Maiocco: Singletary Calls Out Smith, Crabtree, O-Line | Page 4

jreff22 · 2010-09-12T19:42:37-07:00

SEATTLE -- This is certainly not the statement 49ers coach Mike Singletary wanted to be forced to make after the first game of the season. But following the 49ers' atrocious 31-6 opening loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Qwest Field, Singletary had to face the question about his quarterback. "Alex (Smith) is our quarterback," Singletary declared. "At no time did I think about putting David Carr into the football game." That is what Singletary said in his remarks to the media. But in the 49ers' locker room, Singletary "called out" Smith, receiver Michael Crabtree and the offensive line, a team source told Comcast SportsNet after the game. By all accounts, Smith had a very good offseason. He demonstrated a greater knowledge of the 49ers' offense and earned his status as a team captain. But there was no carryover into the regular-season opener. Smith and Crabtree certainly did not grow as a tandem during training camp. Their work together was limited, as Crabtree never stepped onto the field during the exhibition season because of a neck strain. Even running back Frank Gore spoke up in the postgame locker room about the offense's lack of practice and play during the preseason, the source said. "It started this summer with the penalties and the mistakes and then all the people not being there," 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye said. "And it reared its head today. Those omens stayed pretty true." Smith completed 26 of 45 passes for 225 yards. He threw two interceptions that turned the course of the game on passes intended for Crabtree. On the first interception, Crabtree appeared to take his eye off the ball as it arrived. Safety Jordan Babineaux intercepted the pass on the ricochet and returned it to the 13-yard line. One play later, the Seahawks scored a touchdown to take a 14-6 lead at halftime. Less than a minute into the second half, Smith threw high to Crabtree, who had no chance to make the catch. Smith and offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye intimated Crabtree did not run the proper route. Cornerback Marcus Trufant made the interception and returned it 32 yards for a back-breaking touchdown. "The first one, I don't know if that's so much chemistry -- just him being quick to turn and make a play," Smith said. "The second one, I'd say a little more of that. I'm thinking one thing, and he obviously wasn't thinking the same thing, resulting in a pick-six. It changed the game." What made it especially frustrating for Raye is that play is a staple of the 49ers' offense. There was nothing complex about it. There should have been no confusion over the execution of the play, Raye said. "We've probably run it 50,000 times, and it goes back for a touchdown the other way," Raye said. "You don't anticipate that." When asked about the issue of chemistry with his quarterback, Crabtree said it was a non-issue. "We (are) good," he said. "You can have all the chemistry in the world in practice but when Sunday comes, you have to make plays. Like I said, even if we had it in the exhibition season we're doing the same thing. You have to make something happen on Sunday. "Game over now. Whatever happened, happened. I had 12 yards on two catches. Right now, I'm thinking about next week. That's behind me." More Here

Sep 12, 2010 at 8:57 PM

#46

Gore_21
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Originally posted by Canadian49er:
Notice how every player took a brunt of the blame EXCEPT Crabtree? The guy fakes some injuries to avoid taking hits in preseason, then he short arms a pass to avoid contact...

What happened to that stud that we saw last season? At this rate, I'd rather see more of Ziegler. At least he has heart

If you read my post above I am not defending Crabtree at all. He is probably #1 on my s**t list right now but did he fake injuries? I think the neck strain was a problem for maybe one of the games and he milked it out.

[ Edited by Gore_21 on Sep 12, 2010 at 20:57:45 ]

Sep 12, 2010 at 8:58 PM

#47

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Originally posted by Gore_21:
First thought... do not like what Crabtree said. I understand you need to move on but he needs to learn from his mistakes and man up to what happened. Second, I wonder what Frank Gore said in the locker room? He is one of probably 3 players (him, Willis, J Smith) that I have earned the right over the years to stand up and say listen, "we need to pick it the f**k up, we have to stop killing ourselves. You see the way I practice and give it my all? You guys need to do the same." Crabtree and others need to put the ego aside and get to work and step it up.

Four guys I felt/feel sorry for...Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Justin Smith and Vernon Davis. Those guys always give it their all and seem to give a sh!t unlike a lot of other guys on our team. Frank Gore's career is being wasted away on a losing franchise.

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:11 PM

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I can not for the life of me shake this one, bugging the heck out of me. That 'this looked like a Mike Nolan team' a page back really hit and hurt hard. Been years since I've had a game bug me like this and I think it's because what this could represent in that the things we been trying to do to set up for the type of year many of us were expecting or hoping for are not working.

I think most people knew Alex was still Alex but to see him implode like that and go so quickly into his alex-shell and not only not make plays but gift the other team points was a level a lowness i had thought he was past. To see the oline collapse like it did and to the extent it did after the money invested into it was so disheartening. Getting past the rookies, staley the guy thats supposed to be our rock was horrible To see the diva prove Vernon right then to see his diva approach to it afterward with his comments is again, disheartening. The secondary stunk and looks like it will continue to stink and so on.

But most of all, my disappointment is most with singletary. The same mental errors, game management issues, discipline issues he was given a free pass on his first year when he took over were there last year and were there here today. I never wanted him originally hired because of the x's and o's deficiencies but I thought atleast he would bring the discipline and heart, both missing today, third year in. In the games that had meaning going into it, they fall flat, make dumb mistakes in every facet of the game. He will win a few towards the end when they don't matter but by in large for the ones that do, they not only lose but look bad and unprepared in doing so.

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:14 PM

#49

Dajanksta
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Originally posted by MBniner:
Originally posted by Ajanke:
Originally posted by MBniner:
Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
rightfully so also should call out raye and the pass rush

Why is it such a shock we had no pass rush. We haven't for years and we did nothing to address it in the offseason. Jesus, everyone around here is really fooling themselves. Get your heads out of your asses; we all knew this kind of sh*t was going to happen. Just didn't think it would happen so quickly and against one of the worst teams in the league; one that shredded its roster in the offseason.

