POLL : Is Michael Crabtree a bust?

Originally posted by Nuns:
1 catch for 3 yards..

Good news! He's already in post season form:)

lol!

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
1 for 3yds again...

Yeah. he is sux..

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Originally posted by Nuns:
1 catch for 3 yards..

Good news! He's already in post season form:)

lol!

Originally posted by ImaMod:

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Originally posted by Nuns:
1 catch for 3 yards..

Good news! He's already in post season form:)

lol!

That is damn funny though

I'm kind of getting the feeling the crabtree will be gone after this year if he doesnt produce....

what yall think?

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:

Originally posted by VA49er:
Didn't he lead our team in several statistical categories last year? Like catches and rec yards? He was certainly the best wideout.

You are correct. He shined over guys like Brett Swain, Ted Ginn, Kyle Williams and a few other all-pros that I can't remember.

So are you willing to admit Alex Smith didn't have much to work with or does that not apply here?

Is Michael Crabtree a tough guy or a fake asz prima donna?

Originally posted by sacniner:

Originally posted by qnnhan7:
1 for 3yds again...

That confirms he is a bust. Fool sucks at preseason. He should have done way more in the four plays he had. At least five catches.

great post

Damn, to me this simple to answer. No, he is not a bust! However, he hasn't lived up to expectations coming out of college. He isn't playing up to the expected level of a top ten draft pick but still is a team contributor and therefore not a bust. Rather, he is a disappointment. Case closed!!!

Originally posted by fly15:

Originally posted by sacniner:

Originally posted by qnnhan7:

1 for 3yds again...

That confirms he is a bust. Fool sucks at preseason. He should have done way more in the four plays he had. At least five catches.

great post

Actually this is the best preseason of his career

No, Crabtree is not a bust. He is not a star. People can say he hasn't meet the expectation of a 10th pick, but expectation is always too high.
For example, people might expect a top 10 QB on the #1 pick, but what are the changes of meeting this expectation. I would say it is about 50% chance. The last 10 #1 pick QB excluding Cam Newton and Sam Bradford (too soon to tell) would results in the following:

Surely meet expectation: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning
Probably meet expecation: Michael Vick, Matthew Stafford, Drew Bledsoe
Questionable: Carson Palmer
Probably Not meet expecation: Alex Smith
Bust: David Carr, JaMarcus Russell, Tim Couch

Similarly, people would expect a 10th pick WR to be a star, but I would say a solid starting receiver would be a more reasonable expectation. Under my expectation, Crabtree would not be a bust.

Originally posted by littleken:
No, Crabtree is not a bust. He is not a star. People can say he hasn't meet the expectation of a 10th pick, but expectation is always too high.
For example, people might expect a top 10 QB on the #1 pick, but what are the changes of meeting this expectation. I would say it is about 50% chance. The last 10 #1 pick QB excluding Cam Newton and Sam Bradford (too soon to tell) would results in the following:

Surely meet expectation: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning
Probably meet expecation: Michael Vick, Matthew Stafford, Drew Bledsoe
Questionable: Carson Palmer
Probably Not meet expecation: Alex Smith
Bust: David Carr, JaMarcus Russell, Tim Couch

Similarly, people would expect a 10th pick WR to be a star, but I would say a solid starting receiver would be a more reasonable expectation. Under my expectation, Crabtree would not be a bust.

Uh wha?

Originally posted by Garcia:
I'm kind of getting the feeling the crabtree will be gone after this year if he doesnt produce....

what yall think?

I don't think he's the sort of personality that our coaching staff values. We now have a fully blue collar, killer instinct type of team and Crabtree just isn't that kind of guy. There's an odd insular quality about him. While the rest of the team has fully bought into the new regime and have subsequently undergone a revolution, Crabtree seems to be steadily, if not spectacularly, progressing in his own little world. He's kinda like an engine technician in a shop full of grease monkeys.

In the past, I've written about his personality and how I think it's holding him back, but at this point he's not a kid anymore--although many on this board prefer to treat him that way. The likelihood that he'll suddenly develop a mean streak is nearly zero at this point, and I'm not sure that our coaching staff has much use for guys like that.

Originally posted by BubbaParisMVP:
I don't think he's the sort of personality that our coaching staff values. We now have a fully blue collar, killer instinct type of team and Crabtree just isn't that kind of guy. There's an odd insular quality about him. While the rest of the team has fully bought into the new regime and have subsequently undergone a revolution, Crabtree seems to be steadily, if not spectacularly, progressing in his own little world. He's kinda like an engine technician in a shop full of grease monkeys.

In the past, I've written about his personality and how I think it's holding him back, but at this point he's not a kid anymore--although many on this board prefer to treat him that way. The likelihood that he'll suddenly develop a mean streak is nearly zero at this point, and I'm not sure that our coaching staff has much use for guys like that.

The only window into his personality you have is him speaking to the media and he is obviously not comfortable in that setting. On camera Iupati looks uncomfortable, sounds unsure of himself and has a hard time answering basic football questions. Does this mean he doesn't have a mean streak? Crabtree had some punishing blocks last year. Im not sure what else a wide receiver needs to do to prove he is a physical player when the ball is not coming his way.

Originally posted by ImaMod:

Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:

Originally posted by Nuns:
1 catch for 3 yards..

Good news! He's already in post season form:)

lol!

LOL!