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It’s not often you hear a coach say ‘I used my pants to illustrate that we were getting our tails whipped’ or read an ESPN.com news report that confirms what style of underwear the coach prefers. But it’s a new era in San Francisco, now that Mike Singletary is coaching the 49ers.

Singletary pulled down his pants during his first halftime speech as an NFL head coach, an attempt to demonstrate to his players how poorly they were playing against the Seattle Seahawks.

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‘I needed to do something to dramatize my point,’ Singletary said. ‘There were other ways I could have done it, but I think this got the message across.’

In reporting the story, ESPN.com felt the need to include a line not often seen in NFL reports: ‘Singletary was wearing boxers.’

As motivational tactics go, this one fell short. Trailing the Seahawks, 20-3, at halftime, the 49ers went on to lose, 34-13.

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