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Originally posted by teeohh:
one of the matt's proved that "young" excuse wrong, we're not the youngest team in the nfl
i don't know what the hell is wrong with this team
Originally posted by OnTheClock:
Today, we had..
1) A Delanie Walker fumble inside the redzone.
2) Too many penalties.
3) Too much pressure and too many sacks allowed.
4) Bad interceptions at bad times.
5) Continued tentative Punt Return game.
This team has been sloppy across the board.
Alex Smith was bad today, but his performance is NOT an excuse for the rest of the team to play horrific. I'm sorry but Alex isn't out there false-starting, getting illegal contact penalties, letting Desean Jackson fly by him, letting Celek loose for a game-sealing first down, missing blocks, letting defenders come free to sack him, letting the ball drop on a punt return and roll to our 1.
We need upgrades everywhere.
Originally posted by dj43:
They are young. So are other teams.
They have some inexperienced players but also some vets.
They ARE poorly coached:
The HC is still a rookie just completely his first full season, lacking in offensive knowledge.
The DC is a sophmore and sometimes seems to "get it" but others not so much.
The OC has shown himself to be incapable of stringing plays together or designing plays on a par with other competent OCs around the league. He was third choice and now showing us why.
Individually, the worst is Chris Foerster, OL coach. His shortcomings I, and others, have chronicled in another thread so I won't repeat it here.
Not too far behind him is the TE coach, with an asterisk. * Vernon Davis STILL does not understand how to fun patterns or read defenses. Either Davis is just too dumb to learn or Pete Hoerner needs to be replaced. Davis is finishing his fourth year in the league and still is the worst route runner of any starting TE in the league.
The WRs are a question mark to me. I see how utterly sophmoric the pass patterns are, and how frequently receivers do not run routes deep enough to get first downs, etc. Even a good HS team could defend the 49er receivers. I don't know if this is Jerry Sullivan not coaching them well, they are too dumb to get it, or Jimmy Rayes offense is so lacking in creativity that it has no hope. Perhaps it is some of all of these.
Those are the big three. The overall lack of team speed is hurting them defending wide running plays and in the deep secondary. Part of that is coaching as well as inexperience.
I hope Singletary has learned enough from this season to make some changes in staff as well as spend some time in the off-season studying what good offensive teams do, including reviewing the Walsh Offense, which, BTW, Andy Reid still uses very well.
Originally posted by Steve:
Dump Smith now and quit blaming the rest of the team for his lack of everything. I mean waive him now and look for another answer as he isn't it.
Originally posted by Joecool:Correct.Originally posted by dj43:
They are young. So are other teams.
They have some inexperienced players but also some vets.
They ARE poorly coached:
The HC is still a rookie just completely his first full season, lacking in offensive knowledge.
The DC is a sophmore and sometimes seems to "get it" but others not so much.
The OC has shown himself to be incapable of stringing plays together or designing plays on a par with other competent OCs around the league. He was third choice and now showing us why.
Individually, the worst is Chris Foerster, OL coach. His shortcomings I, and others, have chronicled in another thread so I won't repeat it here.
Not too far behind him is the TE coach, with an asterisk. * Vernon Davis STILL does not understand how to fun patterns or read defenses. Either Davis is just too dumb to learn or Pete Hoerner needs to be replaced. Davis is finishing his fourth year in the league and still is the worst route runner of any starting TE in the league.
The WRs are a question mark to me. I see how utterly sophmoric the pass patterns are, and how frequently receivers do not run routes deep enough to get first downs, etc. Even a good HS team could defend the 49er receivers. I don't know if this is Jerry Sullivan not coaching them well, they are too dumb to get it, or Jimmy Rayes offense is so lacking in creativity that it has no hope. Perhaps it is some of all of these.
Those are the big three. The overall lack of team speed is hurting them defending wide running plays and in the deep secondary. Part of that is coaching as well as inexperience.
I hope Singletary has learned enough from this season to make some changes in staff as well as spend some time in the off-season studying what good offensive teams do, including reviewing the Walsh Offense, which, BTW, Andy Reid still uses very well.
We have not been well-prepared for some years now.