Reports of Alex looking average in practice.

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by fly15:

and considering thats he's been developing since 05, thats awesome!!!

ur the most ignorant and stupid person ive ever meet how the hell do u throw the ball or expect him to develop or play if he has a 3rd degree injury on his throwing arm?

LOL... It always cracks me up when one poster calls another one stupid; but, types stuff like "ur, ive and u" and has a complete lack of punctuation. That doesn't sound too smart to me...

Originally posted by 5280High:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by susweel:
play like you practice

LOL. But I'm hoping he will practice better so he will play better.

Based on the history of the Niners, its better to suck ass in practices.... Jeff Garcia ring a bell, dude was pathetic in practice but made it to consecutive pro-bowls, and if team killer TO didn't hijack management we could of had a third consistent great QB with Maruicci along with him.

Practice is practice, learn the system and perform on gameday nuff said. There are plenty of practice squad Gods that freeze in real situations. I'd rather the opposite, and Smith has led some comebacks to give us hope. So get over practice!

There are exceptions to the rule, as Jeff Garcia is one of them. Some people simply suck in practice and play nothing like they practice when it's a real game situation. However, Alex Smith is not one of those guys.

The fact that this surprises anyone is disturbing.

I don't care it's practice. Let him try to get better without being harassed. Let's see how he does in preseason and in the games then we can call for his head. sheesh it's going to get crazy in here this year i bet lol.

Originally posted by 49erRider:

Originally posted by 5280High:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Originally posted by susweel:
play like you practice

LOL. But I'm hoping he will practice better so he will play better.

Based on the history of the Niners, its better to suck ass in practices.... Jeff Garcia ring a bell, dude was pathetic in practice but made it to consecutive pro-bowls, and if team killer TO didn't hijack management we could of had a third consistent great QB with Maruicci along with him.

Practice is practice, learn the system and perform on gameday nuff said. There are plenty of practice squad Gods that freeze in real situations. I'd rather the opposite, and Smith has led some comebacks to give us hope. So get over practice!

There are exceptions to the rule, as Jeff Garcia is one of them. Some people simply suck in practice and play nothing like they practice when it's a real game situation. However, Alex Smith is not one of those guys.

Garcia is a bad example. He was more of a broken play QB which was why he excelled in a game better than practice where he had to run the play as designed.

Alex Smith is 100% opposite. The play MUST go as designed for him to perform well. Yes, he's had his occasional spotlight on broken plays but those were far in between.

Originally posted by LambdaChi49:

Originally posted by 49erRider:

Originally posted by TitsMcgee:
Singletary has also raved about Smith's work.

I'm not trying to rag on Alex Smith, but what exactly do you expect a coach to say about a QB that he decided to stick with instead of exploring other options via the draft or free agency?

I'm not trying to call you out or anything but its this double standard that annoys me.

If Smith gets an obvious rave review from his coaches ("...light years ahead from a year ago...taking leadership...different guy..." Not just "yeah he's doing ok...coming along nicely...doing what he needs to do..." Big difference)...then its just "oh the coaches are just SAYING that. When he gets a bad report here and there from reporters its..."Well see...we should have explored free agency."

In order for it to be a double-standard, it would have to be a level playing field in terms of who's quotes you're dealing with. A coach's comments will never be anything bad about a player they've put all their stock in. You cannot argue with this. A reporter, however, really has no connection to the player, therefor they will usually tell it like they see it. Now, if a reporter said a player is doing great and you didn't believe him, but as soon as the reporter said the player is looking bad, you start to believe him, THAT'S a double-standard.

I would never expect Singletary to do anything but praise his starting QB (NO MATTER WHO IT IS). And like I said, it's only one practice and not that big of a deal, but retaliating with a "Coach Sing has been praising him" response is useless, in my opinion. What else is he going to say? Seriously. Does anybody really expect him to say "Yeah, he's been coming along, but not as nicely as we'd hoped.."? THAT'll be good for the team and great for the fans to hear, right? Even if it were the truth, he still wouldn't say it. A reporter, however, might and probably would.

[ Edited by 49erRider on Aug 11, 2010 at 15:25:35 ]

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by LambdaChi49:

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by HaiGuise:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
I dont get it...why do so called niner fans want him to fail?

Who wants him to fail? Quote it. There are a lot of fans on here that can't stand mediocrity and low expectations. That's all.

Nobody wants him to fail but most of us intelligent football fans see that the dude is garbage.

I would love it he turned into an all pro and lead us to the superbowl but thats like waiting for the cows to come home.

then why cant these intelligent football fans see that there is really nothing they can't do about it this season?

