Knoxville man files paperwork for "Lane Kiffin Sewage Center"
Anthony Welsch/WBIR.com
As the Derek Dooley era begins at the University of Tennessee, one Volunteer fan is offering up a lasting parting shot to Coach Lane Kiffin.
Knoxville attorney Drew McElroy has filed paperwork with the Knoxville City Council's Public Properties and Facilities Naming Committee to rename a waste water treatment plant the "Lane Kiffin Sewage Center."
"At first I was offended that he would sneak out in the middle of the night, like a one night stand," McElroy said.
But now, he's over it.
The University of Tennessee has a lot of tradition on campus naming buildings and streets after former greats. Neyland Stadium, Peyton Manning Pass, and Phillip Fulmer Way are examples.
McElroy said after driving down Neyland Drive and seeing all the history, it hit him. Renaming the Kuwahee Wastewater Treatment Plant would be the best way to let Kiffin know he understands why the coach left.
"It dawned on me--Lane Kiffin told us that he hoped the fans would understand. I thought 'Well, naming the wastewater plant for him would let him know, I think very clearly, we do understand,'" McElroy, an off-and-on season ticket holder said. "We want to memorialize his stay here, and I think this would be doing it appropriately."
McElroy says he wrote the $262 check for the application fee and mailed it to the City Council's Clerk last week.
"We don't have to rename the entire facility after him, just a part of it," he said.
Some people may think Tennessee fans should just get over Lane Kiffin and get on with their lives much like Tech fans should after their program's transition. The only difference is Tech got Tommy Tubberville and the Vols got Derek Dooley. If some flashy pants rock star coach had strutted into my town, broke every secondary NCAA rules he could and tried to poach an entire recruiting class, I would probably have him buried underneath a sewage center. Much less name one after him.
In fact I think the only way Kiffin can make this right is to do an inverse of the Johnny Knoxville punt return stunt. He has to dress up in a USC uniform and return punts against the Vols.
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