everydayAskinsday wrote:RayNAustin wrote:riggofan wrote:
I don't need to make excuses for the OC, and I even agree that Kyle shouldn't have gotten away from the run in the second half. I just think this stuff is completely overrated. These coordinators get way too much credit when a team is doing well and in this case a retarded amount of blame when the team is sucking. Who is this offensive genius that we should have had calling plays that would have beaten the Jets Sunday? Al Saunders? Jim Zorn? Joe Gibbs?
I just think its a lame excuse and typical of the fan base. Kyle Shanahan is the whipping boy that frustrated fans have latched onto around here for whatever reason.
Aside from the coaching changes ... what major roster enhancements were done to take the 49ers from the cellar to the 2nd best record in the NFL (the only reason why they aren't number one is because of the 12-0 dominance of the Packers)? What made Alex Smith successful after 6 years of futility, so mediocre to bad, that the 49ers were thinking of releasing him?
Coaching. The 10-2 49ers are basically the same team as last years 6-10 team, roster wise.
that 49ers team is loaded with talent that we are not.. they have upgraded there Oline through the draft over the last couple of seasons and have a very strong Defense which we do not.. they have a stud RB.. better WRs etc..
They have been underachieving for the last couple of seasons and Alex Smith was a former #1 overall pick so there was clearly talent there..
I know everyone wants the quick fix as would I but we arent a coaching change away .. I know our coaches stuck their reputations on Grossman and Beck but come on people they arent going to sit there and say we dont have the QB talent to compete
What QB was available this offseason that was a long term solution to our QB problems? please tell me...
and in regards to the draft this was a very weak QB class and yes Newton (who we had no chance at) and Dalton ( who we missed on.. it happens ) look good.. no one saw Locker going 8th or Ponder going 12th and Gabbert looks terrible.. I would rather wait one more year and get a QB that the team really feels can be a fit than reach on a QB just because..
But yes lets fire the OC and install ANOTHER new offense that will set us back ANOTHER year .. if only we the fans ran this team.. we would be on a Super Bowl win streak of unprecedented proportions
The point was, SF had the same record as us last year, and the most significant change was the coaching staff, which directly challenges your claim that the coaches get too much credit for wins and losses. Clearly, Harbaugh has done an amazing job with basically the same talent the team had last year. That's the first point.
The second point is ...and I know I'm going to catch hell for this .... but McNabb was better than Beck or Grossman ... and the numbers show that, in spite of the fact that the entire team was learning a new offense, and the o-line was way worse than it is now, and McNabb had a coach that was undermining him, then disrespecting him. They burned that bridge unnecessarily, with no real plan to replace McNabb after they burned a good pick to get him, and then signed him to an extension. This year, Hasselbeck was also available, and he's not doing too bad now, with numbers better than what Grossman or Beck has managed ... and he was a West Coast QB.
I guess the main issue is that I was expecting improvement over last year, yet our offense is not only worse, it's continued to get worse from game one moving forward this year. At times they literally look totally inept, and non-competitive. The real kicker is, points wise, there isn't a dimes worth of difference in this offense compared to Jim Zorn's, with the Bingo Caller calling plays. That's just how bad this offense is. Watching this offense week after week, it's like watching a car accident on video tape, instant replay ... we see the same mistakes, the same failures and it indicates that Kyle Shanahan has about as much of a clue as to how to fix these things as Chief Zee.
With the miscalculations at QB (and that's 3 miscalculations, 4 if you count Jason Campbell ... and I cannot even believe it's come down to the point where I actually miss Campbell ) in just two years ... these guys are the THREE FREAKING STOOGES ... with only Moe missing to complete the trio.
So yeah, I'm REAL confident that these guys will be making the right move with the next QB they select. And if they are wrong this next time ... we''l be looking at the same nightmare for the next 2-3 years.
As an old Baptist Minister might say .. these two have bad breath, stinky feet, and they don't believe in Jesus. And that's enough for me.