Personal Fouls is a book that should never have been published. Reputable publishers turned it down. The book is filled with errors, innuendo and outright lies. The primary sources were a disgruntled ex-manager and some disgruntled players, very small sample of the people that came into contact with Jim Valvano. The author used misinformation and half-truths to sensationalize some of the problems in college basketball in general and NC State's program in particular. Golenback used sources that obviously had axes to grind destroy the reputation of a man who was not perfect but was not greedy monster that the book portrayed. (the NCAA investigater wrote a letter in which Valvano was exonerated and the investigater expressed admiration) The publisher of this piece of trash allowed Golenbock to use questionable sources to discredit a fine man for their mutual profit. The book is a disgrace and the author is beneath contempt.