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Mike McCarthy using watermelon smashing to fire up the Cowboys

Amber Lee Blog News NFL

After a very slow start, the Dallas Cowboys are suddenly back in the mix. After squeezing past the Vikings 31–28 on Sunday, Dallas now has three wins. As a result, it has the same amount of wins as every other team in the NFC East.

 

It’s possible that after the dust settles at the end of Week 12, the Cowboys could be sitting pretty in first place at 4–7. Head coach Mike McCarthy knew he had to do something before the Minnesota game to get his team ready. As a result, he turned to the comedic stylings of ’80s prop comic Gallagher.

 

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According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the climax of McCarthy’s Saturday night speech at the team hotel was a stunt where he took a sledgehammer and started busting some watermelons.

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“Mike McCarthy gets up and says, ‘Guys, I want to apologize. I don’t think I did a good enough job emphasizing our objectives for the week’—one of which was to hammer the ball out of [Minnesota running back] Dalvin Cook’s hands,” Pelissero said on Monday. “At that point McCarthy pulls out a sledgehammer, not a prop, a full sledgehammer you could knock a wall down with, and someone rolls in a bunch of watermelons.

“Each one has a different objective written on it. McCarthy reads the objective—BAM!—smashes the watermelon. He goes down the row doing this. The players are roaring, McCarthy’s pants are soaked. He finally gets to the watermelon with Dalvin Cook’s picture on it, DeMarcus Lawrence jumps up and goes, ‘I’ve got to get that one.’ He hands the sledgehammer to Lawrence, he smashes that watermelon.”

It sounds a little silly but there’s no denying that people love seeing stuff get smashed.

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