like a two-minute drill. It also sparkles with interesting anecdotes and tidbits....WAR ROOM is a lively, fast-paced insider's account that will please ardent and casual fans alike." -- Boston Globe

"WAR ROOM is going to take you into the inner world of pro football. I recommend it highly." -- Peter King, Sports Illustrated

"The ultimate book for pro football geeks." -- Publishers Weekly

"Fans will want to read how Belichick transformed the once-lackluster Patriots into the most successful franchise of the past decade, which Holley explains in an engaging chronological narrative." -- Booklist

Author Bio

MICHAEL HOLLEY is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Patriot Reign, Never Give Up (with Tedy Bruschi), and Red Sox Rule. He was a Boston Globe sportswriter for ten years, and he is the cohost of The Big Show on Boston sports radio station WEEI. Holley lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife and two sons.