Der Kommissar 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2003 Jaguars punter hospitalized after axe falls on foot Hanson was lost to the team Thursday after a freak accident involving an ax left in the locker room as part of a motivational tool by coach Jack Del Rio. Hanson was rushed to the hospital early Thursday morning on crutches after being slashed by the ax in the team's locker room. It was not known how he suffered the injury, but the team did remove the ax from the locker room Thursday. Why the heck would anyone have an freakin' AXE in a football locker room?!? Ah well, I am sorry, but I find this hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldSchoolWrestling 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2003 I hear the Jaguars have cancelled bring your gun to work day, which was scheduled for tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted October 9, 2003 Of all the people to have this happened...It happened to the fucking Punter? Irony. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2003 Why the heck would anyone have an freakin' AXE in a football locker room?!? Ah well, I am sorry, but I find this hilarious. My college team had a huge 15ft long, custom-made axe hanging on the wall in their locker room. Of course, our team is the Lumberjacks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gatornibs Report post Posted October 9, 2003 As a Jaguars season ticket holder, I am here to inform you that Jack Del Rio started this whole "Chopping Wood" theme after an 0-4 start, meaning the team would have to keep chopping wood to get to a winning record. Well every player has taken his turn with the wood stump in the middle of the locker room and the axe. Today was Hanson's turn, while the rest of the guys were at team meetings. Well he cut himself pretty deep with it, and is out for Sunday's game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Redhawk Report post Posted October 9, 2003 Idito punter must have gotten liquored up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2003 Of course, our team is the Lumberjacks. We're the Lumberjacks and we're okay... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted October 10, 2003 Idito punter must have gotten liquored up. Best soundbyte ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notJames 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2003 From SI.com: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- 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 Thursday 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 Sunday's 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. On Thursday, 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
