Originally posted by Getrdun9ers:
I honestly don't know why for the most part it's only Niners fans that think that Alex Smith is garbage. I talk to so many people over here in Iraq, and back in Japan and everyone thinks that Alex Smith is actually a good QB, he just has been injured the last almost 2 full seasons, and his first season was... well, it was just that. His first season. Everyone over here agrees if he's given a chance to learn one offense, not 5 in 5 seasons he could end up being a good QB. This comes from New England, Dallas, Arizona... and many other fans. It's only our fans that hate him with a passion and think he's worthless.
I'm not saying that I won't support whoever our QB is. As much as I hate to say it, I even supported Dilfer when he was playing, just because he was the one starting. And I'm still hoping Alex pulls through. If he doesn't do good here I hope he leaves here with his head high goes to a GOOD team and gets himself to the Super Bowl and makes all you people that hate him think... damn. I wish we would've kept him.
Take Tom Brady for example. He was skipped over 199 times in the draft. Nobody thought he would end up being any good. Look what happened. Put in the right system, with the right TEAM, and QB can be good, or even great.
Another person we could look at on that level would be Steve Bono, and Jim Drunkenmiller. Neither of them were supposed to be good QB's, but they grew up sitting on the Niners sideline learning the game. When they had to come in to the game finally they were VERY capable of winning. Not because they were great, but the team around them was great.
An opposite example of them would be Ryan Leaf. Supposed to be a GREAT QB.... the next so called Joe Montana. Put on a crappy San Diego team at the time, and didn't do crap.
My point is the Niners of the 80's and early to mid 90's could've done great with any QB simply because of the team around them. QB's don't make a great team, great teams make great QB's. That's the best part about football. It's the only sport you can HONESTLY say is a TEAM sport. Baseball isn't. One person can win a baseball game on his own. Basketball isn't. Take the Lakers for example with that one.Hear me out with this one. It's more like Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Without Kobe, that team would be garbage.
That's right... I said it. Anyways... who cares. I just want the Niners to be great again.
GO NINERS!!!!
I don't know who you talk to, but no one I know says Alex Smith is a good QB. I live in Jersey and have friends who are giants, eagles, skins, jets, cowboys fans. They all think Smith sucks something awful. Maybe that's because he does. I still wonder how anyone could say otherwise. I do agree he's gotten an unfair shake in the NFL due to injuries and coordinators. But that's the nature of the beast. Life isn't fair. Furthermore, even when he was healthy he never showed flashes of being great. I saw about a quarter and a half of solid football from him in a 2006 Seattle game. That's it. And that's not enough to warrant being a "decent" QB. Certainly not enough to warrant him being a good QB. That's laughable.
