tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265786450674734357.post6033645034190646311..comments2024-02-07T16:47:16.304-05:00Comments on Hockey Book Reviews.com: The Devil And Bobby HullJoe Pelletierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906327400250923397noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265786450674734357.post-56944391605139310232013-08-28T16:48:44.754-04:002013-08-28T16:48:44.754-04:00This book is a disappointment because the author f...This book is a disappointment because the author failed to provide any respectable amount of original research. It seems that it was rushed into print and was in dire need of another 6 months of work. There's not much to learn here for us true fans of the Golden Jet, except for the more sordid allegations about Bobby's personal life and especially his divorce from Joanne Hull. The writer actually relies heavily on old YouTube videos and the rehashing of well established story lines - not more than a person could find out on his own. The book only scratches the surface on one of the most significant angles in the Bobby Hull story: the nefarious Wirtz ownership and how they sought to destroy Bobby Hull. Old William Wirtz and his spoiled punk of a playboy son, Bill Wirtz, stopped at nothing in the 1960's and 70's to maintain the owner's oligarchy and status quo of exploiting the players. Bobby Hull was ten times the man those people were and his battle against their control changed hockey forever. As teammate Stan Mikita said "the day Bobby Hull signed for a million dollars with the WHA, I genuflected towards Winnipeg. My salary doubled the following year." Every single established player in the NHL of 1972 owed Bobby Hull an enormous debt of gratitude, let alone the multi-million dollar stars who followed in later years. Who knows how much longer the owners - the Wirtzes being the worst - would have continued to get away with their antics had not Bobby Hull showed the courage that he did. Don't think it was all that easy for him to walk away from Chicago, even for all that money. Hull knew he'd pay a huge price for his forceful show of independence. Being purposefully left off the Team Canada roster in '72 was just the beginning of it. Bobby Hull did in fact become hockey's lost legend. Too bad Joyce's book misses the mark so badly in telling Hull's real story. We can only wish that the subject of the Golden Jet were put into the hands of a better writer and researcher. If we only had sports journalist and author Stephen Brunt on the job, for example. Please see what may be the best hockey book ever written, Brunt's "Searching for Bobby Orr".<br /><br />Brian S., Oceansidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265786450674734357.post-73409727438919181582012-12-03T11:16:10.268-05:002012-12-03T11:16:10.268-05:00I read this book and it is so slanted against Bob....I read this book and it is so slanted against Bob. It is unfair and an attack on a good guy!!!! Not worth the read!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265786450674734357.post-61306780008598923182012-03-13T00:24:50.546-04:002012-03-13T00:24:50.546-04:00Hull was my hero growing up, and the main reason I...Hull was my hero growing up, and the main reason I played the game.My dad met him the summer of '71 in Vancouver. Too bad i was in hawaii at the time, but my dad got a photo of him and Bobby together. My dad's name was Bob also and he had blonde hair also. They looked like brothers shaking hands! Bobby's forearms were twice the size of Dad's tho! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265786450674734357.post-70734329670971999852012-01-14T23:58:20.802-05:002012-01-14T23:58:20.802-05:00if Bobby Hull was such a terrible husband why woul...if Bobby Hull was such a terrible husband why would his ex wife still go by his name. It goes to show what kind of a person she is that all she is interested in is the celebrity and fame of his name. I felt so sad for him after I read this book, that probably the greatest player in the history of hockey was never given his due. I hope Bobby Hull has read this book.marianne cherniukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906844827729961876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265786450674734357.post-76341849550576939972011-12-09T19:08:09.436-05:002011-12-09T19:08:09.436-05:00I appreciate this review. Not one media outlet in ...I appreciate this review. Not one media outlet in Chicago, or any where else I can find, has reviewed this book. The publisher should send review copies to the beat writers, one of whom I corresponded with and he said he has not seen the book. I look forward to reading it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901174885021662120noreply@blogger.com