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Pat Summitt Diagnosed with Dementia (1 Viewer)
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PlasmaDogPlasma
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Hate to hear that. Pat Summit is women's basketball.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I bet Geno's all broken up.
NutterButter
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Isn't that a little young for that?
RnR
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PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Yes, but not unheard of.
Da Guru
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Very..
chadjohnsonfan
Footballguy
It could actually be Alzheimer's. Dementia is a less noticeable condition and very different after the first stages.
Joe Summer
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200,000 people under the age of 65 with early onset dementia or Alzheimer's, and there are people who have been diagnosed in their 30s.
YSR
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honky kong
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gianmarco
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She could, but I think the losses will start to pile up after the defense catches onto the same play being run over and over.
omally
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that joke is in poor taste. people's minds wasting away due to dementia isn't funny.Summitt said today that her early onset is the alzheimers type. She also said her doctor told her she could coach as long as she wanted. I hope she is able to continue to coach until she decides she wants to retire on her terms, and not on terms due to dementia. I have a very high respect for her, and I think it's awesome that she is the most winningest coach in NCAA basketball history regardless of gender.
Leviathan
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An acquaintance of mine has a sister in her mid-50s that has dementia. Full-blown laughing hysterically, making strange gestures dementia.Her doctors speculate that her heavy use of drugs and alcohol could have been a factor in her being diagnosed at such an early age.
Dr. Awesome
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Shocking to see someone so young get Dementia. 
She is incredible. It never seemed to matter who was playing for them, her teams won. Maybe Wooden? Few coaches have ever created such a perfect system. She's beyond comparison.
I don't know anything about dementia. My guess of it leads me to ask how can she coach as well?
People like her can't do a less than stellar job. She's not built that way. If they aren't great, I bet she "pulls" herself or pushes the heir apparent.
The last thing I expect here is for her to lose.
I don't know anything about dementia. My guess of it leads me to ask how can she coach as well?
People like her can't do a less than stellar job. She's not built that way. If they aren't great, I bet she "pulls" herself or pushes the heir apparent.
The last thing I expect here is for her to lose.
Coached well, her teams probably could run the same play over and over and still succeed. Old Celtics and Lakers did that a ton. Gibbs' Timmy Smith teams. Parcells Gmen. There's plenty in sports that succeeded largely based upon one unstoppable play.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Maybe it will be good to stay involved and engaged. I know this is a physical condition, but I can't help but think exercising the muscle that is your brain can only be a good thing. Godspeed and I wish her well, this disease is uglier than cancer to me.
doowain
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simey
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She can if it is slow progressing. She said she would like to coach for another three years, and I hope she can. She has made such a huge impact in women's basketball, and she has certainly earned her legendary status in the NCAA coaching elite. I hope she has many years left of clarity, and I'm sure that fighting spirit of hers will do everything it can in battling dementia. I wish my dad had her fighting spirit. He has MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment), and has a 50% chance of getting alzheimers. He takes Aricept, but he doesn't exercise at all, and it is proven that exercise helps tremendously. He has been told this over and over, but he chooses not to partake. He thinks taking Aricept, a fist full of vitamins, and drinking red wine is all he needs. He lives in denial.
B-Deep
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Thanks for the info. I don;t have any knowledge i this area and was not sure if by the time she was diagnosed it would be far enough along that coaching would be toughGood luck on your dad, this has to be a tough thing to live with
simey
Footballguy
There are a lot of jokes that aren't in poor taste. Jokes can be silly without being mean.
culdeus
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Wife's grandpa just passed (yesterday). He had it and was in and out of facilities. On his first bounce there was someone in his 30s with it. Guy thought he had a brain tumor or something. When you get it in your 30s it basically incapacitates you in less than a year. The younger you are when you get it the harder it will be, and the worse the end of life stuff will be as well.
B-Deep
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Sorry to hear that culd :(
simey
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Her showing signs of early onset at age 59 isn't good, but you just don't know with this disease. My grandmother has had Alzheimers since around 82 years old, and she is 90 now and she still knows everyone. Hers has been slow progressing. She forgets things all the time like if she had lunch or dinner, but she still knows us which we are thankful for. She is declining in health, and I think she will pass before she gets to the point where she doesn't know us anymore. My step grandfather started showing signs of Alzheimers around 82, and within a year he didn't know who anyone was except for my grandmother. He never forgot who she was. Once Alzheimers had taken over his mind, whenever you would see him and huge him (and you were a woman), he would feel your boob.
It was common behavior for someone with Alzheimers. He was a very sweet man. My grandmother was very lucky in having been married to two great men in her lifetime.
Uruk-Hai
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My dad has it and is about 20 years younger than your grandmother, but his is about the same - he knows everyone but couldn't tell you what he had for dinner. He does get physical exercise but does very little in the way of mental stimluation. He just kind of accepts it, which pisses me off sometimes, though I really don't know what he can realistically do given his personality - he's never been a reader, never did puzzles, etc...ETA: on-topic, best to Summitt through this.
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Tom Servo
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She appears to be a class act. I imagine anyone who's played for her has considered it an honor and a priviledge.I, too, hope it is very slow moving.
Don Quixote
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Yeah in 97-07 she went 322-34
In the 30 year stretch since the NCAA Women's tourney has been conducted:
• She's made the tourney 30 out of 30 years
• Made the Elite 8 23 out of 30 years
• Played in the title game 13 out of 30 years, winning 8 titles.
I completely understand it's women's basketball and the level of competition isn't on par with Men's hoops... but that is just insane. Considering that Women's hoops really started to boom in popularity (relative of course) and competitiveness in the early-mid 90s... this stretch is even more impressive:
From 1995-2008 (14 year stretch):
• 5 Titles
• 4 Runner-up finishes
• 2 Final Four
• 2 Elite Eight
• 1 Sweet 16
• Nothing below that...
Papa Georgio
Footballguy
Big fan and I have read all of her books but her most recent one (not sure I could make it through it tbh). Regardless of sport anytime someone dominates like she did it is truly special.
YSR
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I know I'm really the only one driving this thread, but I just caught the ESPN IX for IX they did for her (which features some of my current advisees and coworkers) and man... 
Regardless of how you feel about women's basketball (and I would agree that it's not that great), this is a great coach who has impacted the lives of many.
Not sure why, but I just learned that Dean Smith is going through the same thing - I would really enjoy a 30 for 30 about him.
Regardless of how you feel about women's basketball (and I would agree that it's not that great), this is a great coach who has impacted the lives of many.
Not sure why, but I just learned that Dean Smith is going through the same thing - I would really enjoy a 30 for 30 about him.
Smack Tripper
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Did she appear? What kind of shape is she in?I know I'm really the only one driving this thread, but I just caught the ESPN IX for IX they did for her (which features some of my current advisees and coworkers) and man...
Regardless of how you feel about women's basketball (and I would agree that it's not that great), this is a great coach who has impacted the lives of many.
Not sure why, but I just learned that Dean Smith is going through the same thing - I would really enjoy a 30 for 30 about him.
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