49ers Fan Confidence Polls

by David Fucillo on Jul 10, 2010 7:00 AM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

I'm not sure how many folks noticed this over the past week, but on the top left side of the front of Niners Nation, there's a 49ers Fan Confidence Poll. As part of the roll out of the new regional sites, each team blog has been given this Fan Confidence Poll to measure, shockingly enough, how confident fans are with their team. The poll is closed at this point, but will reopen in the coming week. You can actually view results for all the Bay Area teams (at least those with SB Nation blogs) at the Bay Area regional site. If you scroll about halfway down you'll see graphics for each team's SB Nation blog, along with the last three posts at each site. Just below that is the Fan Confidence Poll for that team.

The first week's rating for the 49ers is a 58 out of 100. Of course, considering it's the first of these polls there's no baseline among 49ers fans from which to begin. However, I thought it'd be worth pointing out the polls of some other teams to give folks an idea of some rating. The Raiders currently sit at 60. Elsewhere, the Chiefs are at 63, the Redskins are at 57, the Bears are at 61, and the Eagles are at 58. Even the Patriots are at 60 and the Vikings are at 47. So, I suppose it's hard to get a real handle on these ratings at this point.

I thought we could use this post to discuss the general level of confidence people have in the 49ers as a whole heading into the 2010 season. I suppose the fan confidence poll could be seen as covering everything from ownership and the stadium, to the product on the field heading into the season. For the purposes of this discussion, let's just look at confidence on the overall product on the field.

Yesterday we discussed the team's biggest weakness heading into the 2010 regular season. James has been posting player confidence polls all offseason. For now, I thought we'd look at the bigger picture. Not so much pointing out the specific weakness or strength, but rather the general confidence level. Personally, I'm fairly comfortable heading into the season. I try not to get too confident, but there's just that certain buzz around the team that has me confident and excited. There are certainly weaknesses on the team, but the confidence level from last year to this year just seems to be at a higher level. It may not reflect in the Fan Confidence Poll at this point, but I think we'll see that reflection in the not too distant future.

49ers Fan Confidence Poll

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I am very optimistic about the 49ers this year. As much as I don’t care for Alex Smith I do hope he will have a good season and make up for years of disappointment. Much of my optimism is based not only on what we can do as a team but also with the division we are in. As many teams in the past have shown the first step in winning is getting to the playoffs. I am certain that the rams are still a few years away from being a concern and I think the Seahawks are on a downhill slide as there getting older and there QB has been so injury prone as of late. This leaves the Cardinals, with the retirement of Warner and loss of Boldin, the Cardinals are certain to take a step back for at least one season and will give us our best opportunity to succeed within the division in years. Last season we were one pass and a heart wrenching loss to the Seahawks away from winning the division as it was. I fully expect the 49ers to not only win the division this season but to use it as a stepping stone for future success. 2 years ago I was excited about getting Coach Singletary as the head coach not only for his coaching ability but also for his reputation. A coach is expected to be able to develop their players and to lead a team but I think the coach you have will impact more than just the players you have currently, free agents that you wouldn’t have had a shot at signing in the past will defiantly have a more optimistic outlook on a team with a good coach or a coach they respect. This is where I think the success of the 49ers will help them in the future. We will be able to resign players that earlier would have thought about leaving in order to play for a successful organization in order to have a shot at a championship. We will also have a better shot at free agents leaving bad teams in order to have success. With the nature of the draft some of the best talent goes to some of the most dismal teams (man I would love to have Stafford). In closing I feel that Success breeds Success and the 49ers are headed for a much brighter future and for the first time in a while I can hold my head up high and not have to defend my team at every turn just for remaining a loyal fan.

by LongDistance9ersFan on Jul 10, 2010 8:42 AM PDT reply actions

Successful Organization

There you used a phrase that that did not belong to the 49ers, for sometime, and only now just a little.. Don’t get me wrong I love my team and have defended them, worried for them, yelled at them, you know what I’m saying. I was glad we hired coach Sing, but I also know that it takes time to build a team in the NFL, with that said I think the major construction is over for now, it’s time to tweek, and adjust, and teach the new guys the system, but we can never forget that it is a business, so some of our favorite players may be leaving…we will see after camp, and the 53 man roster come out, I want the best team on the planet..(of course we all do) so polls this early are kind of hard for us to do. I’ll leave it there for now, but I know we all want to go to the super bowl, but we also know we may not make it out of the first level of the play offs, this to is to early to even talk about, but we all wish, don’t we…..

R.L.

by Equus569 on Jul 10, 2010 9:17 AM PDT reply actions

Confident as to how far?

Are Viking fans just negative nellies or do they realistically think that while their team might win the division they probably won’t win the Super Bowl? And what are the Raiders’ fans confident about? That their quarterback won’t be swigging purple drank in the huddle?

I’m sorry. I needed to write purple drank. My girlfriend won’t let me say it around the house anymore. Purple drank purple drank purple drank!!!

by Bob In Beaverton on Jul 10, 2010 9:24 AM PDT reply actions

I have high confidence

in the Niners and the organization. It seems like this is the first time in a long time that we are making good decisions as far as personal and we play hard. The main reason for this in my opinion is Sing. He is a no non-sense coach who doesn’t take no crap from anyone and he does things the right way. Most of all he knows his players and knows there background of where they are from and what they are trying to accomplish. That is so underrated in todays sports. He understands players of today thats why he is able to get them coached up faster and get there maximum effort and he hold players responsible for what they do. Some of our passed coaches had trouble motivating players and in some cases they were intimidated by some of the players personalities they had to deal with. Everybody gets on T.O. for the way he handled himself when he was with our club as they should, but I can assure u if Sing was our coach back then he would have made a real difference in how T.O. approached the media and his teammates in the same way he did with VD. Leaders lead from the front and Sing is doing a great job of taking the Niners to the next level. When it is said and done and we get back to the promise land and people look back on where it all turned it will lead u straight to our head coach.

Beat Em To The Punch - Bill Walsh

by Desi on Jul 10, 2010 10:39 AM PDT reply actions

Owners vs Head Coach

Between these two they can make or break a team I was so dissapointed when we let Mooch go and brought in Erickson. I mean what were we thinking?? there is no way that Eddie DeBartolo would have done that. I am not a fan of the elder Yorks but between Jed and Coach Singletary I am hoping we will once again be an organization that is both feared on the field and respected around the league in the Front office.

by LongDistance9ersFan on Jul 10, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions