It’s been confirmed now that Mike Singletary took a unique line of reasoning when motivating his team at the half of their loss to the Seahawks on Sunday. He took off his pants and showed them the One-Eyed Pirate Of Doom.

At halftime of that game, Singletary called for the attention of his players. He then dropped his pants, turned around and pointed to his backside. He used this occasion and that visual to describe what happened to his team in the first half.

A NFL source inside the room confirmed the story…and added that Singletary then addressed the team for 3-4 minutes with his pants around his ankles.

The 49ers trailed 20-3 at halftime. They would lose the game, 34-13.

Because nothing inspires a roomful of guys like staring into a man’s anus. That move totally would have worked if the San Francisco 49ers actually had fielded players who hailed from San Francisco. They would have won that game and then sprinted straight to the bars. Adhere to the first rule of public speaking — know your audience…and know that your audience does NOT want to stare into your poop canal. Save it for the bedroom, Sparky.

[Ben Maller, via AZ Republic]

Until yesterday, Danyelle Sargent was best known for the brilliant F-bomb that she dropped with gusto while she as an anchor on ESPNews. Now a sideline reporter for FOX Sports, Sargent had this unfortunate exchange with 49ers coach Mike Singletary on Sunday, in which she asked him about calling his “mentor” Bill Walsh last week, even though Walsh wasn’t his mentor and is — how shall I put this? — dead.

The clip was never supposed to make it to air — it’s already been pulled from YouTube at least twice — so special thanks to Mike Francesca and NBC for making the FOX team look like assholes.

Fox producers were understandably mortified and didn’t air that portion of the interview… But the clip was part of the “open feed” that live telecasts use and that news organizations can access for clips and highlights. Mike Francesa, host of New York station WNBC’s “Mike’d Up,” showed the gaffe late Sunday night…

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As seen most everywhere by now, here’s 49ers interim coach Mike Singletary showing his displeasure with the team (and especially tight end Vernon Davis) after yesterday’s blowout at the hands of the Seahawks [Ed. note: HOORAY!]. This was after he’d benched Davis, then sent him to the locker room, then apologized to the fans as he left the field, then rejected Davis’s apology. I kinda get the feeling that Singletary really cares about having the right attitude. It might not motivate a team as effectively as wearing a suit like Mike Nolan, but the Niners are desperate enough to try anything.

After the jump, second place for Angry NFL Coach of the Week goes to Jim Zorn.

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