Except for last year

Oh, you mean where we racked up a bunch of sacks in meaningless games (like 8 in the rams game). Yeah, just like last year. No pash rush consistently.

ok stats are stats dude. If you take away our good games then of course they wont count wtf. You pretty much just said if we take away the games we sacked the qb then we will have less sacks. stop failing damnit!

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:21 PM

#50

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Man, I feel for Pawillis. A true red-n-gold in the midst of a bunch of 'plated' b***hes.

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:23 PM

#51

602_JamestownAve
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this could be the beginning of a huge problem.

[ Edited by 602_JamestownAve on Sep 13, 2010 at 00:46:10 ]

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:32 PM

#52

bret
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Originally posted by ssahnan:
I can not for the life of me shake this one, bugging the heck out of me. That 'this looked like a Mike Nolan team' a page back really hit and hurt hard. Been years since I've had a game bug me like this and I think it's because what this could represent in that the things we been trying to do to set up for the type of year many of us were expecting or hoping for are not working.

I think most people knew Alex was still Alex but to see him implode like that and go so quickly into his alex-shell and not only not make plays but gift the other team points was a level a lowness i had thought he was past. To see the oline collapse like it did and to the extent it did after the money invested into it was so disheartening. Getting past the rookies, staley the guy thats supposed to be our rock was horrible To see the diva prove Vernon right then to see his diva approach to it afterward with his comments is again, disheartening. The secondary stunk and looks like it will continue to stink and so on.

But most of all, my disappointment is most with singletary. The same mental errors, game management issues, discipline issues he was given a free pass on his first year when he took over were there last year and were there here today. I never wanted him originally hired because of the x's and o's deficiencies but I thought atleast he would bring the discipline and heart, both missing today, third year in. In the games that had meaning going into it, they fall flat, make dumb mistakes in every facet of the game. He will win a few towards the end when they don't matter but by in large for the ones that do, they not only lose but look bad and unprepared in doing so.

Well put!

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:37 PM

#53

skibeerski
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Originally posted by PatrickJira411:
This looks like a Nolan team

Amazingly similar huh?

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:38 PM

#54

LAFortyNinerfan
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I'm sure this has been said by someone but I don't feel like reading through comments...

Who's gonna call out Singletary?

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM

#55

toeknee
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Originally posted by LAFortyNinerfan:
I'm sure this has been said by someone but I don't feel like reading through comments...

Who's gonna call out Singletary?

Lowell Cohn tried calling him out last year

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM

#56

DesiDez
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Originally posted by LAFortyNinerfan:
I'm sure this has been said by someone but I don't feel like reading through comments...

Who's gonna call out Singletary?

Don't expect the local media too.

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:50 PM

#57

Apone
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Originally posted by teeohh:
Originally posted by LAFortyNinerfan:
I'm sure this has been said by someone but I don't feel like reading through comments...

Who's gonna call out Singletary?

Lowell Cohn tried calling him out last year

He sure did. Although intrigued by Sing's character, he just thought he was a motivational coach, who would probably have limited success.

Sep 12, 2010 at 9:54 PM

#58

MBniner
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Originally posted by Ajanke:
Originally posted by MBniner:
Originally posted by Ajanke:
Originally posted by MBniner:
Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
rightfully so also should call out raye and the pass rush

Why is it such a shock we had no pass rush. We haven't for years and we did nothing to address it in the offseason. Jesus, everyone around here is really fooling themselves. Get your heads out of your asses; we all knew this kind of sh*t was going to happen. Just didn't think it would happen so quickly and against one of the worst teams in the league; one that shredded its roster in the offseason.

Except for last year

Oh, you mean where we racked up a bunch of sacks in meaningless games (like 8 in the rams game). Yeah, just like last year. No pash rush consistently.
ok stats are stats dude. If you take away our good games then of course they wont count wtf. You pretty much just said if we take away the games we sacked the qb then we will have less sacks. stop failing damnit!

You just don't get it.

Sep 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM

#59

LAFortyNinerfan
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Originally posted by Apone:
Originally posted by teeohh:
Originally posted by LAFortyNinerfan:
I'm sure this has been said by someone but I don't feel like reading through comments...

Who's gonna call out Singletary?

Lowell Cohn tried calling him out last year

He sure did. Although intrigued by Sing's character, he just thought he was a motivational coach, who would probably have limited success.

I've always thought the same thing. His offensive philosophy seems outdated. I have hoped his style would work, still hope so as all of us fans do, but I doubt it. Sing can be a successful coach but only with a good, strong minded offensive coordinator by his side. Perhaps we can bring back Norv Turner when he gets fired after this season.

Sep 12, 2010 at 10:09 PM

#60

Apone
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Originally posted by LAFortyNinerfan:
Originally posted by Apone:
Originally posted by teeohh:
Originally posted by LAFortyNinerfan:
I'm sure this has been said by someone but I don't feel like reading through comments...

Who's gonna call out Singletary?

Lowell Cohn tried calling him out last year

He sure did. Although intrigued by Sing's character, he just thought he was a motivational coach, who would probably have limited success.

I've always thought the same thing. His offensive philosophy seems outdated. I have hoped his style would work, still hope so as all of us fans do, but I doubt it. Sing can be a successful coach but only with a good, strong minded offensive coordinator by his side. Perhaps we can bring back Norv Turner when he gets fired after this season.

IMO if we fail this year all the sour grapes in the Nolan Era, including Sing and Alex need to go. I honestly think someone like John Gruden, who got his first coaching gig in the NFL with the 49ers, would be a perfect fit for this young team.