Originally posted by niner4life21:Originally posted by fakers23:Originally posted by dtg_9er:Originally posted by fakers23:Originally posted by 80sbaby24:Originally posted by fakers23:Originally posted by 80sbaby24:
Another thing that kills me is the fact that Alex enthusiasts constantly point at a bad OLine, and a lack of weapons as the reasons that he hasnt played well. Well what about other QBs who were top picks and played well? Wouldnt it be logical to say that those players went to teams with problems too? ALL top picks go to crappy teams with problems. You are either Sam Bradford whose skills can overcome the teams faults, or you are Alex Smith (or Akili Smith, Ryan Leaf, Jamarcus Russell, etc) whose lack of skills cant overcome the teams faults.
Here another thing... Can you name 1 1st round QB with Alex starting record that got a 7th year to boot? Tim Couch only got what 4 or 5... Russell only got 3... Leaf only got 1.. Carr still in the league,but is a back up now on the 49ers and no chance of starting.. Yet we keep going to the well every year hoping for some thing that's not there!
Tim Couch was only given 5 years even after he lead his team to a playoff berth. Alex hasnt and people want to give him a 7th year. Simply baffling.
Yet, people wonder why I'm so negative about this upcoming year... I've seen the Alex Smith show... It's a failure... So why should I or others like me have high hopes for next year... When were just getting the same deal. lol
Fakers, I was devastated when the 9ers hired Nolan and even more so when Singletary took over, but I kept rooting for the team because, for better or worse, they are my favorite team. It is painful at times, when you see something one way and the team goes the opposite, but thats the breaks! It is nice to be able to remember back to the days when they surprised the heck out of me and won a super bowl...and then, and then...wow, what a great ride. Now I can be happy for my Giants, hope for the Warriors and wait for next years NFL season to get here.
DTG,I have rooted for the team every year.. Had high hope each time... As much as I love my 49ers and cherish the glory days... It's getting harder and harder to justify why I am a fan of thiers.. When I continue to see the same deal year after year.. Last year I was all gone ho... Saying this year the year... I even gave Alex the benfit of doubt... He failed again... Now I"m being asked as a fan again... To ride with him for a 7th? 6 was bad enough,but now more? I get he has his fans.. That cool and all,but they should be 49ers fans first and what's best for the 49ers is to end the misery know as Alex... Untill that day comes... The 49ers will continue to finish 2nd,3nd or last place...
P.S. I'm also a fan of the Ducks and Lakers.. Ducks may stink right now,but when it comes to the Lakers... Do you think a great franchise like them would put up with the same type of failure for a 7th season.. Not a chance in hell.. The 49ers use to be like that in the 80's. Now of days thier more like say the Clippers!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I totally agree with you fakers. lol. People have began to accept mediocrity. That's never a good thing. I never watched football in the glory days because I was too young, or even in the 90s, b/c I didn't like football back then.
All I've seen as a fan in losing. My first season as a fan was 2004, one of the worst 49er seasons historically.
STILL, I never accept and never will accept mediocrity. I just won't. Weaks**ts like Alex Smith will never be accepted by the majority of the fanbase. We didn't like Kwame Harris, Ahmed Plummer, Mike Rumph, Derek Smith, Mark Roman and all the other terrible players we've had over the past 6-7 years. Why don't people feel the same way about Alex? Is it some sort of personal attachment with him? I think it might be
Just like I said... You ask a team like the Lakers,Yankees,Steelers,Cowgirls,Celtics,or if you want back in time the 49ers of the 80's/90's if they would put up with 6 going on 7 of the same formula.. You know what they would tell you... Are you high? lol
[ Edited by fakers23 on Feb 18, 2011 at 3:31 PM ]