nightowl24
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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: texas
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i think his first book was a good one. i was new to the sport and people really weren't real helpful in trying to help me out. some were, most just wanted to sell me something, no real advice.
this book is hard to digest if you do things the quick way. john's way is done with patience. for a lot of people that is hard to do, but to each his own. am i saying he is 100% correct? NO, i'm just saying that this man has done a lot for the coonhound world. have other's done a lot? YES, but they haven't written a book about so that they can share their knowledge with others.
some say there is nothing innovative, well if you are just starting out like i was, you didn't know where to start. this book helped you get going in teh right direction. i played football from 7th grade through college and a little pro ball, i read bill walsh's book on the west coast offense and i was really unimpressed. i expected so much more, it seemed like common knowledge. if you are in the game for a minute then this book might not mean much to you, but for that person that has very little to no knowledge of the sport it is very insightful. as you grow in the sport you then begin to formulate your own views and practices. i have already deviated from john's style on somethings...it was things that i felt i could do another way and get the same results.
yes there are those times in reading that he goes on this look at what i've done kick, but i think that he does that to validate his views BECAUSE people will ask the question "why should i listen to you?" when goes on his tangents it's to give the newbie read more reason to listen to and heed his words. i mean i give him his credit for making a lot of the products that he developed, but the way the market is people are taking his product and making cheaper and of the same type of quality. that is business! he seems kind of sour about people making money off of his inventions. he should have patented his patters and ideas so people could mimic them or at least he gets a cut of their profits. like pat riley, he trademarked the phrase "three peat", so when ever some one puts that on a shirt he gets royalties from their sales.
again i think the first book was good, i will definately get the second book, when i don't know but i will get it...
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10-05-2006 05:42 PM
