Lets Switch Things Up A Bit, And Talk About The Positive
by mikeinsp on Oct 24, 2010 4:56 PM PDT
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PrintFooch's Note: Given all the negative vibes, I'm down for some positive discussion. I realize people will find negatives even in the few positives, but I think we could use some remotely positive discussion.
Sure there were some, or a lot, of negative things in this game. But that will all be discussed. What won't be talked about much is the positive that happened.
Once again Mike Johnson showed us why he is such an upgrade over Jimmy Raye. With Alex Smith and Vernon Davis hooking up on a wide open 1-yard touchdown, it marked the 3rd time in just 4 games that we have scored an opening drive touchdown. Something that was never even done with Raye in 19 chances. Frank Gore also had a nice 20-yard run on that drive. And on one of the best looking plays this year, Smith waited and waited and then threw a bomb to Davis down the middle to the 1-yard line for 53 yards. That's a pass David Carr would never of been close to completing. But no more negative David Carr talk. He also created mismatches on the defense when he ran the ball with 3 WR sets, and it worked.
Frank Gore had a nice day. Getting over 100 yards on 19 carries, and average of 5.2. He had multiple nice runs, including a 20 and 19 yarder. This is the Frank Gore we all know. He did a nice job running out of "11" personnel. He also added 57 yards with 4 catches.
Vernon Davis once again caught a touchdown pass. His 4th of the year and the 4th straight game with one. At the end of the day, he caught 4 passes for 74 yards.
The run defense showed up again today against Carolina's 1-2 punch of Smash and Dash. As they stopped Williams to 44 yards on 19 carries. And held Stewart to 29 yards on 14 carries.
And finally the defense forced turnovers. 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 interception, 1 touchdown. Shawntae Spencer missed the tackle, but did a nice job of hitting and pushing DeAngelo Williams backwards, which then led Nate Clements to strip the ball with Parys Haralson recovering it. Spencer also jarred the ball from Steve Smith, and then finished it off by recovering it himself. This is the 2009 defense we are used to seeing. And probably the highlight that will be on SportsCenter tonight is Ray McDonald reading a screen perfectly, getting in front of the back, and, as Chris Berman would say, was "Rumblin, Bumblin, Stumblin" his way to the endzone. 3 takeaways is a pretty good day for a defense.
Sometimes we shouldn't just look at the negatives and judge someone that way. But, instead, judge them on what they have done, not what they didn't do. Whoever the quarterback is next week in London, we should all support him. Lets hope there are even more positives next week.
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors.
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Frank Gore
is all we got right now, he is the heart and soul of the team and he is starting to get old.
My heart hurts for his heart
He deserves so much better…
by agchee on Oct 24, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
He's always taken losing hard...
remember a few years back he was so angry and frustrated at the cavalier attitude of his teammates after a loss that he started crying? He’s a winner and he deserves a chance to see the playoffs when he’s still good enough to enjoy helping his team win.
No moral victories or positives in a loss anymore.
Changes need to be made on this team. Simple as that. We suck.
More positiveness
GIANTS IN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!….
no seriously I hope Alex recovers well and whoever he may play for, whether it be us or another team, I hope he excels, he never can seem to catch a break and whenever it seems like he might turn it around something happens. Best of luck Alex, hopefully you’re back and tear it up on the Broncos like the Raiders, yes the Raiders, did today.
Hit like Berry, Score like Jerry.
He's at least as good as Eli
which makes him a capable starter. Its amazing fans still don’t see that. Carr is a capable backup on a team that gives him protection.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Eli
10TDs 8 INTs and Eli threw 3 picks against the defense we just played.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
alex smith would be 10 TDs and 5 picks
if it wasnt for norris, and crabtree
no offense or anything
but eli manning >>> alex smith… this is one of those things that stats can’t tell you, but common sense and the power of observation will
thank you
There was no point in replying to such an absurd statement. Alex Smith is in no way better than Eli.
Eli is overrated...
but saying he’s the same as Smith? If for some reason you want the Giants to win, there just isn’t the same sense of butterflies in the stomach when E. Manning takes the snap that you get watching Alex every time out.
Overrated or not, he is much better than Alex
I am not saying he will never be good. But right now, he is not even close to being comparable to Eli Manning.
