Ulbrickson In Daniel James Brown's The Boys In The Boat

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Throughout Daniel James Brown's novel, "The Boys in The Boat" the head coach of Washington rowing, Al Ulbrickson is shown as quiet and some would say he is inefficient in his coaching techniques. However, this is the opposite, as Ulbrickson is a great coach.

From the beginning of the novel, Ulbrickson is shown to be quiet, yet observant. For example, in Chapter 3, as the rowers are preparing for their 1st day of rowing, sitting reclusively is Ulbrickson, and rowing is said to be "the center of his life and almost a religion to him". Later, Ulbrickson is "studying them closely because he was thinking well beyond the upcoming season". Ulbrickson is seeing if they have what is required to the high standard of rowing, because he is thinking
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