Originally posted by yoyo49:Originally posted by D_Niner:Originally posted by yoyo49:Originally posted by Dirty9er:
All this media love toward Alex Smith is gonna make me effn puke. Talk about influencing the sheep!!! Hell I know guys that knew guys that killed themselves let's make "them" the freakin' president of the world,,, why don't we?!? Perhaps a parade?!? Maybe we should give them all starting QB position for professional sport teams. Good lord, the only thing alex has ever won so far is a P.R. war.
I can't wait to see him rescue some blind orphans from a burning building (that should be enough for him to secure the starting QB position - shouldn't it?) - God knows he can't rescue a franchise... It doesn't make you a "good" person to live through a tragedy it makes you "a" person who lived through a tragedy !!!
This underdog angle that the media is pushing (which works on the dumbest of you everytime) is insulting and contrary to any sense of reality. I DON'T CARE IF ALEX IS A GOOD PERSON!!! With 50 million he should be - without 50 million he should be - with tragedy and without,,, He should be!!! He is trying to be a football player not a motivational griever. He sucks at football and every off season we get these fairy tales about how he looks like "the guy" and then he fails completely (and all we get from the authors of these fairy tales are more alexcuses to propagate for the sake of access). Once Smith is gone watch how the stories from the access whores will start to become more and more critical and reality based... The court of public opinion is stupid and so are its jurors.
Happy independence from thought weekend
Dirty
Wow, this post is the very definition of "hater". Someone who can't stand anything positive being written or said about Smith.
You know, its ironic because its posters like dirty and 49er4eva who are doing more to grow the Alex Smith Bandwagon than any "media love" out there. The sheer hate, almost blind hate, these guys have for Smith are causing more and more Niner fans to route for smith because they just can't stand the stuff being said about him.
Its not that they think he is good, or that he has potential or that he has been given a raw deal is first couple of years...
Its just that they can't stand listening to you guys anymore.
Some of the guys may go over the top a bit; however, Dirty does have a point.
Let me first say that I do feel for Alex and what all he has gone through. Life is tough and sucks sometimes and Alex is learning this. These are some of the life lessons that build you into a man.
As Dirty has said, Alex has yet to prove he is a good QB. Most of us would love it if he somehow developed into a perennial pro-bowler; however, he has yet to show that he should be a starter in this league and no amount of PR is going to change this. He has to show it on the field.
I completely agree. Alex Smith has a lot to prove. And not by any means do i think he should be handed the starting job regardless of what he has been through. I think Smith has to vastly out perform Hill this pre-season to be handed the starting QB spot.
However, Dirty's rant is the one making the correlation between the ESPN article, the good vibes and just handing the starting job to Smith because of it. I think most sound minded people on here may be rooting for Smith but still believe he has to earn it on the field.
Dirty is just making an assumption that because people are rooting for Smith that the automatically want to give him the starting job. Thats just not true.
Another thing, one ESPN writer writes an article about the hardship Smith has experience the last couple of years and Dirty starts proclaiming that Smith is receiving "media love". Its just one article. I don't think that qualifies as the enitre media.
Unless he is also referencing what the Matt's have written during OTA's. Which, if it is the case, I do not understand. Why would anyone take issue with writers reports that Smith has looked good in practice? Why would anyone be upset hearing that Smith is playing well? Once again, its not like the media is saying Smith should be named the starter. And if it is the OTA reports he is referencing when he says "media love" then he is just hating on the kid.
And thats what I mean when I said some people can't stand to hear anything positive associated with Alex Smith. Nobody is handing him the job, he still has to prove it on the field, but don't get mad when reports out of camp say Alex Smith is looking good.
Well there have several articles about how he is throwing well and looking good in OTA's and now this tear jerking article
. People have to realize it was his choice to leave school early because he would have NEVER been first round anything coming out in 2006. He got the fat paycheck, but produces like the project QB he is. I just think its sad that a QB can come in 2 years in a row and produce wins. But gets no media attention at all hardly. Yet a bust who proved that can go 3 and out and hit receivers off target can get more excuses and articles explaining what he went through.
I like Shaun Hill as a temporary fix. I am pulling for Nate Davis to pan out. If not we have 2 first rounds next year. I would rather not use them on a QB though.
[ Edited by 49er4eva on Jul 6, 2009 at 6:12 PM ]
The truth is being spoken about this bust.
