Originally posted by ApatheticIAm:
all this talk about offense, defense, Alex Smith, Troy Smith, Singletary, draft, Luck, CB, QBs, Gruden, Harbaugh, deep down inside that tiny little core of yours you want the 49ers to win NOW. You know if Alex Smith were to win out and make the playoffs you would be happy because our team made the playoffs. Winning will all make us feel better naturally so no more talk about tanking and firing people! When it happens it happens! Just root your team on now! I'm drunk and half-assedly spellchecked this twice
You are dead wrong, you see as a grown-up and sentient being, I have the ability to look at things in what we call "the long term". Singletary and Alex Smith are not now and never will be top quality NFL caliber at their respective tasks. Any short term successes, despite being enjoyable in the moment, could only serve to lengthen the tenure of these buffoons.
This team will never have long term success with Singletary as head coach, nor are they likely to with the ever affable Alex Smith at the helm.
People root for the team at deferent levels, some live week to week, others root for the long term health of the team. If you look at the long term health and sustained future success of the team meaningless victories however exciting are just that meaningless.