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Article: PATRIOTS DAY: THE JAGUARS; Cutting edge for Del Rio; His ploy too sharp to ignore.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- December 14, 2003
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Byline: Michael Gee
Begin with the axe. Everyone else does. Jack Del Rio will have to win about four Super Bowls as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars before an unfortunate but avoidable locker room accident is no longer the signature moment of his career.
First-year head coach Del Rio placed a stump of wood and an axe in the Jaguars locker room to symbolize the need for persistence and hard work. He learned the hard way why football and sharp objects don't mix.
After the fifth game of the season, with the Jags standing 1-4 and sinking fast, punter Chris Hanson picked up the axe, took an angry swing at the stump. He missed the wood, but ...