Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
Originally posted by niner4life21:
Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:
Originally posted by Leathaface:
Do any of you who are using Steve Young as a model for Alex Smith realize that Young is the EXCEPTION and not the rule?
It's a common fallacy...stop ignoring base rates.
I could point out 100 QBs who started their career as s**tty as Alex Smith statistically and show you how they fizzled out into backups and nobodies...it's much more likely that he doesn't amount to anything more than he currently is than him turning into a winning QB.
Using Steve Young for comparison is silly because of how rare it is for an occurrence like that.
It's funny that some of you claim to have been watching football since the early 80s yet still cannot see how history is filled with Alex Smith sob stories.
i agree but i think alex can also be an exception to the rule remember his college coach said he needs cosistancy and remember he was a project qb so he needed that and after 6 years we couldnt do the one thing his college coach said he needed to succeed and he has improved every year he has played
im not saying he will be the exception or he wont but i think he still can be
No point in in getting your hopes up over a guy who is so good at disappointing 49er fans. Just accept the fact that he isn't a good QB. Now, if he does end up being a good (which I doubt), then take it as a pleasant surprise, but I don't think Alex is the type of guy to pin your hopes on.
the organization has disspointed smith which made him disappoint us remeber meyer gave us instructions in what to do and we did the exact opposite it wouldve be different if alex was a pro nfl ready qb coming out of college but he was a project developmental qb all project qb have to be groomed in order to be succesfull and most of all listen to the instructions of what the college coach says in order for him to be good
LOL. You guys need to quit the whole 'Meyer gave us instructions'
A quarterback isn't a f**king machine. You don't get a manual to work it right. Alex Smith is a QB, and sure, the coaching matters, but it's not the only thing. You have to hold the players accountable at some point. You can't keep blaming the coaches, the owners, the assistant coaches, the cheerleaders, the fans, the receivers, the defense, and the O-Line, but not the player himself.
You'd rather blame all those people and put the fault on them, instead of saying, 'yeah this player sucks'?
Really? Seems to me that some of you guys aren't really Niner fans, but more of fans of Alex Smith. Now, I'm not speaking directly to you, but to other people who would rather excuse Alex from every shortcoming he has, and put it all on the 52 other players, and 20 or so coaches...