I agree, but I think it has little to do with money.
Shaun Hill wasn’t doing anything, and there is no reason to play nate now.

needs to sit and reflect on what’s going on, not get thrown to the wolves. If we lose 2 or 3 more in a row, maybe put Nate in to close out the season, but by no means put pressure on the guy.

I didn’t think Smith had that terrible of a game, the 3 INTs is a heart-breaker, but the defense didn’t do what they were supposed to do. I’m not putting the loss soley on any one person’s shoulders, because the offense was looking good in terms of variety and lack of 3-and-Outs. We just shot ourselves in the foot when it hurt most. Same can be said about our defense. How can Parys Haralson let Chris Johnson get that TD when he had the play stuffed and stopped? Sloppy tackling at an in opportune time.

Josh Morgan let’s a ball bounce of he and a defender and Finnegan takes it back for six. That’s not on Smith 100%, it’s on Morgan a bit too. He’s got to do a better job than he did yesterday. Jason Hill was our best WR of the game, but celebrating the garbage time TD was just pathetic. Michael Crabtree needs to catch that ball at the sideline, but more importantly, the offense needs to hurry up and spike that ball in a situation like that. Instead, Smith had Crab run all the way back across the formation which gave the refs enough time to get the booth review. Absolutely disgusting.

Overall, Shaun Hill would not have done a better job. Our team did a great job of blowing a contest they shoulda coulda woulda won. Sounds like a theme as of late. Looks like that mid-season slump wasn’t Nolan’s fault entirely. It’s a trend that needs to be addressed. We can’t be going on 4 game slides and expect to make the playoffs. The team has to go 6-1 to get to 10-6. Chicago got embarassed at home by the Cardinals, and now both the Niners and Bears have a short week for a game this Thursday in Prime Time.

If an angry Bears team shows up, we’re screwed.

At the very least, people will be at work and not screaming at their computer screens in anger.

Are you kidding? Still screaming at my screen in anger, just at work stuff, instead of the Niners …

They piss and moan that Raye’s play calling is too conservative. So, he opens it up for Alex who with his lack of natural instincts screws it up again. Still the slow delivery, slow decision making, inaccurate passing we have come to know and love from Alex.

Fans cry about being conservative. So, let’s give the QB of the future a chance to get his feet wet and Niner fans cry “No”. You can’t play a rookie. He has to sit for a whole year to learn and not get discouraged. That is Mike Nolan-type thinking.

Alex is not the answer and never will be. Neither is Hill. Nate Davis needs to get some experience now so he doesn’t enter next season as the starter without ever having touched the field. It’s what Walsh did for Montana, and what Singletary needs to do for Davis. It worked for Montana — he won the Super Bowl.

I’ve never been a fan of Smith because he threw too many interceptions and yesterday’s game hammered in that point for me.

Wouldn’t go so far as to say the fans suck, but the Niners don’t need to be hasty about pulling Smith. If the Cardinals stay healthy, the 49ers are probably not going to the playoffs this year anyway. Besides, we still have what, 8 games left in the season? This leaves the coaches and the fans plenty of time to evaluate his performance as the starting QB.

Smith has had 10 quarters of play in the last two years and we all know that good quarterbacks need time to find their groove with an offense. I think we’re actually seeing significant maturity out of Smith and I think he will find his way back to the top in the next couple of games. Dude’s got a chip on his shoulder and that’s what I think we’ll start to see out of him.

So Rich Gannon, go [F] yourself.

Damn you 49ers! They are like my favorite whore, they play good enough to keep you interested and just screw you in the end.

At the start of the season i thought 9-7, or 10-6 with the possibility of a division title would have been a successful season, and I think it still can be. Point is, the niners aren’t going to with the superbowl this year…it is next season that i think they make the turn.

You have to start Smith at this point, yes he had 4 TO, but given our “Offensive Line” he can at least avoid some of the rush, and maybe if the line was decent he could actually hit receivers.

The guy is only 25 and maybe he can have a good career, but if he fails to impress in the rest of the games, it won’t be with the 49ers.

