Mike Singletary Approval Rating, Week 14
by David Fucillo on Dec 16, 2009 1:00 PM PST
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Once the season is over, we're going to be providing a bit of minor statistical analysis on the results of these Mike Singletary approval ratings. The results won't be all that surprising I'm thinking. In the meantime, we return for the week 14 rating that once again sees Coach Singletary making a big jump following a big win. Coach Singletary dropped down to 67% approval rating last week (something most executives would be dreaming of). As we continue into this week Coach Singletary has seen his rating increase from 59% to 85%. It's not surprising, but it is still rather amusing seeing it bounce up and down as it has.
Monday's game saw some interesting decisions by Coach Singletary that I found to be excellent choices. I feel like the two challenges in the first quarter were necessary given the type of plays involved. If the 49ers managed one quick look, the Darnell Dockett interception probably seemed to be enough of possession to uphold the play. However, given that the 49ers were into Arizona territory, you might as well use it. As for the second challenge on Dre Bly's fumble recovery, even if it is your last challenge, that play was clearly a fumble no matter how you looked at it. Even with the obvious nature of the play, that was aggressive game management by Singletary, and I was pleased with it.
Now the 49ers head into Philadelphia in a must-win game that will be tough to win. The good news could be that they face a coach in Andy Reid who often has issues with some of the key game management issues. He did well this past Sunday night, but maybe problems will arise. If you're Mike Singletary heading into this game, you've definitely got a tough road to climb. They're taking on a hot Eagles squad, on the road, in the early 10am pacific game that causes west coast teams tremendous fits. Does anybody think this weighs on players' minds, or are they confident enough in their abilities to overcome that. And either way, is this something Mike Singletary would likely need to address in the days leading up to the game?
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When your defense forces 7 turnovers..
You did a damn good job of preparing them for a big Monday Night game. Plus, they got Gore involved when it counted most. This was the Singletary football that was promised, as opposed to last weeks performance which was well below the “Meh-doza” line.
Solid rebound from Singletary and the team.
Well, we're waiting....
by drummer on Dec 16, 2009 1:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
+1
the “meh-doza” line is priceless.
Alex Smith may have been the #1 overall pick but he still can’t tell why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
by Andrew Davidson on Dec 16, 2009 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
The time zone thing....
I think plays a part in how well a team plays. Look at the Niners this year alone with their road games played at 10 am (Houston, Green Bay, Minnesota) they started off slow and looked sluggish through most of those games. There is no good reason to NOT put the games at 4pm Eastern time when they travel east.
Get the team out of bed at 6:00:
You are probably (almost certainly) right, but I do not understand why playing at 10:00 AM is such a problem. Maybe the niners need to draft "morning people."
Before last Monday's game
Jon Gruden was on ‘Mike & Mike’ absolutely raving about how talented the Arizona Cardinals were and how well they were playing. He personally had them right up with the Saints and the Vikings in the NFC.
After last season one national poll had ranked Ken Whisenhunt as the 7th or 8th best HC in the NFL.
No reasonable person would say that SF has more talent than Arizona.
And yet Singletary’s 49ers have twice physically kicked the ass of Ken Whisenhunt’s Cardinals this year.
That says it all, when it come to the Mike Singletary approval rating.
I voted YES
But I’ve always voted YES for Sing, because I’m a believer in what he’s doing, and a couple of losses won’t change that. Funny to see a 96% approval rate.
I think that, ultimately, there is some sort of mental edge we hold over AZ (warriors over mavericks anyone?) and I feel we’ll come crashing back down to earth once and for all this weekend. But- progress is being made, and that’s all I wanted for 2009.
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
My fav comment about 49er's win over the Card was on
ESPN’s power ranking for the Cardinals:
“Bill Bidwill owns the Cardinals 363 days a year. The 49ers own them the other two days.”
by calbearjd on Dec 16, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't care if Arizona wins the SB this year
In the back of their minds, they’ll be saying:
“Yeah, it was a great year, but the 49ers kicked our asses twice this year.”
