smith @ end of game

Originally posted by ninersush:

Originally posted by Blitz:

Originally posted by Izyniner:
Bottom line with only 50 seconds on our own ten with the score tyied I am yelling at the tv to run the damn ball and take into ot. The coaching staff lost this game. Seattle could have only stopped the clock twice and would have recieved the punt with about ten seconds. Come on

Yes, the real lesson of this game is what we have known for months now...we have no run blocking.

very good point. the coaching staff as usual put us in a position to lose.

however, my only counter point to this is....they are showing confidence in alex and giving him a chance to shine and be a winner. that is why they called 3 passing plays. they said hey alex you took us this far, now finish it for us. imho.

They really couldn't do anything else without some run blocking. We really needed to be able to run the ball a little on that last possession. Absolutely, 100% needed to be able to do that. We havn't been able to do it all season long, so they chose to put it on Alex. They really didn't put us in a position to lose....sure they f**ked up and it cost us 7 non that f**ked up ST trick play. It was the recieving core not making the catches, and Gore fumbling that put us in the position to lose more than anything. They have to learn to know the situation, they have to know you have to make those plays, you have to protect the ball, you have to know it's on you to make something happen when given the chance. Catch the TD, don't fumble etc.

Originally posted by tohara3:
Don't forget on the drive before he hit Vernon in his hands & he dropped a touchdown. Then Crabtree wasn't looking for the ball that would have been a touchdown.

Agree both of these guys dropped the ball here. Alex cannot catch a pass he throws.

Originally posted by danimal:
So how many 4th QTR comeback wins does Alex Smith have? 1? 2? maybe 3? maybe none?

How many opportunities has he had in his career? 10? 15?

Now you can look at each of those failed comebacks and argue he was not the primary reason we lost.

But at some point you have to look at the entire set don't ya?

At some point you have to look at the entire team and not depend on one or two players to make the play. Your attention on Smith at this point in his second time around is too critical and missed the team's other inadequacy.

Originally posted by ninersush:
dudes i'm not bashing alex. i'm simply saying that if you have a chance to win at the end of the game and you have the ball to drive the qb needs to take the game in hand and win.

so let's play this out...had alex made better decisions/throws on 2nd or 3rd & 3 and the wr/te dropped/fumbled then i would say that alex did everything he could.

but what happened is that alex made 2 of his worst throws of the day when it counted most.

i'm just asking that given this, is the ability to close something alex can learn or is it something that can not be learnt.

for those of us who had the benefit of watching montana/young we know that most of the time if we had the ball & chance to win the game they would have done so. they had that "it". can alex learn that or is it something you are just born with?

and i know that alex was big time today. we would not have been in the game without him. this is not trying to find a way to bash him or support hill. i just wanna know if the part of his game that is lacking can be fixed?

Your post is a f**king joke......Can he learn to have "it" ......LOL.....Maybe if Vernon learns to catch the ball, and for the record I saw Montana and Young too....so what the f**k does that have to do with anything????

Kick rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by teeohh:

Originally posted by tohara3:
Don't forget on the drive before he hit Vernon in his hands & he dropped a touchdown. Then Crabtree wasn't looking for the ball that would have been a touchdown.

receivers let him down

+1. Smith did exactly what he had to do. One dropped TD pass and Gore fumble lost us the season, not Smith.

Originally posted by danimal:
So how many 4th QTR comeback wins does Alex Smith have? 1? 2? maybe 3? maybe none?

How many opportunities has he had in his career? 10? 15?

Now you can look at each of those failed comebacks and argue he was not the primary reason we lost.

But at some point you have to look at the entire set don't ya?

Your so lame ...................

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:
I could not disagree more with this thread.

You got your 300 yards despite MANY, MANY drops. AND we lost, but NOT because of Smith.

They don't care, they'll still criticize him for hella random s**t.

Alex Smith is the QB of the future. Lets move on to a different topic.

Originally posted by YouGotGored:
Alex Smith is the QB of the future. Lets move on to a different topic.

Yeah he looks good. They need to run some designed runs for him to keep the defense true.

Originally posted by qnnhan7:

Originally posted by danimal:
So how many 4th QTR comeback wins does Alex Smith have? 1? 2? maybe 3? maybe none?

How many opportunities has he had in his career? 10? 15?

Now you can look at each of those failed comebacks and argue he was not the primary reason we lost.

But at some point you have to look at the entire set don't ya?

At some point you have to look at the entire team and not depend on one or two players to make the play. Your attention on Smith at this point in his second time around is too critical and missed the team's other inadequacy.

you make a very fair point. perhaps i'm being too critical of smith. he has shown remarkable growth/progress. no one can dismiss his progress this year. and this game was put squarely on alex and he did hold up his end of the bargain. so i can only hope that all the pieces around him continue to improve as well as him. and that the team can collectively learn to win games like this that they should have won.

Anyone who looks at this game film and finds a way to blame Alex is truly an ignorant a*****e. I would seriously love for one of you pricks to come to my house and say that s**t to my face. None of you deserve to be niners fans.

Originally posted by thojess:
Anyone who looks at this game film and finds a way to blame Alex is truly an ignorant a*****e. I would seriously love for one of you pricks to come to my house and say that s**t to my face. None of you deserve to be niners fans.

amen brother.

some people just want to hate him for no apparent reason.

Originally posted by teeohh:

Originally posted by tohara3:
Don't forget on the drive before he hit Vernon in his hands & he dropped a touchdown. Then Crabtree wasn't looking for the ball that would have been a touchdown.

receivers let him down

WHY DO YOU DUCK IN THE ENDZONE CRABTREE??? WHY DO YOU DROP A GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN CATCH VERNON???? WHYYYYYYYYY

im so disappointed............ alex played good... our team let us down..

Originally posted by thojess:
Anyone who looks at this game film and finds a way to blame Alex is truly an ignorant a*****e. I would seriously love for one of you pricks to come to my house and say that s**t to my face. None of you deserve to be niners fans.

Hey I'm with you!!


Can I come to your house so you can teach me how to be an internet tough guy? If not, I understand.

thanks in advance

[ Edited by King49er on Dec 6, 2009 at 19:52:10 ]

Originally posted by King49er:

Originally posted by thojess:
Anyone who looks at this game film and finds a way to blame Alex is truly an ignorant a*****e. I would seriously love for one of you pricks to come to my house and say that s**t to my face. None of you deserve to be niners fans.

Hey I'm with you!!


Can I come to your house so you can teach me how to be an internet tough guy? If not, I understand.

thanks in advance

You can come to my house I will put my foot in your ass like that 02' Giants game.

[ Edited by Peanut49 on Dec 6, 2009 at 19:59:38 ]