Keep him in there, if he sucks…oh well we are back to where all of us thought we were, if he can have some success, grab some oline and a safety in the draft, open the offense a bit more and see where he can take us..

we need to have patience with this guy – he’s just getting back into the groove. And now he has a half a season to show what he’s made of. Smith made some bad throws yesterday and it cost the Niners the game. He still needs to improve his timing and accuracy. And he needs to get better at not telegraphing his passes. You would hope someone who’s been in the league as long as Smith has would have figured some of that out by now. Hopefully he’ll be able to in the next 8 weeks.

Like Fooch said, Smith gives us the best chance to win. There’s no reason to think Davis has a bigger upside and he certainly wouldn’t be better right now. Smith has earned the right to be given the benefit of the doubt and play for the rest of the season. After the next 8 game we’ll know if he’s a legitimate starter or if it’s time to move on.

We are just victims of our own indecision. 5 Offensive coordinators. 3 Head coaches since mooch. 6-8 at best. losers. building? If I hear that one more time I am gonna puke.

Inserting a 5th round rookie QB who played college in a spread offense is not the solution to the niners problems. I know a lot of people are enamored by his tremendous physical skills, but the niners are still a playoff contending team, and Davis gives the niners almost no chance of making the playoffs

Neither Smith or Hill are acceptable options..Both have proven that they are not and NEVER will be winning QB’s in the NFL..

The blame for this mess lies directly with McCloughan and the Yorks who have no clue what the hell is needed to put together a winning organization..

There is not enough talent on this team to go anywhere..

Hill and Smith are both terrible and there is no end in site to this mess..

Sure play Smith for the rest of the year and just keep losing..0-7 his last seven starts and many more coming..

And I agree. If anyone thinks the season is now a lost cause, then Smith most certainly should be the starter for two reasons: find out how good he can be, and by throwing the ball more we allow Crabtree and the other WRs to develop (and VD to continue developing). Win or lose it’s best to know what these guys can do by providing them with meaningful reps. If Alex ends up being the QB next season, the playing time with these guys will be invaluable.

If anyone never thought this team was good enough to make the playoffs anyway, then Smith and other young players should get as much PT as possible to continue their development. We must find out what we’ve got and give the keepers more opportunities to mature. This is not a talentless team but it’s important to identify who is the future and who needs replacing.

Lastly, if you still think the team can finish by winning 7/8 or 6/8 and have a winning record, certainly there is an argument to be had over Hill vs Smith. I come down on the side of Smith, since he has shown he gives the offense more options and certainly has more upside (that I admit may never show itself, but it certainly won’t on the bench). It would help to give Smith more of a Hill-like game plan and not expect him to carry the offense like Brady or Brees when he’s starting his first games in two seasons. And playing with a rookie WR that had no training camp.

You fans who think this team has enough talent to make the playoffs are completely delusionsional..We have no QB, a horrible offensive line, not a consistant pass rush, no kick returner, and a history of losing..

Come on fans be realistic here and realize that the Yorks still own and run this franchise..

I would love to know what the players think and who they would choose for starting QB..I wonder if they might pick Davis..They have done so much losing with Smith and some winning with Hill, but they know Hill’s limitations and they know what Smith will do to lose the game in crunch time..

It would be fascinating to know..

Alex Smith is always most impressive during his two-minute drills. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the 49er’s drive in the final two minutes of the first half (which led to a touchdown) was only one of two drives that Raye had Smith lined up in the shotgun for the majority of the snaps (eight of nine).

Can you guess what the only other shotgun-focused drive was? Yep- the two-minute drill of the second half (which also led to a touchdown). In fact, Raye lined Smith up in the shotgun for every play of this drive and the result was moving the offense 77 yards down the field for a quick 2:12 touchdown.

Is anyone else noticing a trend here?

I agreed when Singletary chose Hill, disagreed when he switched to Smith. But backtracking now (or inserting Davis) will only compound the mistake. Vacillating between quarterbacks is a proven recipe for continued losing, now and in the future. (cf. Browns, Cleveland.) Offensive success demands continuity.