If
the Cards go into the playoffs and the niners don’t, rivalry aside, how many niner fans will support the NFC West champion? Would it be kind of fun to know and tell and hear that the niners beat the SB winner twice?
not me
I don’t really roll like that. Most rivalries don’t really get brushed aside. I was NEVER a fan of the Cowboys of the 80s and 90s, never a fan of the 90s Pack, never liked the 90s & 2000s Rams, never a fan of the 00s Cards & Seahawks.
I guess I wouldn’t mind seeing NO win it all, if it has to be somebody other than the 49ers. Other than that, I’d like to see a dark horse take out the Vikings (who I mostly don’t like because of the old Niner nemesis Favre). But, I’d rather that dark horse were somebody other than the Cards.
Not me (site decorum every one in our division)
True knowledge is knowing you know, nothing!!
Blk Sand Ninja-
Points off turnovers...
That win will keep me going for another year even if we lose the last three games. But…seven turnovers and all we could muster were 24 points? WTF?? Great to watch the Arizona meltdown. I love when we own the Cards. Now Sing needs to coach VD how to catch the damn ball!!
Ummm. . .
Do you forget the Niners had 5 INTS against the Bears and scored ZERO points?
The 24 works for me. Especially being that the D didn’t allow a TD!
That technically shouldnt have counted
play clock was at 0
That's right
They did, my bad. But I remember seeing the playclock at 0 and thinking this shouldn’t be a TD. So maybe I just dissociated. :)
everyone forgets
two turnovers were at the end of halves. Not much time at the end of the first half. The last T.O. was time to eat clock, not get cute.
3 redzone turnovers yielded two TD’s and a FG. That’s not bad.
I'd say it's excellent myself
The first half turnover came with 52 seconds left. We tried a quick pass to get into field goal range and it was incomplete, then it was a handoff to Gore to go to halftime.
At the end of the 4th quarter we got the ball back and it was time to kneel out the clock.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
Arizona has a decent defense
If I didn’t dislike them it may come out better than that.
True knowledge is knowing you know, nothing!!
Blk Sand Ninja-
I dont want to but....
Alright i am trying to avoid this path to the payoffs cool-aid people want me to drink. but the glass looks really good and i keep imagining how it might taste. Could someone that is a better football schollar than me explain an updated version of the possible playoff scenario’s that could play out in our favor. I saw some last week but I have not followed every other game in the NFL so have no idea what is truley going on.
I know there is still not much of a chance but i cant help it. I hate this stupid HOPE bug I keep coming down with. Anyone know if there is a Vaccine for that???
we finish same as Cards
we win Division. So they lose 2 of 3 against StLouis, Lions, GB, we win all remaining games.
Otherwise, it get’s dicey. Basically look for the NFC east to fall apart and we get a wildcard spot.
Thanks
I got most of that already but appreciate it. I was hoping more for an all team “who to cheer for and against guide” for this weekend as i am watching redzone. Thanks. I can do the research myself but i was hoping someone has already mapped out all of them and would not mind sharing.
Here you go
It’s a recommended fanpost—kind of hard to miss
49er cheering guide
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
What's more likely to happen?
Last wildcard spot:
Dallas: 8-5
Giants: 7-6
Niners: 6-7
Falcons: 6-7
Presuming Niners win out (big if), they would be 9-7 thus:
Dallas going 0-3: NO, Washington, and Philly (very possible)
Giants going 1-2: Wash, Carolina, and Minn (also plausible)
Falcons going 2-1: NY Jets, Buffalo, and Tampa Bay (also plausible with Ryan and Turner out)
or
Arizona going 1-2: Detroit, St. Louis, and GB. (maybe)
Thanks
Thats what i needed. Glass of cool-aid is probably poisonous…… but what the heck one little sip….. mmmmmmm Yum. Go Niners!!…. wait why am i feeling dizzy all of a sudden…
Giants can go 2-1, we own the division record tiebreaker
by foosball4949 on Dec 16, 2009 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Niners have a "hidden" advantage
Due to the division record. They have the division record tiebreaker over both Dallas and the Giants. The Niners would have to ideally win out, but if that happens, Dallas would only need to go 1-2, Giants and Falcons could go 2-1 and the Niners would be in.
