Even the LA Chargers' new coach calls the NFL's lamest team the San Diego Chargers

You could not have scripted a more perfect blunder.
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Sam Laird
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You couldn't have scripted a more perfect blunder.

A week after the San Diego Chargers left their fans in the cold to move to Los Angeles following San Diegans' refusal to finance a new stadium with public money, the team's biggest hire is apparently still living in the past.

The Chargers announced the move last week, and their update logo was instantly roasted on Twitter. Others, yours truly included, saw the relocation as the latest symptom of how rotten pro sports have become.

But that's all in the past -- at least, it was supposed to be.

Tuesday was all about the future for the Los Angeles Chargers. The team introduced new coach Anthony Lynn in a press conference held in their new hometown.

Except ... Lynn ... the new coach of the Los Angeles Chargers ... said "San Diego" instead.

Here's video. You'll see it's not a full slip-up -- he catches himself juuust before he hits the final syllable of San Diego.

Actually, perhaps Lynn is on to something here. The San Diegellay Chargers does have a certain ring to it, and that name does cover all the bases.

The Chargers' official account conveniently edited Lynn's botched sentence by cutting it short.

But the team fooled no one.

Good job, good effort. Think fans are bitter about the move?

At this point, the only thing that could make the Chargers more of a joke is if they decided to play their first two seasons in Los Angeles in a 30,000-seat soccer stadium.

Oh, wait -- that's already happening.

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Sam Laird

Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.

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