he cut his leg with an axe [Jaguars Football] - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

quest1mark · 10-09-2003, 08:29 PM

being from jacksonville im already ashamed of our terrible record (1-4). but when news breaks out of our pro bowl punter cutting his leg open with an axe...then you start to worry.

rookie coach jack del rio introduced a wooden stump along with an axe to the locker room as motivation to 'keep choppin wood' this season. the players were all told to take a swing at the block whenever they needed to release some anger. apparently the young punter had never taken a swing at it and the other players encouraged him to go for it....and the rest is history.

local talk radio has been killing it with ideas of the new jaguar slogan:

"Jaguars Football: We wood if we could"
"We dont need an axe we've got Hatchette"
"Play Jax and get the Axe"

* sigh * wish us luck for the Miami game.

maximusveritas · 10-09-2003, 08:45 PM

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/JAC/6707084

Here's the full story in case anyone's interested:

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 9, 2003) -- Chris Hanson swung and missed.

No, not at a ball he was trying to kick, but at the wood he was trying to chop.

The Jaguars punter needed surgery to close up a gash on his right, non-kicking, leg after he miscalibrated while using an ax to hack at the massive tree stump that coach Jack Del Rio placed in the locker room a few weeks ago. Del Rio used the stump as a symbol for the mantra he has adopted for the Jaguars (1-4) this season: "Keep chopping wood."

Hanson took the message literally, and wound up being rushed to the hospital, where he received several stitches, team spokesman Dan Edwards said. Hanson's leg will be in a boot for four to six weeks, and the team hasn't decided whether to place him on injured reserve, Edwards said.

Beginning with the Jaguars' Oct. 12 game against Miami, Jacksonville's only Pro Bowl player from last season will be replaced by Mark Royals, who was cut earlier this year by the Dolphins.

The accident happened while position players were in meetings.

"Specialists have more free time on their hands," Del Rio explained.

After the team fell to 0-3, Del Rio had the tree stump placed in the middle of the locker room, set atop a plastic tarp, and equipped with an ax planted in the base of the log. The stump and ax remained in the room over the last two weeks, and every now and then, players would hack away, spraying wood chips all about the teal carpeting.

When the media was allowed into the locker room, the stump was still there, albeit much worse for wear. The ax, meanwhile, was gone.

Asked what happened to the ax, several players just shook their heads and smiled.

Del Rio opened his daily news conference by saying Hanson suffered an accident. Asked what kind of accident, he said it was "a locker room accident." Pressed further, Del Rio acknowledged it was with the ax. Thus marked a bad ending to a pretty decent motivational idea.

After Jacksonville's bad start, the first-year coach insisted to the team to "keep chopping wood," telling the players that hard work was the only way to solve their problems. "The message was understood," he said.

The log, he said, "was symbolic more than anything else. The thing was on its way out, but just not soon enough."

This isn't the first time Hanson has been injured in an unconventional manner. In June 2002, Hanson, his wife and former Jaguars kicker Jaret Holmes were severely burned while they were making fondue at Hanson's house, and the fondue pot overturned.

Spartak · 10-09-2003, 09:12 PM

Keep digging yourselves a hole Jags..

Although it's only a punter and Royals isn't THAT bad, but I'm sure this will mess with team morale.

crewsor · 10-10-2003, 03:20 AM

Good thing he didn't give them a chainsaw to release their pent up frustration, huh.

gov135 · 10-10-2003, 06:32 AM

I burst out laughing at work when I read about this, and kinda felt stupid. But this is truely idiotic stuff.

I love the last paragraph of the article. If you put all the best comedic minds in a room and ask them to write a fictional paragraph to conclude the story, they couldn't have done better then the truth. Football player and wife injured in fondue pot misshap. Ah, the power of cheese.

foolio7714 · 10-10-2003, 09:04 AM

Ha...Punters...lol

djtestudo · 10-10-2003, 09:16 AM

I turned on ESPN for something and saw the ticker say "...with an ax", and didn't really want to investigate further.

lions20 · 10-10-2003, 11:46 AM

That was definitely a bonehead move.

JoeyB · 10-10-2003, 02:01 PM

The loaded handgun wasn't motivating them enough.

BigGov · 10-10-2003, 08:36 PM

What kind of moron hits himself with an axe?

Even if I tried to hit myself in the leg with an axe, I'd still have trouble with it because it's one of the most un-natural motions you can make.

10-09-2003, 08:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
quest1mark Insane	he cut his leg with an axe [Jaguars Football] being from jacksonville im already ashamed of our terrible record (1-4). but when news breaks out of our pro bowl punter cutting his leg open with an axe...then you start to worry. rookie coach jack del rio introduced a wooden stump along with an axe to the locker room as motivation to 'keep choppin wood' this season. the players were all told to take a swing at the block whenever they needed to release some anger. apparently the young punter had never taken a swing at it and the other players encouraged him to go for it....and the rest is history. local talk radio has been killing it with ideas of the new jaguar slogan: "Jaguars Football: We wood if we could" "We dont need an axe we've got Hatchette" "Play Jax and get the Axe" * sigh * wish us luck for the Miami game. __________________ Best told at a place called...the TFP. on a quest...

10-09-2003, 09:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	Keep digging yourselves a hole Jags.. Although it's only a punter and Royals isn't THAT bad, but I'm sure this will mess with team morale. __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

10-10-2003, 03:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
crewsor Women want me. Men fear me. Location: Maryland,USA	Good thing he didn't give them a chainsaw to release their pent up frustration, huh. __________________ We all have wings, some of us just don't know why.

10-10-2003, 09:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
djtestudo Baltimoron Location: Beeeeeautiful Bel Air, MD	I turned on ESPN for something and saw the ticker say "...with an ax", and didn't really want to investigate further. __________________ "Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen." --Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun

10-10-2003, 02:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
JoeyB feeling tingly	The loaded handgun wasn't motivating them enough. __________________ My mom is a Diamondbacks fan. She really likes the Big Unit

10-10-2003, 06:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	I burst out laughing at work when I read about this, and kinda felt stupid. But this is truely idiotic stuff. I love the last paragraph of the article. If you put all the best comedic minds in a room and ask them to write a fictional paragraph to conclude the story, they couldn't have done better then the truth. Football player and wife injured in fondue pot misshap. Ah, the power of cheese.

10-10-2003, 09:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
foolio7714 Crazy	Ha...Punters...lol

10-10-2003, 11:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
lions20 Insane	That was definitely a bonehead move.

10-10-2003, 08:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
BigGov WoW or Class... Location: UWW	What kind of moron hits himself with an axe? Even if I tried to hit myself in the leg with an axe, I'd still have trouble with it because it's one of the most un-natural motions you can make. __________________ One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"