Originally posted by ZRF80:
Originally posted by LambdaChi49:
Originally posted by ZRF80:
I am praying that this game ends up being a blessing in disguise. Maybe these 2-0 / 2-1 starts these past few seasons have given the team false reassurances, setting us up for major pitfalls later in the season (eg talking about getting revenge on Minnesota in the post season last year). Maybe this kind of loss to that kind of team (Seattle) is exactly what the Niners needed. Maybe under a frenzied crowd we'll come out on fire........more than we would have had we killed the Hawks this week.
I hope Smith proves me wrong.
That was your most positive post in a long time. Wow. haha.
I just want to win. Im sick of losing. I was in high school when the Niners won the Superbowl. Now Im married, graduated from med school, work as a hospitalist...and havent sniffed the playoffs in almost a decade. If it takes Alex Smith to go deep into the playoffs, Im all for it. I dont think he can do it, but that doesnt mean I dont want him to.
Yeah I remember when I was like 6 or 7 years old and first grade and Steve Young beat the f'n packers and I got to tell off the packer fans at my school. We haven't been in the playoffs since I was friggin 11. This is pathetic. I just want him to do well, mainly because if we have to let go of everyone and draft a rookie that's 2-3 years of rebuilding AGAIN. I'm sick of this s**t. It doesn't take 5 years to build a team. Atleast not for good organizations.
I think he can be a good player, like he has potential and always has, but he's not a good player YET and may not ever be. He's going to have to get past this s**t that troubles him, like choking on easy passes. I have to wonder if when he started having trouble with his accuracy if he was locking his leg or something again. But he NEEDS to do well, because I doubt David Carr can be the guy and Troy Smith doesn't even know our system yet.
That said this whole team needed to play better today. Our secondary was toast, and TKO said it best after the game on tv "I dont care where they get the ball, they scored too many redzone points and that's something we really pride ourselves in". We need a better pass rush, that line is patchwork and we only get 1 sack? How? And our OLine didn't block for Gore, he didn't get a chance to make things happen. When they were stacking the box we should've went with play action, and we waited to throw deep(not that Smith really was hitting anything anyway) until we got behind and they're waiting for it. Smith was bad, Crabtree just looked like he half assed everything out there, our OLine didn't do s**t(I wonder if having Heitman back will help?), and our WRs didn't really do anything. Then the refs f**ked us over. Our playcalling was decent at times but overall it was bad. The only guys who earned their paychecks today were Willis, Davis, and Andy Lee.