re: How is Pat Summitt doing these days?

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That's truly great, for a truly great coach. My previous comments stand about her.


I hope this doesn't sound derogatory at all, but one of my dogs is named Summitt after coach Pat. That's how much we respect and admire her.

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No that doesn't sound derogatory at all. I had the pleasure of teaching LVs and got to interact with Pat as well as watch her in practice behind the scenes. I'm by no means close to her but from what I do know, she'd get a kick out of that. Ultimately, she'll always be a Tennessee farm girl who still acts, works, and thinks like one (I like to think of her prior to illness). That's who she is and who she will always be - never once did she buy into her own hype, think she was too good for anything (even went after a raccoon who was picking on her dog - lol!). As we say "she's a local girl done good" but I'm not sure that ever sunk in with her and if it did it never went to her head let alone changed her.