Mike Singletary Monday lunchtime press conference
by Fooch on Nov 23, 2009 11:36 AM PST
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It's the Monday morning after another Sunday loss and that means we get Mike Singletary's weekly Monday press conference at 11:45am. The 49ers are coming off a disappointing loss in Green Bay that once again seemed to raise more questions than answers. I'll post the transcript later in the day, but for now feel free to use this post to discuss the press conference. The link above takes you to a live stream of the press conference.
So what do we want answered out of this? I'd love to see someone ask Singletary about Crabtree and Davis's comments regarding the use of a more "spread" style offense. Speaking of the "spread" offense, due to the breakdown of things, the "offense" post I was planning for today will go up tomorrow around 11ish. But either way, I'd like to hear something about the offense, both o-line and the play-calling.
As for the defense, there were some big issues with tackling and finishing off plays that will hopefully come up today. The 49ers repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with shoddy tackling.
So, once again, if you want to watch Mike Singletary's press conference, head over to 49ers.com.
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"YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!!"
Sincerely,
Herm Singletary
Well, we're waiting....
by drummer on Nov 23, 2009 11:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
“Alex Smith is throwing as well as any QB in the league right now.”
“He’s as accurate as any QB in the league right now.”
by Fooch on Nov 23, 2009 11:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Alex Smith
Singletary is going after the o-line protection more than that. Is happy with Smith, not with the offensive line.
by Fooch on Nov 23, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That's his point...
He does well when he gets time. Now, I want someone to ask the question – don’t you get more time out of the shotgun then out from under center?
by sigma on Nov 23, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No
The WR don’t get open faster. There is a slight improvement statistically but bad protection is bad protection unless he is going to shotgun 20 yards behind the line.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You do get more time
You have an extra second. Since the max protection that our line gives is about 2 seconds, 3 seconds makes a huge difference.
More importantly though it gives Alex a better field of view which lets him find a better option than his dump off man.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I got a clip from the 1st half that says Alex Smith didn’t have any extra time. A few clips from the Colts game too.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Distance alone dictates that you get extra time
If you’re already 5 yards behind the LOS when the ball is snapped it takes that much longer for the defense to get you.
Sometimes it seemed like it was a race between the ball and the defense as to which would get to Alex faster, but it does give him that little bit of extra time that he wouldn’t normally have had.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But you don’t drop back in the shotgun. It’s the same distance once the ball is actually released when compared to a drop back. The physics between the pass rushers and the QB are the same.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It takes longer to drop back
than it does to have the ball snapped from the shotgun.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Goes back to my original point, the WR don’t get open faster. If the line cannot block it doesn’t matter where the QB is lined up. Instant pressure is instant pressure. Team ran a shotgun play in the 1st half, Smith had to abandon the play immediately because someone missed a block.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The WR will have less time to get open if they are running long routes. If they want to go to shotgun, they should have the WRs run shorter routes if they want to make sure Smith has the time to throw. It is a physical fact that he is ready to throw the ball sooner when in the shotgun, and I think that’s his argument. How open the WRs get depends on their routes, and how well Smith could sell a pump fake.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 23, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Drive 3
3rd play (3rd and 7)—In shotgun. 1 TE, 3 WR, 1 RB. Davis, Bruce, and Morgan on right. Crabtree far left. Pressure almost immediately. Ball thrown away.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're missing the point
All other things being equal running from the shotgun gives more time. Not all plays are equal. Sometimes there is a blitz. Sometimes a lineman gets beat badly.
But all other things being equal a shotgun gives you more time.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Could you try to explain this again please?
I don’t see why going from shotgun would give you any extra time (although it seemed to be that way yesterday). Either way you end up 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage or so, why would the way you take the snap change the amount of time it takes the pass rushers to get to that spot?
by Brendan Scolari on Nov 23, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
less correlation...
btw shotgun giving you more time because of the deep snap vs more time earned from having extra blockers, say in a 2 TE set or extra blocker in the backfield.
more protection is an option too…
by t p on Nov 23, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not really following along with what you said
My question was why a shotgun formation would give you more time in the pocket than taking snaps from under center, assuming all else remains equal.
by Brendan Scolari on Nov 23, 2009 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
because instead of taking two seconds to drop back, you get the ball immediately, allowing you the option of a quick slant, or anything else quick that can negate the rush.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 23, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You are assuming they are calling those routes. Can just as quickly call a 3 step drop and run a slant pattern too.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Time management!
You do not get MORE time, but you do get to use the time it would take to drop back surveying the field. Therefore, you do have more time to make a decision, but not more actual total time.
by CorneliusJ on Nov 23, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think this is right
You’re already back, so it gives you a chance to utilize the precious seconds better
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unless he is faking a handoff the QB should be surveying the field on a drop.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He should be
unless he’s terrified for his life.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 3:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He still takes a 3-5 step drop
He messes up the protection as much as the LOLine
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No it's just easier to see a blitz
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s my conclusion. Doesn’t mean he has the time to do anything about it.
by bignerd on Nov 23, 2009 3:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Smith is only as good...
When he doesn’t have to think after the ball is snapped. He still is horrible in the pocket, even when he has one.
Well, we're waiting....
by drummer on Nov 23, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Agreed. Can we go shotgun all game please? I’m not even really joking…
by Brendan Scolari on Nov 23, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy Raye needs to watch a recording of the Boise State-Utah State game from last Friday, Utah State’s offense in particular. Even though The Aggie’s got spanked, he might get a clue. :)
by Mangoman1 on Nov 23, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd love it if we did this
It works for us. We can put points on the board fast. Forget fisical (spelling deliberate) football.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Singletary is talking offense...
He says Smith is doing well from under center and out of shotgun. He says it would be a mistake to go out and throw 50 times a game. Says the smartest thing to do is open up the offense as Smith allows you to open it up.
by sigma on Nov 23, 2009 11:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Says the smartest thing to do is open up the offense as Smith allows you to open it up.
This guy just doesn’t get it…..
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We thre the ball 33 times and ran 10
What doesn’t he get. How good will Gore be if we were mainly Shotgunnin’ it? Mike Sing just doesn’t want to give the game away with turnovers, but 3 and outs ae the same minus the Field position, boy is he ever in a catch 22
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He says that he'll open up the offense when Alex Smith lets him
WTF???
How the [site decorum] is Alex Smith going to let him “open it up” if the O-line is this bad??
If he would have said:
“The smartest thing to do is to open up the offense as the offensive line allows us to”
I would have given him a free pass.
I’m sick of being fed all this crap.
They say they’ll take what the defense is giving them, but when the opposing team’s 8th man is a CB (Woodson) they don’t run the ball.
And when the defense is blitzing relentlessly off the edge they don’t throw in that direction.
It’s even a problem on defense, the Packers were throwing short passes all day and the 49ers played WAY off the WRs.
Pathetic…..
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Smith missed a lot of those decisions, plus the WR didn't even look after his man left on the blitz.
There are a lot of details that aren’t being seen by Smith and the WR’s hence him saying the offense will open up when Smith let’s it. Smith throws every damn pass the same. No touch passes in the mix of what he is doing and that’s what he needs to get better at. until then simplified routes and seam patterns.
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
49ers Al Grito De Guerra!!! hahaha
by 49erSalvatrucha on Nov 23, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Two points...
- Signletary has come to the conclusion that the offensive line is a serious issue
- We have an OC and HC that are talking to the QB for the first time in Smith’s career.
by sigma on Nov 23, 2009 12:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That second point
Says a great deal about Nolan as HC, none of it good.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
by SpurredOn on Nov 23, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody notice how Sing was getting at nolan for what he did to Smith. I love this guy
49ers Al Grito De Guerra!!! hahaha
by 49erSalvatrucha on Nov 23, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SAME OL SAME OL SOUNDS LIKE LAST 2 YEARS.
by zonedogs on Nov 23, 2009 12:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That quote at the top of the page from Sing about how we’ll see the Vikings again in the playoffs seems… Less likely each week.
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by Useful_Idiot on Nov 23, 2009 1:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I changed it
mikev suggested the new one in another thread.
by Fooch on Nov 23, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually got nothing from that press conference.
It was white bread and uninformative.
by Natural Red on Nov 23, 2009 1:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
white bread
I enjoy white bread. Although I usually need something on it I suppose. Even if it’s just bread and butter I’m happy.
by Fooch on Nov 23, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am begining a Raw Foods diet but, the conf looked to me like he wants to make changes
Also, there is only so much that Sing can do as the starting RT and LT are both out and he is trying to work with what is left. Another point he made was that Alex Smith needs some time to be comfortable with the offense, and the receivers but also, the OL always needs to have time together and they haven’t had that at all this year.
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by Eastbayjim on Nov 23, 2009 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's been the same unit (offensive) for 4 games now
The only improvement I’ve seen is Michael Crabtree.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
He isn’t improving, that’s Smith getting better at downfield accuracy on the sidelines, crabs has to run and catch
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He hasn't fumbled and I haven't seen anymore tipped balls for INTs
Improvement.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 10:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
The INT at GB came from a bad route. He had one tipped ball but that was off a defender’s hand, so not his fault. He’s getting much more comfortable. I saw some pump fakes, he’s not staring down his receivers anymore. When he has time he goes through his checkdowns.
I would like to see a softer touch from him because I think he still throws fastballs most of the time but this is a much better Alex Smith than what we saw vs the Titans.
by smileyman on Nov 24, 2009 1:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was talking about Crabtree
But yeah, Smith has improved too.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 24, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate butter
It’s tasteless and pretty much useless.
I’d rather eat a salad.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dislike butter as a spread, but it really has a lot of value as part of the cooking process.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
butter
When I have pasta, if I don’t have garlic bread I’ll eat bread and butter.
by Fooch on Nov 23, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hell to the yeah
Toast and parmasean with it……………yuuuuuuuuuuum
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Butter is great
you have to use real butter though—not the fake stuff. Love it on toast, on bread. Love to cook with it. Saute some mushrooms and garlic in butter, boil some pasta and add some sauce and you’ve got an awesome dinner.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what kind of butter you eat, but it sure isn’t tasteless.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 23, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tried "Imperial"
I hated it.
