Diary of a Super Bowl Season
by Eugene Robinson, Rocky Landsverk, Kevin Isaacson
Overview
From the Publisher
From the joys of playing football to his dedication to his family, Green Bay Packer Eugene Robinson tells his story of work, focus, love of life.
My thoughts
This was a great book! It took me just a little while to warm to the writing because Eugene Robinson talks a LOT and likes to repeat himself, but before long I was into the groove and enjoying the 1997 season of the Green Bay Packers.
Before you get carried away with Packer tradition, I want to go on record as stating that Eugene Robinson was a terrific Seahawk player before he became a Packer!! He may wear their Super Bowl ring but he will forever be enshrined in my heart as a Seattle Seahawk!
Eugene talks a lot about his faith throughout the book and the role it plays in his life as a football player. He also recaps each game of the season and wanders off topic to share current events that have come up throughout the course of the season. It's his off topic ramblings that were the most interesting to me, especially when he talked about former teammates on the 'hawks squad.
Since this book was published, Eugene Robinson ran into a bit of trouble that might make one question whether all his talk about faith was credible. The Washington Post reports: What had been a dream season for the Falcons turned nightmarish less than 24 hours before kickoff when veteran free safety Eugene Robinson was arrested Saturday night and charged with soliciting sex from a prostitute.
A year prior to his arrest, in the very book I've just finished reading, Eugene talked about the challenges of walking the straight and narrow. He talked about the allure of women and how careful you have to be to guard against actions that may be inappropriate. Eugene Robinson, known to the football world as "Prophet", showed us how human he can be. Instead of judging him, perhaps we can learn from him.
Favorite Passage
Coming from a city like Seattle that is really eclectic and busy, Green Bay is slower, and I kind of like that. The people are a little bit more patient, and they're genuinely nice. When I arrived in Green Bay, they had the George Teague trade in the making, and I was watching his trade announcement on TV in one of the pubs. I looked at the screen and they flashed Teague's picture, and the lady next to me said, "George Teague got traded? Who is the bonehead that is replacing him?" I'm standing next to her. "I don't believe it. George was a pillar of the community." Then they flashed my picture because I was really the one that made him expendable, and she looked at me and without cracking a smile asked me, "Are you any good?"