Maybe if Smith and his receivers had had more time to develop rapport, some of those turnovers yesterday would’ve been completed passes. I say that without confidence, knowing Smith’s history. But I can say confidently that another quarterback change will not help. Until there is a clearly better option, keep Smith at the helm.

skills will not make up for that. I look at franchise QB’s in the NFL and they have two things that make them good or great. Intellect and Skills. Typically if one of those two very important elements are missing, it’s a loss.

On 49ers.com (the Niners official website), Michael Robinson does what’s called “The Robinson Report” where he interviews certain players and sometimes coaches. If you go to the website to watch, you will be astonished at just how stupid Nate Davis truly is. The most recent interview involved Coach Singletary and and players knowledge of the coach. Very few of them surprisingly knew that much about their head coach and his career. But when Nate Davis was approached by Robinson. Robinson asked Davis these two questions and the responses went like this:

Robinson: “How many years did Coach play in the NFL”
Davis: “Uhhh 6 years…”
Robinson paused at the thought of the ridiculous guess by Davis but forged on to the next question anyhow.

Robinson: “How many ProBowls did Coach Sing go to?”
Davis “Uhhh….10 years”
The look on Robinsons face upon this response spoke words that hhe didn’t physically have to say…. “What a retard” is what I read on Robinsons face…I’ll let you be the judge.
http://www.49ers.com/media-gallery/videos/Robinson-Report-Know-Your-Coach/08ee4d8a-3ba0-4136-937d-93e5274b5c73

I happen to agree with Robinson’s look. Nate Davis’ skills don’t mean anything if he cannot count. There’s a certain amount of intellect aa QB needs to have and Davis does not have it. So get over all this “Nate the Great” garbage….cause thats what it is….garbage.

   Shaun Hill broke the all time NFL record for most completions in his first starting game, and he won most of his games with a crappy offensive line. Alex Smith fumpled the ball, threw tons of interceptions, and made tons of bad decisions, and you still pull for the over rated college star who had one of the best offensive lines in college to relax behind. Shaun Hill knows the game speed,and makes cat like instinctual plays.

OK, I’m really tired of this. Let’s pretend we can look at things objectivly using facts as the basis for our opinions. Fooch… win- loss can be more strongly related to the QB than you’re saying. We all know what that means…it does not support your opinion to keep Smith as our starter. Why would someone actually say Smith has greater phisycal attributes that help him to be a better QB? This is a toss up. The label “game manager” tagged on Hill is given to him because the play calling with these two playing has been considerably different. This is not a product of Hill or Smith. The 9ers offence and play calling was far more predictable when Hill has played. Not his fault ! Let’s look at a little history and come to grips with what really seperate the QBs.. Win – Loss record…I won’t beat a dead horse. Offensive line play…It has improved as our play-calling has become more diversified and less predictable…when Smith was playing. Now a look at a fundamental problem Smith has always demonstrated, and continues too…HE STARES DOWN HIS RECEIVERS !!!! DBs play his eyes and intercept him. Smith does NOT read defences quickly or well and makes mistakes because of it. He always has. Smith is a great timing QB, and if the primary receiver can get open, Smith can excel at hitting him. The problem is he isn’t so great at his defensive reads or adjusting accordingly. In other words, he has never had and will never get the mental adjustment speed neccessary to win in the NFL.. We know this because we have had ample oppertunity to study him in the past….if we took the time to do it. Hill HAS shown the ability to check off his receivers and adjust. He is FAR less prone to throwing interceptions because of this…it’s much harder for DBs to read his eyes and get a jump on his passes. This becomes more pronounced when in obvious passing situations. Bottom line here is Smith has had enough opportunity to remind us why the 9ers don’t win when he is our QB..Hill on the other hand, has had a much more difficult set of circumstances to play under and has done a far better job when these are considered. Why throw away the rest of our season when the answer to your questions about Smith have allready been answered repeatedly? To me, it’s Hill who has not been given the proper opportunities to answer these questions. He may look a bit awkward and unconventional, but he has shown the mental speed and poise required to win. With what we have to choose from now, Hill is the obvious choice.