Having written that, and wanting the Giants to win tonight 'cause...
they’re playing the Cowpies, what does Manning do? Opens the game with 2 interceptions. Manning has a better line to work behind, and better receivers. There are three things Manning does not do that Smith does. Eli doesn’t run right and fling the ball away at the first sign of trouble. Manning finds open receivers downfield instead of constantly checking down, and he doesn’t walk into pass rushers.
One positive?
Alex Smith didn’t lose This One for us. Unless you want to blame him for getting himself injured and allowing Carr to play.
I Think
the younger players getting playing time is a positive. Taylor Mays, Navorro Bowman, Michael Crabtree and Anthony Dixon are all going to be players in this league.
I am incredibly disappointed by Mike Singletaries coaching, or lack thereof.. This team is playing uptight right now, and that is a direct result of his coaching. If the 49ers lose next Sunday i think he is DONE!! But who are we going to replace him with? Menusky? Johnson? We really don’t have many options. But 1-6 with this team is unacceptable!!!
"He who lives on hope will die fasting" Benjamin Franklin was a fool
"If we are thinking playoffs, why not look towards the mountaintop"
I like my quote better
by nocal81(Vincent) on Oct 24, 2010 5:32 PM PDT reply actions
It's a little disconcerting watching the niners in person
and not hearing tons of people whine about smith/sing/refs
really just seemed like Carr was rusty and our F@%%^ DBs refuse to turn their heads around downfield and get beat on passes they should break up. Goldson has a lot of positives but deep coverage late in the game is not one of them.
it's gonna be hard to see positives until this team has a new direction
it needs one in a bad way. Sing is as good as gone— I hope York doesn’t do something really dumb in replacing him or firing him at midseason though.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Oct 24, 2010 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
Positive from today...
Aaron Rodgers just pulled a matt moore and threw a pass directly to jared allen, something that someone who has been in the league as long as he has shouldn’t do lol….see, it isn’t only alex that makes stupid mistakes hahaha
i'm positive...
i’d trade Alex Smith for Aaron Rodgers.
And we'd have about the same results....
Rodgers is up to 8 ints so far this season (and this game isn’t even over yet)
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
They aren't comparable....
Alex was thrown to the wolves on a crappy team, Rodgers was given time to learn on a playoff caliber team….and he STILL has almost as many ints this year lol
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
FYI
Rogers is like 1-11 in games decided by 6 points or less he has a better receiving core as well and as sanfranfanmdk said smith has always been on a poorly coached and managed teams
Also one could argue a better coaching staff as well
My original comment started off more as a joke, and I know Alex isn’t perfect, but people seem to think he is the only starting QB in the league that does stupid things. Favre is 41 yrs old and he still does things that you would think a rookie would only do
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
alex
is out of excuses. if he sucks because our team is so crappy than he should ask to be traded. i don’t think i can support the 9ers next year if that dude is still on this team. he’s cursed.
Alex Smith is garbage...
I do think he may be cursed....
sometimes you just need a change of scenery, a fresh start…let him go to the Colts and learn behind Manning, then in a few years, take over when Manning retires
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Arizona will throw money at him before that happens.
As Joe Willie said… He’s had more OCs in his first 5 years than I had in my entire career. If he leaves SF 28 or 29 teams will be looking at him.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
and then he will burn us twice a year for the next decade lol
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
lol with the direction the Niners are going, I wouldn't
i mean it may not be Alex that “beats” us (because football is the ultimate team game), but i am not confident in them turning this franchise around any time soon
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I swore I'd throw a pie
at the next person who mentioned OC & Alex in the same remark. excuses are for losers.
For the record
Brees has 14TDs and 10 INTs
Cutler has 6 TDs and 7 INTs
McNabb has 6TDs and 7 INTs
Alex Smith has 9TDs and 10INTs
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
you are correct
I messed up
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The hater's will give Carr's Int to Smith ...!!
I'm your " Huckelberry "...it's just my game ...Jimmy Raye your no daisy ...!!
And of those 9
How many should have been caught? 2 or 3? Maybe 4?
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm positive...
