pomes of buddy don: Pat

Pat

She took a sport of softened expectations
And taught her ladies her intensity,
While never selling short their graduations,
While never selling short Ole Tennessee,

While never giving up on any play,
While never asking less than everything,
While never once taking the easy way,
They made the final four most every spring.

She knows the pain of losing all too well,
She still remembers each bitter defeat,
But what she taught no little poem can tell:
It’s how, when down, to get back on your feet.

A thousand wins and yet she is the same:
Completely focused on the coming game.

pomes of buddy don: Reaching the Summit

Reaching the Summit

The Lady Vols have once more reached the Summit
With Summitt as their coach it’s no surprise –
Some say they’ve won too often but, dadgummit,
They played their Orange hearts out for the prize.

For Hornbuckle, Spencer and Auguste
All knew they had important roles to play –
Their defense was tenacious, never rusty,
Yet they weren’t to be big stars on this day.

Great praise was heaped upon Candace Parker
And true enough she did not disappoint –
When double-teamed she took it as a marker
To get assists as if she played the point.

The sparkplug of the team was Shannon Bobbit
Whose hustle at both court ends set the pace –
And though she is no bigger than a Hobbit
Her dagger threes were biggest in the place.

Pat Summit preaches rebounds and defense,
Which makes choosing the MVP less tricky –
Her defense and rebounding were intense
For me the MVP was Anosike.

It’s true that Candace Parker has no equal —
Should she return, next year might be a sequel!

but wait! thays more. miz bd dun wuz inspired to rite her a lil pome on the same subjeck:

them Lady Vols
the short
the tall
they won it all

thanks to coach Summitt
they dunnit

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