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Title: Blast from the past--and an unpleasant one at that
Review: My mother gave me this as a Christmas present way back when I was early in my high school career. She obviously had not read this book. She knew that I liked sports--including football. That must be why she purchased this for me as a Christmas gift.Unhappily, this was a book about a broken down former football player (who had performance problems, hence the title "Footsteps"). The coach was a jerk. He used his football players as if they were there to fulfill his own aspirations. One key player had suffered injuries--but the coach tried to get him into a crucial game. A symptom of the "win at any cost" philosophy.In addition, the coach led a seemingly very nice young woman astray, conning her for his own pleasure.Altogether, a novel that distressed me many years ago-and distresses me still. . . .
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