We’ve mentioned it before, but it’s time to say it again: We Love Paul Yetter!

Now, I’ve essentially had him to myself for the past 2 years. He’s the one who got me in touch with The Hoff way back when. He also helped me police the Swim Stars message boards and showered me with praise at the work I was doing on the site. So after countless stories, it was time to share him with the Swim Aids.

They ate him up!

Kiwi got her first “experience” in Mizzou. We have great stories from that trip! Then she and I continued the Paul lovefest in A2 where he fully embraced all of our jokes and referred to PVK by the nickname he instructed me to call him last year. (Sorry, it’s an inside joke and y’all are currently on the outside!)

So after rubbing it in for many months, the rest of the Swim Aids became anxious and demanded they meet Paul as well. We hooked them up last week in Indy. We caught him at the end of the first night of competition and had a long chit-chat session. We were hoping The Hoff would join us, but she peaced out while we were on our way down to the deck to get Paul. (It’s ok, she more than made up for it by posing specifically for my camera while on the awards podium.)

So, we had a lengthy convo with Paul, learned some new things, and the girls even tested his memory by making him recall their names after rearranging their seats. He “passed” by remembering 3 out of 4 names. Not bad for a pop quiz!

During the convo, Paul wrote down his website address. He’s way into photography and recently upgraded his camera! The Swim Aids are all pretty much camera-whores ourselves, so this pleased us. If you’d like to check out Paul’s photos then click here. It’s ok. He wanted us to publicize them. He isn’t the first who sought to benefit from the promotion we provide.

This is a long appreciation post and there hasn’t even been a mention of Paul’s hotness…until now! We usually like to bring that up because we have been told by a couple of his swimmers that it grosses them out. (Just wait until the Bob Bowman Coach Appreciation Post ) We live for those awkward PVK-esque moments where we can make people feel as uncomfortable as possible, so y’all better get used to it!

Now we’re all a little obsessed with Paul, and not just me. He’s the shit, really. Y’all should be obsessed as well! The icing on the cake was a couple of people — who make us laugh — eavesdropping on our conversation; even though they had absolutely no reason to still even be up in the stands that long after the session ended. It’s ok, boys. We love you too. Hope you enjoyed our conversation!

So this wraps up our first Coach Appreciation Post. Stay tuned for the sequel!

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