Golden Nuggets: Finally Back

by James Brady on May 20, 2009 2:00 AM PDT in 49ers Links

Good morning folks, James here. Its been awhile since I last did one of these--I've had a pretty eventful couple of days/weeks I suppose. First there was a lot of issues and then, more recently, some very good things happened but either way--I'm pretty relieved to be back and handling the Nuggets. Now, I'll do my best to avoid links that may have been posted already but I will just be covering things posted lately. I've been pretty...away from 49ers news lately, so I honestly have no idea what's been going on. I'm assuming I have a good amount of links for you, but who knows at the moment! Either way, glad to be back, and enjoy your links!

Frank Gore seems willing to give up a few carries--this is good, we know he's not stingy and he understands the bigger picture in all this. (SacBee.com)

Of course, he wouldn't hate it if he got the ball the whole time, either. (MerucryNews.com)

For once I'm legitimately interested in the stadium situation. (SFGate.com)

Though a lot of people think it may be very close to being complete. (MercuryNews.com)

Two players got hurt in OTAs, one being CB Walt Harris. (SFGate.com)

Alex Smith seems to be very critical of Isaac Bruce for not showing up to OTAs. (ProFootballCentral.com)

The defense is looking strong--this is good, I cant imagine us being very good without a great defense next season. (49ers.com)

Maiocco has some answers and opinions on some common 49ers issues at the moment. (PressDemocrat.com)

Barrows has some observations from the OTAs. (SacBee.com)

The 49ers are 0-1... uh.. what? Well, just read this. (Yahoo.com)

The 49ers certainly have depth at receiver. Though I fear my favorite, Zeigler, wont ever get his chance on the current chart. Who knows? (SFGate.com)

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re: Alex Smith seems to be very critical of Isaac Bruce for not showing up to OTAs.

is that real? If so, I just wanna say shut up Alex, Bruce has been in the league since you were probably a freshman in high school, I think the guy earned the right to decide if he wants to go to OTA’s or not.

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by 49erLou on May 20, 2009 9:39 AM PDT reply actions

Well

Here is the full quote from Barrows:

Smith was also asked whether he’d like to see the full retinue of receivers on the field for OTAs. Isaac Bruce is the only 49ers veteran who is uninjured and not taking part in the OTA. Arnaz Battle (foot) and Michael Crabtree (foot) are attending the four-day session but not participating.

“You can’t show up in the fall and expect to be winning games,” Smith said in response. “I think, especially with where we’re at, it takes everybody to be here. We’ve got to push it right now. You can’t just show up and expect to win games in this league – at any level, that doesn’t happen.”

That’s about as powerful as anything that Smith has said – to the media, at least – since he was drafted in 2005. One of the criticisms of Smith is that he is too nice, that he doesn’t have that certain jerk-ishness (I want to use another four-letter word that ends in “k”) that seems to be a prerequisite for running a huddle. Perhaps this is an indication of no more Mr. Nice Guy from Mr. Smith.

I think PFC just took it a little bit the wrong way.

by Cruithear on May 20, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions