Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Originally posted by OregonNiner87:
How instrumental he was in turning around Alex Smith is debatable. Not only is it arguable that he was being held back by the inferior coaching staff but he was clearly arrow up before Harbaugh.
He was far from arrow up before Harbaugh. I've got nothing against Alex, but he was 3-7 in 2010 and fighting with Troy Smith for playing time.
Do we need to go into the statistics about Alex Smith again? Quit bagging on Alex. He's long gone, just admit that he closed out 2010 with a very strong 7 game stretch of 11 TDs, 3 INTs, 1450 yards, and a passer rating of 94.75.
If you think that level of play did not influence Harbaugh's decision to keep Alex at all? Then you are being plain stubborn and foolish.
Harbaugh pulled Alex up just "that much more" but Alex in 2010 was the same Alex we saw in KC this season and the same Alex we saw in 2011 and 2012. Some fantastic games here and there, with some pretty bad ones thrown in. But since 2010 Alex has been consistent, no matter the coach.