Next season is a different story, we can really raise hell for a QB (I really don't see any QB's out there thats worthy though)

To me it seems like people just want him to fail so they can say i told you so

Just wait and see Nate Davis this coming sunday

Seen him last preseason against 4-5th stringers, he will probably do it again..but

Whats wrong with just rooting for all of your team and not nit pick a player?

it's not like any fans have controll of the situation

It might be against 4th--5th stringer, but give him some credit... And whats wrong with rooting for Nate???
I wonder what can our starting qb do against 4th--5th stringers....?

Well considering he threw 18 TDs in 10 games against 1st stringers in the regular season I'm sure he can do well against 4th stringers in pre season.

Just a hunch.

and considering thats he's been developing since 05, thats awesome!!!

ur the most ignorant and stupid person ive ever meet how the hell do u throw the ball or expect him to develop or play if he has a 3rd degree injury on his throwing arm?

I've never insult anyone here on the zone and you just did, and by the way we havent met.... I now understand that you like Alex very much, and I understand that-
But I think he's bangging someone else, and I think its your m....

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by LambdaChi49:

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by HaiGuise:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
I dont get it...why do so called niner fans want him to fail?

Who wants him to fail? Quote it. There are a lot of fans on here that can't stand mediocrity and low expectations. That's all.

Nobody wants him to fail but most of us intelligent football fans see that the dude is garbage.

I would love it he turned into an all pro and lead us to the superbowl but thats like waiting for the cows to come home.

then why cant these intelligent football fans see that there is really nothing they can't do about it this season?

Next season is a different story, we can really raise hell for a QB (I really don't see any QB's out there thats worthy though)

To me it seems like people just want him to fail so they can say i told you so

Just wait and see Nate Davis this coming sunday

Seen him last preseason against 4-5th stringers, he will probably do it again..but

Whats wrong with just rooting for all of your team and not nit pick a player?

it's not like any fans have controll of the situation

It might be against 4th--5th stringer, but give him some credit... And whats wrong with rooting for Nate???
I wonder what can our starting qb do against 4th--5th stringers....?

Well considering he threw 18 TDs in 10 games against 1st stringers in the regular season I'm sure he can do well against 4th stringers in pre season.

Just a hunch.

and considering thats he's been developing since 05, thats awesome!!!

ur the most ignorant and stupid person ive ever meet how the hell do u throw the ball or expect him to develop or play if he has a 3rd degree injury on his throwing arm?

I've never insult anyone here on the zone and you just did, and by the way we havent met.... I now understand that you like Alex very much, and I understand that-
But I think he's bangging someone else, and I think its your m....

[ Edited by defenderDX on Aug 11, 2010 at 16:48:16 ]

Sign Jeff Garcia

More reports today saying the same, one report saying his duck of a throw helped cause Crabtree's neck injury.

There is something going on now that concerns me. During the first week of practice, we heard mostly positive reports about Alex's performance. Just in the last two days, we are starting to hear about missed throws, ducks, etc. It seems eerily like two seasons ago when he struggled through camp. Then we learned that his shoulder just wasn't right. It could just be that he is worn down from all the throws he has had to make in camp. Remember that Crabtree was held out for two practices because he was "sore."

Or, maybe Alex's surgically repaired shoulder is beginning to give him trouble. For those of you who take delight in pointing it out any time he struggles, you must recall that we were not hearing this last week.

^^^ No delight here, I want the man to succeed and be great. I just point out what the reports say.

Originally posted by excelsior:
There is something going on now that concerns me. During the first week of practice, we heard mostly positive reports about Alex's performance. Just in the last two days, we are starting to hear about missed throws, ducks, etc. It seems eerily like two seasons ago when he struggled through camp. Then we learned that his shoulder just wasn't right. It could just be that he is worn down from all the throws he has had to make in camp. Remember that Crabtree was held out for two practices because he was "sore."

Or, maybe Alex's surgically repaired shoulder is beginning to give him trouble. For those of you who take delight in pointing it out any time he struggles, you must recall that we were not hearing this last week.

I think the man is tired a bit, QB's don't get time off. Also all his main weapons aren't working with him on a daily basis..remember Vernon and Crabs have been off the better part of 2 days.

Originally posted by excelsior:
There is something going on now that concerns me. During the first week of practice, we heard mostly positive reports about Alex's performance. Just in the last two days, we are starting to hear about missed throws, ducks, etc. It seems eerily like two seasons ago when he struggled through camp. Then we learned that his shoulder just wasn't right. It could just be that he is worn down from all the throws he has had to make in camp. Remember that Crabtree was held out for two practices because he was "sore."

Or, maybe Alex's surgically repaired shoulder is beginning to give him trouble. For those of you who take delight in pointing it out any time he struggles, you must recall that we were not hearing this last week.

This is true.

Seems like Alex had a decent practice that didn't end too well during the 2 min drill. Led the team downfield though. That's all that matters. Doesn't have to be pretty. If 5/12 gets you down the field and in a position to score than so be it.