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re: Just curious. Usually people refer to a coach by their last name but not for CLK

Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:01 am to
Posted by Gonadballbarian
Member since Dec 2017
1730 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 2:01 am to
They don't call him by his last name because his last name sounds like a first name
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20839 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 3:53 am to
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Sabin


No such name. It's SABAN.
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
12963 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:28 am to
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CLK


I don't who started the use of initials for coaches etc, but I've always thought it sucked!!

Posted by LCTFAN
New Iberia
Member since Mar 2013
2921 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 6:36 am to
I call him Kiffen
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
57078 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 6:43 am to
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
47671 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 7:03 am to
People here have referred to Saban (try to spell like an adult) as Nick or even Littly Nicky, Miles as Les or Ole Les, Orgeron as O. Kelly has pretty much always been Kelly or BK with a smattering of names you should not repeat in front of young children.

Now Kiffin is also Lane. I just wish the initialization crap would end.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18737 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 7:07 am to
The initial thing is very common here and has been for some time.

Remember CUM? (Coach Urban Meyer).
Posted by caliegeaux
Member since Aug 2004
12778 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 7:07 am to
It’s Kippen, and you can call him the mayor of Slidell.
Posted by markthetiger
alexandria
Member since Aug 2005
1452 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 7:32 am to
Les Miles was always referred to as either “Les” or “Les Miles”…
Posted by Tigercowboy
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
5096 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 7:53 am to
A lot of people referred Les Miles as Les…
Posted by WheyCheddar
Member since Aug 2024
1484 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:22 am to
I prefer Lime Kaffir.
Who is Laine Keffen?
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21663 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:24 am to
Hopping aboard the Kiffin Train just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17671 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:40 am to
Bc Lane is cool and hip unlike the others.
Posted by 5iveEuax4eaux
Member since Jan 2020
696 posts
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:42 am to
Most of the people in the media watched him grow up. They refer to him as Lane so the fans who were introduced to him through the media refer to him the same way.
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