1/7/11

Alex Smith

I am a 49er fan. And I am a Alex Smith fan. And normally, those two do not go hand in hand.

Alex Smith had all the credintials to be the #1 overall pick in 2005. People can argue that Aaron rodgers was the right choice, but i'm here to argue otherwise.

First, let's look at what Smith has gone through. Smith through 6 seasons has had 2 different head coaches (Mike Nolan and Mike Singletary) and 6 different offensive coordinators (Mike McCarthy, Norv Turner, Jim Hostler, Mike Martz, Jimmy raye II, and Mike Johnson). So through 6 seasons 8 coaching changes. Are you kidding me? 6 seasons, 6 brand new offenses. That's insane to even comprehend. Mike McCarthy had a very west coast scheme installed, he was good but was hired the next year by Green Bay. Norv Turner, the king of throw the ball and pray your quarterback wont get hurt (which by the way AS did that year). Jim hostler.....exactly WHO IS JIM HOSTLER?!?!?! Then Mike Martz. Were going to line up like were gonna run the ball, with all running personell on the field, and throw the ball. Surprise surprise. Then we have the infamous Jimmy Raye II which was known for falling asleep in film sessions. You are a coach in the NFL getting paid thousands of dollars! Who does that? Then FINALLY. Someone gets it right. Mike Johnson. He remembered something "Oh wait a second...Alex smith ran the spread in college....that might work....." And what happened? 31-7 over Arizona. Thank you common sense.

That's just the offenseive coordinators. We can talk about Mike Singletary. "Were going to run the ball, 3rd-15? Run the ball. 2nd-25? Run it. This guy never used his brain. I guess he thought this was the 1980's when you could run the ball with an amazing running back and throw it every 2-3 series and be ok with it. This is the era of the Quartersbacks (See ESPN article). You have to throw the ball. And when Singletary wanted to throw the ball was when EVERYONE knew it was coming. Genius.

AS also hasn't had the luck of being that healthy either. He suffered a shoulder injury in 2007 that still haunts him. Rocky Bernard from seattle tackled him and slammed him into the ground on his throwing shoulder (similiar to Sam Bradford). Smtih had surgery that year and because of that surgery basically got benched.

The next couple seasons would be confusing. He got becnhed the whole season because of the Nolan-Smith fued. Then Nolan was fired. But the 49ers rightfully still wanted to retain AS, but only with a paycut. He took it. He knew/knows he had it. Halfway through the season Shaun Hill (Yes that Shaun Hill, the DETROIT QB lol) was doing horrible and falling behind to the texas 21-0 he got becnhed. Alex Smith came in (with the spread offense) and threw the TD's to TE Vernon Davis. The next wek he was the starter, and overall that season only playing 11 games he threw for 2,350 yards and had a passer rating of 81.5 with a TD/INT ratio of 18/12.

But of course, Mike Singletary had to be Mike Singletary. Even with the success of the passing game he wanted to install a run first team. Drafting 2 "supreme" offensive lineman. Well look how that turned out. We ran the ball on 1st and 2nd down, passed on 3rd, punted on 4th. Come on man!!!!! You can't do that. You need to pick an offense and stay with it. If yo watched any games, when we were behind and started playing the spread thats when AS look comfortable, he looked posied, he wa setting his feet, making accurate throws. But because of Jimmy Rayes offense and Mike Singletarys horrible way of coaching he got benched for 5 games during the season but STILL finished with 2,370 yards and a passer rating of 82.1and a 14/10 ratio.

My point is, give Alex a coach that will run a offense similiar to the Patriots/Saints/Colts, run the ball, but not 1-2-3-punt, and let Alex do his thing. Spread them out, NO defense can cover Crabtree, Davis, and Morgan, and not worry about Frank Gore up the gut for 50 yards.

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