Why did we ever Trade SHAUN HILL? Never Understood it!

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Shaun Hill would've been better than any back up on this team and probably even Alex Smith too in this offense.

i kinda agree, he never threw it further than like 8 yards while he was here, he would be perfect in the WCO.

I was shocked in detroit, to see all those deep punts he threw up get caught by megatron.

Originally posted by boast:
might as well start another thread

That's his hobby. Don't support it.

Originally posted by AXEGRINDER:
He threw punts


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WR Morgan can't catch punts is more like it.

who would win in a fight Tim Rattay or Shaun Hill?

Would like to have him around as a back up at least. Heck, I would've rather kept Hill than Smith...yeah I said it. Made no sense to me either. And if Smith has yet another disappointing year, even Harbaugh can't deny it. Hill jumped around to several teams before finally getting a shot with the Niners. If it weren't for Smith's injury and then Dilfer's injury, Hill would've never even gotten a chance.

I would have rather had him than David Carr but oh well. We had some dumbass as a GM and a bigger dumbass as HC so it didn't work out. I NEVER liked Hill much, he was a terrible passer and not a good scrambler, but he could read the defense pretty well and knew who to throw the ball to.

We traded him because he was a threat to Alex Smith. The idea that year looked like they didn't want Alex looking over his shoulder and maybe he would play better if he was more comfortable and not thinking about the fact that the next pass could bench him.

Shaun Hill would have been a solid place holder.

Originally posted by Joecool:
We traded him because he was a threat to Alex Smith. The idea that year looked like they didn't want Alex looking over his shoulder and maybe he would play better if he was more comfortable and not thinking about the fact that the next pass could bench him.

Shaun Hill would have been a solid place holder.

Not to mention it was a joke trading him for a 7th rounder.

Originally posted by AXEGRINDER:

He threw punts


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Bullsh*t. Those thrown "punts" moved the sticks, put points on the board and won games.

He was traded because Singletary didn't want any competition for Alex Smith. If anybody believes otherwise, they're delusional.

Now, [/thread]

Originally posted by 49erRider:

Originally posted by AXEGRINDER:

He threw punts


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Bullsh*t. Those thrown "punts" moved the sticks, put points on the board and won games.

He was traded because Singletary didn't want any competition for Alex Smith. If anybody believes otherwise, they're delusional.

Now, [/thread]

both can be true, can't they? I honestly don't care. The guy was a winner, but was limited throwing the ball. Singletary's Alex Smith love may be the reason he got traded, but that cannot be substantiated by you or anyone else on this board. Conspiracy theory, thats all it is.

What can be substantiated is the fact that he is a career backup. A good one, but a backup nonetheless.

These 'why did we do this, why did we do that......living in the past' threads crack me up.

Best noodle arm in the league by far.

Because we have future HOF'r Alex smith, duh.

Originally posted by DaFaro49ers:
Really quickly, before i go back on topic. We have Traded away SHAUN HILL and Taylor Mays for 2- 7th round Draft picks. Yeah We got Jipped!

Ok..back on topic.

Shaun Hill, was sent packing and traded to the Detroit Lions a year ago. The question is why?

We Had a QB coming off from Injury, with a sub-par player also on the team in Troy Smith.
Detroit came a calling looking for a back up QB incase Stafford Struggled or got injured(which ended up happening...Hill put some excitement might I add when he played for that Detroit Offense).

Why would we have just given up Shaun Hill for a 7th round pick, who was the best back up option on the team incase Alex Smith sucked or went down. I still until this day never got that.

Many say on top of McCloughan's drunken ways... After he traded away Hill, and chose to sign David Carr...the 49ers wanted to get rid of and had enough of Scotty. Thats what Ive heard and have been told.

So we are a talent riddled team..giving up serviceable players..whether they are important backups or potential starters.... 7th rounders are 1 in 20 dozen.

So until this day.. Shaun Hill in my eyes is a very much serviceable to in Detroit.... yet the 49ers are unable to find a Great 1, 2 or 3 on the QB Depth Chart.


Still Disagree about that trade. had too let it out.

You call a 3-8 record exciting? Ok......

WHY DID WE TRADE AWAY TIM RATTAY??

Originally posted by Joecool:

We traded him because he was a threat to Alex Smith. The idea that year looked like they didn't want Alex looking over his shoulder and maybe he would play better if he was more comfortable and not thinking about the fact that the next pass could bench him.

Shaun Hill would have been a solid place holder.

Agreed. And I understood the logic behind it.

Part of the effort to ensure everything was "right" for Alex, because when everything is just right for Alex, he should finally blossom.
- 2nd consecutive year in the same offensive system with same OC
- Draft 2 OL in the first round to shore up the OL for the running game and Alex
- Remove the QB that Alex would have seen as a threat to his job as a starter

Well that plan and just about every other thing about the team came to fruition, didn't it?