I guess I’m the only one that hates butter.
Chocolates, butter, and all the stuff that melts in my hand makes me feel depressed.
I avoid all those foods.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't understand how, I do speak blue room, let me help.
He doesn’t want to go spread because all season they haven’t practiced it. They have implemented things since OTA’s and he doesn’t want to abandon it. he knows the O Line is atrocious and that the 49ers are their own worst enemy. We constantly shoot ourselves in the foot and we need to stop. They will look at all of Alex’s performances and decide what will be best going forward.
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No right answers
When your winning the coach speak can sound more humorous. When losing it sounds more trite. When losing a lot there’s nothing he or any coach can say that will fix what’s already happened.
I did like the line about not wanting to sound too motivational. I don’t think he’s trying to; I just think that’s the way he talks when he gets focused on something. It’s his personality, much like Parcells’ one-liners, Belichick’s boring statements of nothing or Seifert’s good luck sweatshirt he wore to every press conference. The only statement that will matter is on the field this Sunday.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
by SpurredOn on Nov 23, 2009 2:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Two main things to address in the off season
OL (as if it hasn’t been harped on enough)
pass rushers (the main reason we lost yesterday)
by Ovalshine on Nov 23, 2009 2:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I could have sworn that at the end of 2008 someone made the exact same comment.
Hmmmm…..
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t been able to watch the press conferences. Is Singletary still getting drilled by Lowell Cohn? Actually is Cohn still making a feeble attempt at drilling him?
by Mangoman1 on Nov 23, 2009 2:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Can comeone please ask him the question
Why is Jimmy Raye still around?
by Rocky63215 on Nov 23, 2009 2:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
O-line & D-line...
even if our season weren’t in turmoil…we’d still be able to get one of each in the first round next year.
As for offensive coordinating, I wonder if Holmgren would consider returning as our OC instead of considering the HC job that’s gonna open up in Cleveland. Not sure what to think of Jimmy Raye other than…he has his moments. Still better than the Jim Hostler experiment, yes?
by Doni S on Nov 23, 2009 2:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
He says he'll do whatever to win games....
Then run the DAMN SPREAD offense! It’s working for you. And fire Menusky!!! His D is soft!!!
"Bar None!" - William Floyd
by maveric_87 on Nov 23, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Manusky has only had 2 bad games.
vs. ATL and @ GB.
Why should he be fired?
Because he put together a gameplan that allowed the Colts to put up (only) 18 pts?
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He had a lousy game plan yesterday
but he shouldn’t be fired for it.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i agree...
2 bad games in a season does not make Manusky a terrible defensive coordinator. he’s doin’ the best he can with a soft d-line, Justin Smith an exception.
by Doni S on Nov 23, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Our d-line had decent pass pressure
Not great, but ok. Our biggest problem is the pass coverage which has never been excellent and often been poor.
by smileyman on Nov 23, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Our DL's are playing very well. thanku
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm tired of them taking my lunch money!!
by velvadp on Nov 23, 2009 3:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I still have my lunch money from the 3rd grade
"Optimist Prime"
I'll say it over and over Crabtree was not the pick we NEEDED, at least until he scores with 100yds receiving.
by rlott#42 on Nov 23, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Come on, man. You’re bigger than them. You can take them. They’re not all they’re built up to be. Seriously.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How many people here have had this problem?
I remember once in 6th grade this chubby/tall kid walked up to me and took my pizza pocket.
My friends and I punched him until he threw the pizza away.
I still remember because he threw the pizza into a dirty area and I was hungry for the rest of the day.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 10:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was exactly the kind of kid that supposedly gets beaten up all the time. But I never did. I’ve still never been in a fight, or even a heated conflict. Go figure. I guess nobody likes to mess with NERDS.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Never been in a fight?
Ever?
How do you do it?
Some people are real D-bags just asking to get their [site decorum] handed to them.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 23, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I’m not going to hit somebody unless they’re exceptionally out of bounds. That’s just the way I am. Nobody’s ever done anything so down low and dirty to me that they needed to get their clock smoked. Although one guy came close.
And I guess I’m pretty good at not pissing other people off. I must be. I guess.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 23, 2009 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
People piss me off a lot
LA people suck.
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 24, 2009 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was supposed to fight somebody once
Told him to meet me after school. He never showed.
I took my agression out on the football field.
by smileyman on Nov 24, 2009 1:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
meet me at at&t on tuesday ill mess you up
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 24, 2009 8:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I guess people over here might not know what I’m talking about when I say that.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Nov 24, 2009 8:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I've got no idea what you're talkinb about
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
by chikmagnet_565 on Nov 24, 2009 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
better luck next year, the way this team preforms, all our remaining opponents can easily handle what we got, oh and im starting to get anoyed by singletary, hes kinda like nolan lately, not wanting to see the obvious
by erob52 on Nov 23, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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