Team unity is officially gone. When the starting QB and head coach are sniping at each other in the press, count on one thing: this isn't the only strained relationship. Alex Smith says he's "bothered" by the coaching staff repeatedly saying that he's healthy when in fact his should and now his forearm are hurt. Nolan then proceeded to make a veiled threat to Smith's status with the team, saying that everyone is expendable.
There you have it folks. Nolan has lost the team. Part of me wishes we had someone like TO to snap on the sideline and just make an example of some position coach. That lack of fire has been the most troubling aspect of this team's collapse. In any case, mark down 11/14/07 as the beginning of the end of either Alex Smith or Mike Nolan. Place your bets now as to which of these two will be somewhere else in 4 months.
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- Smith May Be Finished For Year, Faithful Yawn
- Irrational Exuberance
- VICTORY!!! - 49ers 37, Cardinals 31
- Changes. They Are A-Comin'.
- Strengthen the Core
- Fracture
- Tim Keown Article Nails It
- Staying the Course
- Worst. Team. Ever. - Seahawks 24, Disgraces 0
- R.I.P. - Dick Nolan Passes Away
- No Longer Rollin' With Nolan
- Overheard Today
- Will It Get Worse?
- Smith is a Bust - Falcons 20, 49ers 16
- The Onion - "Nolan Benched"
- Friday Link Dump - Week 9
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1 comment:
This was bound to happen at some point, and I'm actually unsure how Nolan & Co managed to postpone the inevitable for this long. No team, no matter the payroll attached, can survive perpetually in the face of adversity without some degree of discord. I actually admire Nolan for holding it off for this long; however, as of now, I find that perhaps his only admirable quality. It may be a time for a change in the bay, though our recent track record of management shifts that perhaps this is a moot strategy.
Smith is either injured, has lost the vision, or just plain sucks. And by sucks, I mean I'm looking forward to watching Dilfer this weekend. It's unfair to judge him alone for the failures of the team; the judgment levied here is based solely on his own performance. Nailing 5-yard passes to the shoelaces of his wide-outs is unacceptable, for ANY pro QB. I've never missed Ken Dorsey so much in my life.
I'm a firm believer in the adage that change for the sake of change is a futile exercise. However, when you find yourself at the absolute nadir of a situation, another adage comes (perhaps more prevalently) to mind: there's no where to go but up.
Change it up York. Keep Willis, Nedney, and the all-star Andy Lee. All else is free game.
hayes
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