I would rather have Brees, McNabb or Rodgers over Alex Smith. Cutler… eh
Its funny how overrated McNabb is and how underrated Alex is lol
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
That is true
Washington is succeeding solely on their defense so far this year
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
And here I was completely ignorant
that such gank existed that could literally explode one’s frontal lobe out the front of their forehead. Smith better than Eli after a few hits of that good stuff. Underrated. As good as Rogers after a few more (and after cleaning the itty bitty bits of brain off your keyboard).
Oh yeah, Smith’s been nothing short of terrific this year so far as the tiny set of groupies whose world rises and sets in the sad tard’d jock are concerned.
Indeed the world’s smallest violin is just smokin from working overdrive for poor widdle alex. Boo hoo! He gawt thrown to the wulves. Like Sam Bradford… no no no no no… like Peyton Manning… errr… Anyway we just know he’s great because of how well he’s played in his sixth year, when we haven’t been lamenting the times in which his teammates have let him down (that ball the spectators in section 353 nabbed should’ve been caught if Crabtree wasn’t doggin it!).
What was he today then? 9 of 19? Second consecutive week below 50% completions. At the absolute bottom of the league tables in ypa for a team that is usually good for one offensive touchdown per week on its way to posting l’s against some of the worst defenses in football.
Yea, we can’t let this underrated jewel in the franchise’s crown get away. He’s just that good.
Another person that doesn't understand line play
Its ok. Watch football another 15 years and you might get it.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 25, 2010 3:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Drew Brees played worse today than I think Alex has in any game since his rookie year.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That's obviously Alex Smith's fault...
He couldn’t inspire Drew Brees to throw the ball. Smith is a good QB. San Francisco is a bad team mostly because the coaching can’t figure out how to utilize a pro-bowl TE, pro-bowl RB and three decent to really good WR’s.
That’s on the coaching, end of story.
And because they drafted a guy that has a history of whiffing on blocks
As I said about 8,000 times in the off-season. The type of tackle that gets QBs injured. OOPS!
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
i still feel anthony davis has the tools to be dominating.
i’d rather have a tackle with star tools than a ceiling, more polished prospect. but without question, he caused that injury
That ceiling on performance...
Would have meant that we had an NFL ready, quality OT. He hasn’t had a ton of trouble keeping Smith upright.
We drafted the guy with more promise who wasn’t ready to play this year and we played him anyways. And we have an injured QB because of it.
well thats the gamble the team took
for the future, its a lot better. we weren’t going to do anything this year anyways. the Defense has too many holes and manusky is a bad, bad bad coordinator
And is it me, or does it seem like they don't give him as much help as they should?
It just seems like there should be more TE help or something for him, especially since Rachal (who has played most of the snaps at RG) has been mostly terrible
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't say he's been all bad.
But he was terrible today. And he did the thing I knew would eventually happen. Get off balance and whiff entirely. And it came at the worst possible time – When Alex was waiting for something to come open on the left side looking away.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm positive Drew Brees will finish his career with more Super Bowl rings...
and more Super Bowl MVP awards than Alex Smith.
Montana had more than Young did...
Does that mean that Montana was the far superior QB to Steve Young? It could. But I don’t think so.
He also had far more than Dan Marino. Does that mean he was far superior to Dan Marino? It could, but I don’t think so. Same goes for Elway or even Archie Manning.
Did you suggest that Young was better than Montana?
I love Steve Young… but seriously, BETTER than Joe? No way.
No... the point I was trying to make...
Is that there have been lots of great QB’s that have had rings and many great QB’s that haven’t had rings.
why has the discussion come to comparisons with qbs that have ever in their careers had any measure of success doing anything?
Were we not talking about Alex Smith.?
What is the point of this post?...
Do we really want a discussion of both Brees and Smith’s careers here?
Jeeeeeeeeeebus. Dude, your ex doesn’t love you anymore. Get over it.
The 2010 SF 49ers: It's FAIL, done better
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Well, we're waiting.. (for David Carr to start by week 7) - Old Sig
Aren't you one of Carr's cheerleaders?
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Now you really are whiffing here...
My Sig applies to the 49ers QB situation, not with I being a Carr fan. In other words, two things would happen if Carr was named starter:
Smith stinking it up (which happened, yet still was able to save his job).
Smith getting injured (which happened).