I did this already as well....
Dallas only needs to lose 2, the Giants 1 and the Falcons 1…we would hold the tie breaker over Dallas and the Giants if all three of us finish 9-7 (with conference record), and obviously we need to finish better than the Falcons.
by sanfranfanmdk on Dec 16, 2009 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
This scenario is giving me hope, but
Hopefully we’re (including the Niners) are focusing on one thing right now which is how to beat Philly. If they can accomplish that, I think we may see something short of magical happen. But just don’t think too big. . .YET!
Gotta admit
It is fun that these conversations are even being brought up at this point of the season though.
Sing
Had a good game plan v the Cards.
Regardless of the outcome, next week’s game will be a real test of his coaching ability….the iggles are a difficult matchup for any coach.
Except apparently Oakland lol
Still can’t figure that one out.
by sanfranfanmdk on Dec 16, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
Given the poll choices, it’s easy to see why approval ratings would drastically change. There’s no Undecided option, which forces people to vote Yes or No, so many of those No votes were probably weak no’s.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
This poll kills me
He took over a .327 team and (with basically the same players) has them around 500.
They’ve been in almost every game this season (Atlanta the exception) and went on the road and gave the 13-0 Colts and 11-2 Vikings all they could handle.
They beat up on their division rivals and NFC Champ Cardinals twice this season.
Defensively they kicked Arizona’s ASS this season.
Yes, they lost too many close ones and should’ve beaten teams like Seattle and Tennessee.
If this was Singletary’s third or fourth season I’d give him a low approval rating.
Considering it’s his first + season, I give him and ‘A’ for this year.
He took over an underachieving team and has almost instantly made them respectable.
The real test is next season. Anything under 10 wins will be a real disappointment.
As of now, he’s done a great job with this team (unless one thinks he should’ve taken over Mike Nolan’s underachievers and gone deep into the playoffs, if not all-the-way in his first full season).
Different approach to the question:
Some are voting each week on Singletary’s coaching job so far this season: things like player development, motivation (obviously an A++), long term goals and carrying out plans to meet those goals.
Others, like myself, are voting on whether they believe Singletary did a good job coaching the last game.
The weekly "no" votes may only mean "Don’t like what he did this week." It could be team preparation, game plan, game time decisions, etc, but still believe he is doing a good job with regard to the season.
I used to coach High School Girls Soccer (please don’t cuss), and I would grade myself that way after every game.
Agree with “he’s done a great job with this team.”
Yup
I look at it as a review of that week’s game. If I liked the game plan I vote yes. If not I vote no.
I do think he’s done a great job for a first year coach and I think he’s going to be a good one for us in the future.
Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round.
i second this
"The Football The 49ers Team has The excitement of the bear, the velocity of the deer and strenght of the buffalo.
Coach Sing does a h*ll of a better job than Nolan ever could as our HC...
Record-wise, we could be in better position of reaching the playoffs. Had we won a couple of those close games (last second play @ Minnesota in particular), our record could be 8 – 5 instead of 6 – 7. Anyone here wonder if Alex had been our starting QB coming out of pre-season, would our overall record still turn out to be the same as it is now or better???
We’re close…very close to reclaiming the NFC West. Might not be this year, but the clock is ticking for Kurt Warner. After getting kicked around by us like a soccer ball for the second time, maybe now he’ll consider retirement. And then Arizona would definitely be in a world of hurt.
Difference between this year and 2006
Ok, it’s not saying much, but the OC likely isn’t leaving. That alone gives a reasonable amount of hope of being back in the playoffs next year.
Got it Cornelius
I see your point.
To me however, I see a somewhat subdued response to this team by many. An almost intellectual response rather than an emotional or primal response.
Simply put, SF kicked Arizona’s ASS Monday night. Far, far more than was indicated by the score (as I know that you alos know).
The lead paragraph in Dan Bickley’s column in the Arizona Republic on Tuesday stated that “the Cardinals should’ve filed a police report after last night. The mugging was that complete.”
It’s almost as if the opposition media and fans are more effusive in their praise of the 49ers than most 49er fans themselves.
At least that’s almost how I see it.
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