Kim Caldwell expecting a baby

[NoBackBoard]

 

[glv98]

She’s pregnant. Next winter. Best wishes and congrats.

 

[chuckiepoo]

She’s pregnant. Next winter. Best wishes and congrats.

Really cute image. No gender reveal noted.

 

[VolBall09]

Awesome! Congrats to Coach, exciting times.

 

[37620VOL]

So like January/February?

 

[Big Orange#1]

So like January/February?

Either that or we have a 15 month gestation period. Baby is gonna be a beast

 

[ttharp]

Congratulations, Coach Kim!

 

[GrayWaterCanine]

She was very excited about getting this job.

 

[Mafiaboss]

Squeeeeee!!!

 

[VolBall09]

Barring any complications I think we see a Pat Summit type attitude. She isn’t going to be able to stay away. Even if she’s not a full go for a game or two I’d almost guarantee she’s there unless she is literally in labor.

One of my favorite Pat anecdotes is her telling the pilot to make sure the plane was in Tennessee when Tyler was born.

 

[Mafiaboss]

Barring any complications I think we see a Pat Summit type attitude. She isn’t going to be able to stay away. Even if she’s not a full go for a game or two I’d almost guarantee she’s there unless she is literally in labor.

One of my favorite Pat anecdotes is her telling the pilot to make sure the plane was in Tennessee when Tyler was born.

Yes. If a woman can give birth, well, coaching a basketball team is a piece of cake:

 

[Pappy]

Really cute image. No gender reveal noted.

I went to a gender reveal party and I was the only one who showed up naked

 

[Special Ed]

I went to a gender reveal party and I was the only one who showed up naked

I'll bet you're the guy who takes the fun out of funeral, too.

 

[bigorangepoppa]

I went to a gender reveal party and I was the only one who showed up naked

You bad boy!!!

 

[Special Ed]

Tennessee's first high-profile pregnant head coach since Pat Summitt.

Yeah, I know ... but Fulmer only looked knocked up.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Terrific image! Maybe that is a gender reveal, in that the baby's shoe is pointing toward her.

Or maybe she's throwing her hubby under the bus by having the heel pointing at him!

Dang! Isn't that just like God to interrupt our brilliantly-conceived plans for life with... a lovingly-conceived new life?

Whatever effect this inevitably has on her coaching of this season's team, this will be a season in which her players will learn more about real life, more about being an adult, more about being a woman, than most players will get to learn over an entire college career.

As fans, while we naturally imagine the fullest potential for this season being presumably (but appropriately) diminished, it's also safe to presume that a lot of people are going be blessed over the following months in ways far, far more important than basketball.

--starting with us! With this news, our LVFL tribe will have our priorities shifted back into order-of-importance. I expect that this baby and mother will now be embraced by the prayers of tens of thousands of self-appointed, honorary, "aunts & uncles" and "nieces & nephews."

It's a good day to be a Vol!

 

[BruisedOrange]

Tennessee's first high-profile pregnant head coach since Pat Summitt.

Yeah, I know ... but Fulmer only looked knocked up.

Special Ed, gifted as you are with such touchy-feely words of syrupy sentiment...
you must have worked for Hallmark!

(Nice line!)

 

[glv98]

As fans, while we naturally imagine the fullest potential for this season being presumably (but appropriately) diminished

Some might think that but there's zero reason for even a blip on the radar. Shouldn't make a bit of difference in game. They know the timetable well in advance, she is surrounded by assistants that know both her system and the SEC very well. I'm sure Kim's presence will be felt via zoom etc during her physical absence for a short while. Should mean nothing determental, and the team gets a little excitement and a unique emotional experience..

 

[BruisedOrange]

I went to a gender reveal party and I was the only one who showed up naked

Then you definitely want to avoid gender reveal pool parties, because unless the water is really warm... you're gonna confuse some people.

(And probably get invited by big city libraries to read stories to children.)

 

[give_him 6]

I went to a gender reveal party and I was the only one who showed up naked

 

[Mafiaboss]

No matter what that baby’s sex, its first name must be Summitt.

 

[VolBall09]

No matter what that baby’s sex, its first name must be Summitt.

Always a bitter pill because that’s how we know her but I think Pat would prefer to be remembered as a Head.

She had a lot of respect for her dad and after her divorce she seemed a little disenfranchised with the Summitt name, even though that’s the name she built women’s ball with.

Summitt would be a cute name though!

 

[Voltopia]

Always a bitter pill because that’s how we know her but I think Pat would prefer to be remembered as a Head.

She had a lot of respect for her dad and after her divorce she seemed a little disenfranchised with the Summitt name, even though that’s the name she built women’s ball with.

Summitt would be a cute name though!

The curse of branding. Hard to beat the corporate synergy of a last name that is a homophone with a word meaning "the top." Too useful to get rid of. Bob Ross famously hated his Boss Ross hair but kept it, because it made selling inks and art materials infinitely easier and more lucrative.

So I imagine it would be with Pat. Whatever gets the job done better. Though in today's sports world, I'm not sure what "gets the job done" even entails.

 

[Special Ed]

The name Pat works for either sex.

 

[chuckiepoo]

The name Pat works for either sex.