Now, I have read most of your tortured posts on the Smith subject. That’s why I made the ex-girlfriend analogy. She’s a dog dude. Get over it and find a real girlfriend,
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Well, we're waiting.. (for David Carr to start by week 7) - Old Sig
Keep on cheering spited Carr powderpuff. I clowned you and your kind all day long during the game
People were actually cheering for Carr before Alex got injured. I kept the chant going while Carr was 1 for 7 with an INT
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Bwah! You used the word "Clowned"...
automatically you lose bignerd points big time here.
BTW, I didn’t post in any of the game threads today.
Jeebus, you need therapy. No wonder she left you.
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Well, we're waiting.. (for David Carr to start by week 7) - Old Sig
Discussing Alex Smith..
I figured you as the scorer of most of these. Kinda like a boxing judge.
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Well, we're waiting.. (for David Carr to start by week 7) - Old Sig
Ok .... thanks for the clairification
I thought maybe I had embarrassed myself with a “Clowned” reference in the past and wasn’t aware of it.
I am sick of Alex Smith. Sad part was he was a little better again today. But atlas, creeping towards sorta competent in Week 7 of the season isn’t developing fast enough … not for a guy on his 6th season. Season is over, his chance to prove himself has run out. Nothing left but to look to the future with a new QB.
You didn't post in any of the game threads for 1 of 2 reasons
You were at a bar cheering WE WANT CARR! Or you were at home but refused to go near the computer because you feared the mockery you’d receive from people that actually know football and laugh at Powderpuff football fans like you.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I was actually...
busy fixing a valve on the Space Station, while streaming KNBR. Sorry you were disappointed that I wasn’t around for you to “clown” me.
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Well, we're waiting.. (for David Carr to start by week 7) - Old Sig
Unfortunately you weren't busy being blown out an airlock
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
We fixed it before that could happen..
the highlight was hearing “Alex Smith sucks” in Russian.
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Well, we're waiting.. (for David Carr to start by week 7) - Old Sig
Drew Brees on the potty
between grunts reading the classifieds and flipping a football with his toes is better quarterback play than Smith in his whole god forsaken career. Now, if what he left in that potty were to roll to its right and chuck a dying quail into the stands, well…
Heiiiiiiiiiiiidi Ho young fans. i’ll be your quarterback for the rest of the season and you won’t notice the difference.
I'm positive
the 9ers defense can’t stop opponents’ game-winning drives.
That's not a big stretch...
we have tons of empirical evidence that strongly suggest that they can’t… after all, they haven’t.
What is our record in games when we were tied or ahead by one score with less than four minutes to go, over the last two and half seasons? I don’t know but anecdotally, I think we’ve lost the majority of them.
Jed York..
I will not spend another dime on a 49er football game until they can prove to me that it’s worth it. That is the positive feeling I got driving the 2-1/2 hours home from the stadium today. I’m a die-hard fan and support the team. I’m just tired of this crap that they roll out every week. I won’t buy a game ticket or Sunday Ticket next year. That’s the positive thing I’m taking from this game. I promise to put the money into my motorcycle next year.
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
How can you even say that
when the Niners are going to win the division this year?
by cybermaldonado on Oct 24, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ONE OTHER POSITIVE
The fan support at the game today was awesome. There seemed to be more red shirts in the stands today than there was blue or black. The parking lot’s were packed with 49er fans- almost in a state of awe at the fact that we outnumbered the home team fans. I’d like to thank all of the 49er fans for showing such awesome support even though we completely suck. The 49ers brass should take note that there was such a great turnout at a game 2500 miles away from home. What if they were good!?!
I met Andy Lee’s dad in the parking lot and he was real cool. That was another positive.
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
shhh don't tell them that there is such great support
then they will think everything is fine and won’t make any positive changes lol
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
poor ownership
would boycotting, or protesting how incompetent the yorks and the coaching is have any effect whatsoever on anything?
Alex Smith is garbage...
maybe all of us Niners fans should put some money together
and buy the team from the Yorks lol
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
What would we change? Would we go back in time and eliminate that stupid #11 pick?
Would we fire Manusky (I think this is most likely), or would we just complain and tell the players they are wasting our money and then start Carr?
