Alex Smith the starter next year?

I give this thread 15 pages before a few vehement posters force the mods to lock it up for inappropriate comments.

[ Edited by Jakemall on Feb 16, 2011 at 08:37:41 ]

slit my wrists....right now.

Originally posted by tondiman:
slit my wrists....right now.

no1 is stoping u

It is quite obvious from looking at the situation with the CBA, the cost in a high draft choice for an unproved QB, and the fact that Harbaugh has seen something in Smith that he likes, that Alex has the inside track as the starter.

Now a lot could change if the CBA gets signed before the draft but that is looking more and more unlikely everyday. Even if it gets signed, the cost of a trade for Kolb or even Johnson is not very attractive.

Smith is clearly the best short-term option...perhaps long-term as well if Harbaugh is as good a coach as we all hope.

oh man i can imagine the story if harbaugh transform alex into a pro bowl qb, steve young struggled mightily until he learned from bill walsh. just saying

with all the bulls**t going on with the CBA negotiations, Alex Smith would be the best man for the job. Smart move on Harbaughs part.

another lost season if Smith starts

Or maybe Harbaugh watch the film and realizes that the previous coaching staff sucked so bad that EVERY player deserved a fresh start and needs to be reavaluated...

I would like to see what a real coach can do for Alex. Heaven knows that Nolan and Singletary were clueless in the developing QB department. Norv Turner speaks well of Alex Smith and that was as close to a good offensive mind that we have had with the 49ers since Alex's rookie season (yeah some will say how about Mike Martz - I say not many people think too much about him since his days with the Greatest Show on Turf with his stable of HOF players). Lets see what an offensive minded coach and QB guru can do with Alex. Give him a chance and lets support our team - not our fantasies about being a NFL caliber armchair coach.

Originally posted by success710:
I would like to see what a real coach can do for Alex. Heaven knows that Nolan and Singletary were clueless in the developing QB department. Norv Turner speaks well of Alex Smith and that was as close to a good offensive mind that we have had with the 49ers since Alex's rookie season (yeah some will say how about Mike Martz - I say not many people think too much about him since his days with the Greatest Show on Turf with his stable of HOF players). Lets see what an offensive minded coach and QB guru can do with Alex. Give him a chance and lets support our team - not our fantasies about being a NFL caliber armchair coach.

alex was acually injurued and missed the whole 2007 season which was when martz was there and he acually like smith based on gametape just said something about bending knees and something about his throwing motion if i remember correctly

Originally posted by Jakemall:
I give this thread 15 pages before a few vehement posters force the mods to lock it up for inappropriate comments.

15...wow I think much less haha.

But I'm all for bringing Alex back.

If Alex does come back Harbaugh needs to somehow or some way bring in real competiton as well. He can not just hand him the job.

Troy smith would be a better pick between the smiths. Just look what he did last year when he came in. Did he struggle? I thing anyone would, but he was able to pick up a few wins with us. Alex smith will put up ok numbers but how many games will he win us. His best season we went 5 - 5. I expect better than that from a qb that is "the best qb in the division" as some have indicated.