Originally posted by English:
Originally posted by 9eridiot:
Originally posted by WillistheWall:
Originally posted by 9eridiot:
Originally posted by 49erForLife420:
Originally posted by Ceadderman:
The haters will ALWAYS hate on Smith.
If we go 9-7 or better they'll say the same stupid things about how he didn't do this and didn't do that and his footwork sucks(throw your F'n hat in the ring then) and he can't read defenses... 
...and if he takes us to the playoff then it's all about he SHOULD be taking us there every year and... ...if he takes us to the Super Bowl then its the same... ...if he WON a Super Bowl they would STILL hate on him talkin all their
But I never ONCE hear about how our Line doesn't come through for him or any of our QBs'. I don't EVER hear about how our team never keeps continuity or how the Receivers drop the ball or
You Alex haters just STFU about the man. I swear if you an me were in the same room watching a game someone would be getting their ass kicked. Cause I truly cannot stand loud mouth jerks interrupting my games. And that is how you come across to me. You come off like you think your crap don't stink and you could do no wrong.
How bout we just agree to let it go one way or the other? Let's see what he has by the end of the season. If he fails we're DEFINITELY moving on. If he succeeds he'll be here for a few more years and you haters can reload and try again.
In any case this is the lamest 9er related argument given all the damn issues that this team has.
Sorry bout the rant guys, I'm just fed up with the infighting.
~Ceadder
You speak the truth, thankyou
Here's what I think is the truth. Alex is not necessarily the problem, but is symptomatic of a disease within this organization.
Obviously, that disease starts with ownership - John York.
He has reduced this franchise to mediocrity and as long as you go along without questioning decisions that are being made, you are enabling him.
We had a once-mighty franchise that now is trying to convince its fanbase that it should settle for making the playoffs some day and be happy with that lofty goal.
Imagine Steeler fans or Cowboy fans accepting that.
That's why I'm pissed!!!
Then take your anger out on York himself for not spending as much as those other teams rather than on our QB who isn't a world beater yet but is improving. It's not Smith's fault we didn't make a big splash this offseason. I mean you're saying you're pissed at our owner but all you do is rip the QB. But it's not like we're not getting better. We have 2 first round picks in a loaded draft, we've got guys like VD, Willis, Goldson extensions coming up. We're trying to build something that actually looks like it might be a promising group of players to build around, and we're not at a super bowl level yet so all you're doing is complaining about mediocrity. The year before the Steelers won the title they weren't that great, bounced in the first, and the year after(both of their last 2 titles btw) they got their ass kicked and didn't make the playoffs.
I'm not saying we have the group that they do, because we don't or atleast not yet. But there is something here, with an OC who might not be great but we can actually keep him around and he's better for the team than the last 2 assclowns we had. We have a really good Defensive Coordinator. We had like 4 or 5 pro bowlers, which is a lot. We have a QB who is getting better, even if you don't think he's the guy 18 TDs in 10 games is pretty good and threw 60.5% completions, that's better than a guy like McNabb(no I'm not saying Smith is a better player, but all people ever do is rip Smith on accuracy but then they want a guy who is less accurate last season and older than him?) but he gets no credit for that, and this is the first time he's really going to be sure about the offense and different stuff he can do in it in his career. Then you got guys like VD who are getting utilized better, and Crabtree getting better building a good rapport with his QB. Really offensively our main need is RT and LG, and at LG we may just improve because we improved our OLine coach.
When you're building something good than you got to give it some time, and this specific group has only had 1.5 years together. The smart thing to do is not blow anything up or make any dramatic changes until you know how far these guys can go with experience and chemistry under their belts, and then after that you make changes to see what you need to improve on unless it's a glaring weakness(like RT). I don't think the problem is we're settling for mediocrity, I think the problem is it takes time for guys to chemistry when you're changing everything every year and we just need to let this group get better.
You're right! My issue is with York, not Alex.
Here's the example. When the Niners were world class and our #1 QB started to get some injuries, what did we do? Did we bring somebody like JT O'Sullivan or Dorsey or Hill? No, we brought in Steve Young.
When Alex got injured, we should have brought in equal or greater talent, not a stopgap measure.
The problem we have is that studs like Willis and VD and Justin and Goldson who are ready to win now, but they have to wait and hope for a QB to develop.
That's not the way winning franchises operate.
Salary cap. Plus, when Steve Young was brought in, he was a huge gamble. One that many 49er fans thought was a failure till he finally won a Superbowl. "Deer caught in the headlights" was a frequent description.
But we could not do it again, now. We couldn't pick up an expensive player and have him bench warm for years. Don't blame the team or the Yorks. Put the blame where it belongs. The NFL makes the rules.
Thank You, we are the reason why there is a salary cap now...because for the simple reason we had Steve Young sitting behind Montana for a few years. For the simple fact that, all the priemiere players wanted to come to SF to win a ring. All the years of stockpiling talent caught up with us. And when York took over we had soooo much dead money to pay out to players who werent even on the team. We had to start over from scratch....
It sucks because we could have gotten so much more for TO. And to make matters worse, the only 2 picks that Donahue hit on in his 3 years of drafting for us were Heitman and Soapoaga. A franchise cannot improve if you have terrible drafts. And I will give Nolan credit, when he was running things here...he has brought in talent. And even signed top FA's.
Now is the time to sign our own top talent, and keep them here, not foolishly throw money out to top FA's, we have far to much talent on this team to not let them get away, because of foolishly wasting it on FA's...
This is just my take....oh, and go ALEX!