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
why would we start carr?
did you not see the game
I think you need to check some of the other posts
to see my opinion on the “We want Carr!” powderpuff cheerleaders.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
just take the death grip that the Yorks have on this team, and sell it to someone else who actually plans on turning this team around (but i have no idea who that would be, so it would take time lol)
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
the yorks
will NEVER sell this team. they think they know what they’re doing. what they fail to realize is that they had ONE football genius in their family, and that genius never trickled down to the rest of that incompetent clueless family. we miss you eddie d! your family? not so much
Alex Smith is garbage...
jed york and sing
have both bitten off more than they can chew with this team. 2 kings of incompetence.
Alex Smith is garbage...
I would be riding my motorcycle in the hills.
..and I’d watch the highlights of the loss at night when I get home. They have proven to me over the last 8 years that my time is better spent elsewhere.
When they get their heads out of their @sses, I’ll pay more attention.
Bottom Line.
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Bye bye Edggy. It’s been great hanging out with you.
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I am with you
Fortunately the Panther fans realize their team is nothing to cheer about and for the most part were not rude, I had some great conversations with many of them about what was going to happen next, which were almost always correct.
Also It was a true pleasure being able to watch the game with so many 9er fans in earshot to jump around with during the good times. The 5 hour drive home was not any bit of fun however.
I have also always liked the Charlotte area, so I had a good time on the weekend aside from the game result.
I actually like some of the things that Mike Johnson was calling early
Those formations with two tight ends split out opened the box for Gore.
Have no idea what the Niners plan on doing in London. You can’t just hand off to Gore without some threat of passing. This may set back American football in Britain by decades.
by Bob In Beaverton on Oct 24, 2010 5:56 PM PDT reply actions
maybe we can cut carr
by throwing him off the plane somewhere over the atlantic
hm.....positive?
ok….i no longer get upset when the 9ers lose….i expect it…..it’s worked well for me.
Alex Smith is garbage...
yes
Unfortunately he was cleaning up others’ mess for many of those.
Maybe Jeff Fisher will finally be fired in Tennessee?
If the Titans don’t make the playoffs and he’s spurned the owner by benching Vince Young again ….
Offensive line
… Is learning to play together
by Vertigo on Oct 24, 2010 6:15 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Positives are
We know Sing was right when he says Alex gives us our best shot to win!
We know that our top pick next year needs to be the est QB or the best CB.
We know that if we don’t win the rest of our games Singletary will be gone.
I think Mike Johnson is better than any OC we have had in sometime.
Ray McDonald has to be given the chance to start.
Manusky needs to be fired. We play so far off the LOS that every play that isn’t a run is a 1st down. Why do we have big corners if we aren’t going to press?
Heads need to roll. Frank “The Tank” Gore deserves a damn ring.
49ers por vida!!!!!!!!!!!!
by 49erSalvatrucha on Oct 24, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes he does...
trade him in the off-season to a good team, while he still has gas in the tank
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, I am confused...
do you mean we can eventually give Frank a good season before he retires or are you talking about this season?
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
bignerd must have just listened to a Singletary press conference. “We will work our tails off to convince the rest of you that Frank will win a Super Bowl this year, after we win the NFC West, of course”
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
What I never alluded to this year
He’s got two more years if we don’t kill him now. Hopefully the franchise can give him one good season.
Remember Barry Sanders?
We’re becoming the next Detroit Lion’s of the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s!!!
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll give you a positive!
The team is 1-6.
The season, for all intents and purposes, is over and it’s still freakin’ October.
The head coach is telling the press that they can still make the playoffs.
The defense can’t stop one of the worst offenses in professional football when it needs to.
The offense is impotent.
The team is the laughing stock of the NFL.
Here’s the positive…
I’m going to the pumpkin patch during the game next Sunday. I’m going to pick pumpkins, go on a hayride, and make my way through the corn maze. I’ve been a Niner fan since the days of John Brodie. However, I will not waste another minute watching inept football and worse coaching. Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I’m free at last.
Good Call
I missed the game this weekend because I was camping on the CA coast and it was the best Sunday I’ve had all season. When football becomes literally painful to watch, then it’s time to step back, breathe, and acknowledge that it’s just a game. Taking a break doesn’t mean you’re any less of a fan, it just means you’re living life and choosing to spend one Sunday outside of football hell.
