Originally posted by eastie:
All these big brains on here make it intimidating to post. It appears that the consensus of the armchair geniuses is that CK isn't legitimate, can't do what needs to be done. And this conclusion has been formulated from watching the games and interviews on TV. Do any of you guys REALLY have any idea about what's said to him during the week? What the coaches are telling him to do each week? Didn't think so...Did any of you geniuses play QB in the NFL? No? Well if you don't mind me asking, what makes you think that you know more than the professionals that are paid a whole lot of money to make these decisions? Do you really think that a billion dollar business would let things fall apart to the point that a bunch of fanboys with NO experience would have thier hand on the pulse of the organization while the one's paid to handle these things fumble in the dark???
Really?
I am pretty sure there are plenty of people who have just as much knowledge as an NFL coach but for one reason or another didn't want to pursue coaching or were not in the right place at the right to climb the ladder to the NFL. It isn't as simple as going to the best college for your profession, graduating with honors and filling out a job application. You have to talk your way into that first job and most the first jobs are for an unpaid assistant coach. With coaching the more hours you put in the more successful you will be and the more likely you are to get promoted. Most people cannot afford to dedicate themselves to a job they have to do without compensation. At the High School level a lot of time only the head coach is paid a salary the assistants might get a couple hundred a season for a stipend. A lot of people that don't climb the ladder quickly a lot of time through no fault of their own throw in the towel out of necessity.
Last I checked even the best franchises don't have half their draft pics play out their rookie deals. Some are wrong 2/3 of the time or more. There isn't a formula that is fool proof to tell if someone will succeed at the next level. Pretty sure plenty of the Monday morning quarterbacks could have out drafted some of the teams that stink up drafts lately.
No one knows what Kaepernick is told during the week, also coaches are rarely truthful with the media as they have to act like they believe in their players even when they don't. Even if Harbaugh thought Kaepernick had hit a wall he will not progress past he isn't going to say it, especially since he was his hand picked guy.
I do know what Kaepernick hasn't been told, no one is telling him to take off from the pocket before it collapses, force the ball to someone covered when another guy is wide open or under throw or over throw receivers. With more camera angles than expected, many ways to rewatch games, and rewind plays over and over websites with every statistic under the sun, etc,etc the arm chair quarterback can know everything about a team except what goes on behind closed doors. To think there aren't people with as much football knowledge as an NFL coach or player that weren't in the NFL is pretty hard to believe. When a head coach hires a relative or friend as an assistant I believe they rarely are one of the best candidates for the job.
