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re: How is Pat Summitt doing these days?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:34 pm to Prof
Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:34 pm to Prof
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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 along changed.
Well said, and part of the charm of her. She was tough as nails as a coach, and never saw herself as better than others, like so many others in her position. She was a good ole Tennessee farm girl as you said, and that's part of what makes her so great.
Not many like her left. I hope for the best for her and her family.
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 6:47 pm to kywildcatfanone
I read her book a year or so ago. It really gave me an appreciation for her as a person and coach. It's weird to think that two of the best coaches ever have the disease. Pat Summitt and Dean Smith.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 7:00 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Well said, and part of the charm of her. She was tough as nails as a coach, and never saw herself as better than others, like so many others in her position. She was a good ole Tennessee farm girl as you said, and that's part of what makes her so great.
Yep. And while it may sound odd, Pat was what I consider a true feminist without ever trying to be or having any real sort of ideology - much like our grandmas/mammaws and moms were. The screamers up North and out West should take note because that kind of strength that is SHOWN is what matters and changes mind. (Somewhat of a tangent, I know, but it drives me nutty because strong women are common (even though the ranks are thinning) all over the South as well as other rural communities yet they rarely get credit for proving things. JMO).
And you're right that there's just not many people like her left. I was blessed with many strong, wonderful women, who grew up and behaved just like Pat but I realize that I'm in the minority. We'd be a far better world if more women (and men for that matter) like Pat were in this world. What I wouldn't give for them to be in charge of politics and world affairs.
As an aside, I can speak from experience on two things 1. the LV academic program/requirements were exactly as advertised (actually beyond what you might've heard) - no bull or exaggeration 2. Pat cared deeply about her girls. Contrary to myth she wasn't the screamer people think. She was tough and exceptionally demanding but players wanted to please her. And she cared deeply about them all.
Here's to a cure for this awful disease.
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