The team is in absolute chaos and there will be no playoffs this year—let’s just put that talk to rest. As fans, we should support the team and root for the 49ers, but also keep some perspective and recognize that using a Sunday for something other than football isn’t always a bad thing.
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." ~Steve Young #8
by Young_To_Rice on Oct 24, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I am with you Young.
Can’t stand it anymore. Too painful to watch, too awful to listen to. Spent $250.00 for the NFL package on DirecTV. What a waist of money.
It won't happen again until it's actually worth supporting a good cast. Ownership and all!
THIS SEASON
$250- Sunday Ticket
Roughly $300- Atlanta game
Roughly $300- Charlotte game
NEXT YEAR
$0
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
There probably won't even be a season next year
so your threats probably aren’t scaring them
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that mean that we won’t have any Singletary press conferences either?
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That could still happen
But they might not be about football
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Trip,
I got tickets to the Arizona game in Glendale. Got them in July. Paid through the f***ing nose. Have no interest in going. Might sell them on e-bay.
I don’t think I’ll be interested. Nice stadium though!
"We'd like to think that tickets will be hard to come by." Bill Walsh
by TripTheNinja on Oct 24, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean...
The ‘kind’ of fan that has a life outside of football?
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." ~Steve Young #8
by Young_To_Rice on Oct 24, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I STILL do not understand how people can keep blaming alex when
clearly the o-line and play callin is the main problem with this offense. DID you not see how bad carr was? i mean seriously….
The O line is the major problem but they are really young. The defense is sad.
49ers por vida!!!!!!!!!!!!
by 49erSalvatrucha on Oct 24, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
o-line
the o-line play was to be expected considering that you have Baas starting at center which is something he hasn’t done since college, two rookies from inferior college programs trying to adjust to the NFL and Rachal who is extremely inconsistent. They will b e better next year, but that isn’t going to help us now.
Because Alex IS that bad
The guy is simply a so-so QB. He’s inaccurate, has little pocket presence, takes way to long to read defenses, and tends to throw to outlet receivers regardless of coverage. For a backup, you could do worse. For a starter A. Smith sucks.
To be fair to Smith, Carr is worse, and the best QB on the team is on the Practice team because Singletary is trying to teach him how to be a man or something. If the 49ers want to win, their best option is to feed Nate Davis to the lions. Let him succeed or fail on his own.
This season is incredibly frustrating because:
a) the fans all drank the Kool-ade thinking that they had a contender this year, despite being a team that could barely win in the past few years. The team didn’t have the personnel at the start of the season, and hasn’t done anything (see next point) to fix it.
b) Young players are not being allowed to develop, so you end up with an older, slower version of last year.
c) The plays being called looks stupid because the offense ends up taking the third option on every play. I guarantee every play pass play called is not a screen to Gore, or 5 yd dump to Davis, but it looks that way because that is what Smith is executing.
I’m really looking forward to anyone trying to defend A. Smith or the decision to keep Davis off the field. 1-5 is 1-5.
Hard to have pocket presence.
When you know guys are going to come free on you on a regular basis. His fear was well grounded in reality.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
And Nate Davis isn't playing because he's a waterhead that couldn't learn more than 75% of the playbook over 18 months
Dude is so dumb his college coaches dumbed down his offensive line protection calls to just 1 call per play.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Aside that not being true (I went to Ball State), Davis did run a simplified offense… which ironically is very similar to this one.
Davis isn’t book smart, but he is a very fast decision maker and had made great calls at the line for the (Ball State) Cardinals. It’s unfortunate that his coach and BSU’s athletic director turned the final four weeks of Nate’s insane season into a soap opera over Brady Hoke’s coaching contract.
It absolutely is true. The 75% number came from Davis' own mouth
And the 1 OLine protection number came from that reporter that knew him and blew him up as being irresponsible and not having any work ethic.
The Niners have as many as 8 or 9 different OLine protections for any 1 play. Davis didn’t or couldn’t, (cause he’s dumb), learn them.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
1) dont be ignorant and call someone “dumb” because he/she has a disability as if you know what it’s like…
2) 75% of a playbook is enough to win a football game against a team that got dismantled by the raiders.
