This story is just to juicy too pass up. Apparently, as a motivational ploy, San Francisco 49ers Interim Head Coach Mike Singletary dropped his pants during last Sunday’s halftime speech:
Mike Singletary’s motivational message to the 49ers on Sunday in his inaugural game as head coach also included a visual aid.
When his team hit the Candlestick Park locker room at halftime trailing the Seahawks 20-3, Singletary called everyone to attention, dropped his pants and pointed to his rear end, to fully illustrate what the coach thought of his players’ performance.
According to a report that first aired on Phoenix-area radio XTRA-910, Singletary then berated the team for three to four minutes with his pants around his ankles.
Dropped his pants as a motivational ploy! In his first game as head coach! What was he trying to say, “If you don’t want to see this again, start playing better?” How about, “This too can happen to you if you don’t start playing better?” Or, “Do you think I could join Michael Jordan in a Haynes ad?” Seriously!?!? What makes a man decide to drop his pants in front of 53 football players as he is yelling at them?
According to Salkin, Singletary told the team at halftime: “We’re getting our tails whipped out there, now let’s get back out there.”
Singletary, whose team has a bye week, issued a statement: “I used my pants to illustrate that we were getting our tails whipped on Sunday and how humiliating that should feel for all of us. I needed to do something to dramatize my point; there were other ways I could have done it but I think this got the message across. I am excited about having the team back at practice on Monday so we can get back to work.”
Sorry, I have to borrow a message from the kids here…OMG! He used his pants to illustrate humiliation. This is a guy who used to be one of the most feared players in the league. As a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears in the 80s, he was regarded as the best there was; he would hit you and you would feel it for weeks to come. His intensity and tenacity were the stuff of legends. What does it say when a guy like that drops his pants in front of a team he is supposed to be leading?
Humiliating is a good word for the once-proud 49ers franchise and how their fans must now feel.
Tags: NFL
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