Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback
New York Giants beat writer Ralph Vacchiano examines the quarterback position in the NFL from all angles, using Giants quarterback (and Super Bowl XLII MVP) Eli Manning as his primary focus.When Eli Manning found teammate Plaxico Burress in the end zone with just 35 seconds remaining in Super Bowl XLII, he completed what was perhaps the greatest game-winning drive and unlikely upset in Super Bowl history. But the drive, which also included a remarkable escape and pass completion to unheralded receiver David Tyree, was the culmination of years of promise and development. Champion quarterbacks aren't made overnight.
With Manning, the Super Bowl MVP, as its focal point, New York Daily News Giants beat writer Ralph Vacchiano's Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback is a fascinating insider's look at the National Football League, how stars are made and crushed, and how fortunes are won and lost on the performance of one man: the quarterback. From the bold draft day trade that brought Manning to New York, through his dramatic ups and downs on and off the field, his first training camp to his last-minute heroics in Super Bowl XLII, Vacchiano takes a candid and revealing look at the people and events that made Manning's and his 2007 Giants' success one of the greatest stories in modern sports history. Complete with exclusive interviews with NFL stars, coaches, and executives and a foreword by former Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, Vacchiano uses his unfettered access to the world champion Giants to present a true, behind-the scenes look at the quarterback and team that defied all of the experts and oddsmakers to pull off one of the most phenomenal upsets in pro football history. 25 b/w photographs.
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From Publishers Weekly
New York Daily News sportswriter Vacchiano chronicles the journey of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and how he went from reviled to revered in the eyes of fickle Big Apple sports fans. Vacchiano starts with Manning's career at the University of Mississippi, exploring the last-minute deal that allowed the quarterback to come to New York, and Manning's rocky rookie season with the Giants and the struggles he endured in escaping the shadows cast by older brother Peyton and father Archie, both established quarterbacks. With insight from an abundance of Manning's coaches and teammates, and a well-documented chronology of the week-to-week roller-coaster ride of a young football player, Vacchiano's story culminates with Manning rewarding the faith the Giants had in him with a Super Bowl title. Still, while Vacchiano supports the story well with plenty of statistics and analysis from a wide range of football people, the reader learns little about what Eli Manning is like, aside from the three hours fans see him each Sunday. Vacchiano does compare Eli to the stereotypical little brother, standing in the background as if he's trying to hide compared to the overwhelming presence that is older sibling Peyton. But relationships with teammates are only touched upon. (Sept.)
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Review
"A masterpiece of brilliant, thorough reporting and page-turning reading. The closing chapters are as compelling as the tensest thrillers every produced for the screen. How good is this book? It's in the front row of the class and will be regarded as a classic." -- Jeff Davis, author of Papa Bear: The Life and Legacy of George Halas
"Not only a compelling account of the unlikely rise of the young Manning, but it provides any student of the game with a detailed blueprint on how to build a championship team the right way." -- Sal Paolantonio, National Correspondent, ESPN
"What makes this book a must-read for Giants fans--for all football-lovers, in fact--is Ralph Vacchiano's reporting. He takes you insdie the frowth of the Super Bowl MVP with details you just can't read anywhere else. I love this book." -- Peter King, Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports
About the Author
Ralph Vacchiano is an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Daily News, where he has worked ten years. One of the nation's top NFL writers, he is currently in his fourteenth season covering the NFL, his twelfth covering the Giants, and his seventh covering the Giants for the Daily News. He lives with his wife, Kara, and his daughter, Alexandra, in West Caldwell, New Jersey.
Customer Reviews
Eli Manning, The Making of a Quarterback
This book was terrific. A story of teamwork, a dream and the incredible development of Eli Manning, NY Giant's quarterback. A must read for any sports fan.
very informative but scattered overall
While Ralph clearly did enormous amounts of research and interviews, as a whole the book falls flat. The writing is scattered and jumps around quite a bit. It doesn't read like a book at all - instead it reads like cliche ridden three page sports articles mashed together.
If you like Eli Manning and the Giants you will enjoy this book. However, if you're looking for an engaging sports story skip this book.
Hero of 1000 faces
First published in 1949, Joseph Campbell wrote a definitive book about the role and nature of heroes in mythology throughout human history, "Hero of 1000 faces." According to Campbell, "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." After watching Eli play over the last 3.5 years, it is clear that by any definition Campbell has come up with, Eli Manning is an archetypical hero. Vacchiano's book basically reviews the key points in this hero's development--and these points are important for all of us to review to see how we can do better too. There's not a whole lot in this book that hasn't already been covered in the media, so if you've been keeping close tabs on the Giants over the years, you may not learn much. However, it's never a waste of time seeing again "how it's done." Kudos to Vacchiano for reviewing the subject in an eminently readable form. Kudos mostly though to Eli for making the book possible!
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