3) Should Nate Davis start next week if Alex is unable to play? Ya pretty much… since david carr’s ability to throw a brown oblong leather ball toward a red jersey is even worse than mine… and troy smith? ehh.. just… ugh no
by PartyStarter on Oct 24, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He's been called dumb by scouts
and it has nothing to do with his disability. He’s dumb because he’s immature and wants to pop bottles like he’s Payton Manning.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 25, 2010 3:50 AM PDT up reply actions
what we should do now is...
trade gore now that his draft value is an all sky high with two great games in a row, and get a 2nd or a late first.. and move forward
hate to burst your bubble
but the trading deadline has past no trade until the off season
yeah silly post im sorry
the loss has got me forgettin stuff
huh?
Aside from the trade deadline having passed, his trade value was highest when the team re-signed him to a cap friendly contract after he broke the franchise rushing record in 2006.
by David Fucillo on Oct 24, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah i meant this year, and i forgot about the deadline.... forgettin stuff now..
the niners are heartbreaking
Ya know what scares me TeeKay89?
I realize that Denver lost big today. But who on this blog would be crazy enough to bet the ranch that the Niners will beat Denver next Sunday. They just lost to an 0-5 team, for God’s sake. I’ll say it right now – - – Niners on a downward bender. They will lose by 10 to Denver next Sunday to go 1-7. The QB position is pathetic, as is the defense.
this season is finished im afraid to say...
and im usually very optimistic.. there’s no way we can make the play-offs now
on the postive
we have the perfect coaching staff to get us the number one pick in the draft
what we can do for next year
Can we just go 1-15 and get a good draft pick. Trade back, select peterson or prince and get a DE with that extra pick. A NT in the second, and a safety in the third. Sign lamaar woodley, re-sign lawson – if he wants more than 3 million a year, release him. get rid of goldson
Hard to get a NT...
it’s an uncommon position in college and usually takes years to develop one… better to sign a veteran.
is RJF that bad? he could be at least decent right? I wouldn’t mind a big right guard in the 2nd but hopefully get it right this time
by PartyStarter on Oct 24, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Update....
Rogers now has 9 INTs for the year, just like Alex lol
Ahahahaha
And his line is better too :P
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
well not right now
Finley is out and Grant is out. So we have more weapons right now.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
on the positive
alex isnt the WORST qb at throwing interceptions..He SHARES that disntinction
MAYBE He can redeem his esteemed title and get on the field soon!
its funny but for just 2 seconds when you saw how bad carr is, you MIGHT have realised how alex isnt nearly as bad you may think
but an hour later, youre back to ur alex hating.
Alex Smith is a good QB who makes bad decisions.
For some reason, after the first drive in each game he starts dumping off.. instead of going down field. Alex needs a different team in order to improve.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, either way, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
it could be that after the first drive, the opposite veteran and more experienced d-line learn the weaknesses of our rookie o-lineman and exploit it quickly
our o-line performs signicantly worse as the game progresses.
alex smith is not a good quarterback...
on a team that is not very good or well-coached.
After the 1st drive we went super conservative
other than the for the pass that Alex threw downfield to Morgan.
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Oct 24, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
a good QB that makes bad decisions = bad QB
example: Lamborghini in hands of 10 year old = car crash
its called sarcasm
but hey if you want to keep playing with your #11 doll and singing la de da
no one’s stopping you.
Nah, Brees has 10 ints
he is the worst this year lol
by sanfranfanmdk on Oct 24, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Kindof a social moronism thing to say ...!!
I'm your " Huckelberry "...it's just my game ...Jimmy Raye your no daisy ...!!
Personally I would have to pick between the defense forcing turnovers and Gore.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
Positives - you can't talk about positives!
I’m so sick of talk talk talk. We talked all offseason of how good they looked. We talked all preseason on their perfect record how good they were. Expectations were at an all time high for them this year. Problem is no action. No matter how good they do on every facet of the game a WIN is a WIN and a LOSS is a LOSS. Devastating times to be a niners fan right now.
by I love Patrick Willis on Oct 24, 2010 7:37 PM PDT reply actions
yes
What we've got here is a failure to communicate.
"I'm just like you, but 10 times better"
by SportsChicken on Oct 25, 2010 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions
The Sixth Quarter
The more losses that the Niners pile up, the more insignificant the postings of these arm chair analysts become.
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