Coaches at all levels of athletics have to be teachers, tacticians, psychologists and master motivators. And they will go to some extreme and bizarre lengths to motivate a team.
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said he channeled 1980s prop comic Gallagher in an effort to inspire and excite his team prior to facing the Minnesota Vikings. Outfitted with a sledgehammer and watermelons, the Cowboys coach and some of his players smushed and smashed their way through the melons.
"We had a number of points of emphasis that we were trying to hit, so a number of guys got to participate, and once again I'd say it was a lot of fun.