Reality Check: Let Singletary Go at End of Season
After watching the 49ers over their last six games, it’s obvious Singletary is in over his head. Over those six games the 49ers have lost five of them. Hate to say it but Singletary should be with this team for only eight more games. At the end of this season, the Yorks should buy out his contract, give him some water and say thanks for your motivation and leave it at that.
The 49ers went into the season preaching Physicality with an ‘F’ and after watching every game this season it’s more Phailure with an ‘F.’
I honestly believe we were all fooled into thinking that this team under Singletary could be good, who could blame us. Last season Singletary took over a 2-5 team and got them to 7-9. We all drank the Kool-Aid. If we only knew now what we didn’t know then, I’m sure most of us would have hoped the Niner brass held off on announcing Singletary as Head Savior so quickly, when not shortly after coaches like Mike Shanahan, Mike Holmgren and even John Gruden became available.
Yesterday’s lose to the Titans was Mike’s 16th game as Head Coach and with that loss his overall record landed him at 8-8. I know most Niner fans are thinking 8-8 is great, but seriously, are we now at the point where 8-8 is acceptable? Have we got to the point where we as fans are so sick of horrid records that anything close to .500 is exciting. At one point we could accept the bad records as not having the right tools in place, but if you look at this team there are some very good players on this roster and I have to say the coaches are not utilizing those players right. Let’s take yesterday for example. Jason Hill, who had no catches going into the game, finished the day with four catches and two touchdowns. The only reason he got in was because Isaac Bruce got a little banged up on one play. It was obvious after week two that Isaac Bruce was no longer starting material and it took the Head Coach 8 weeks to figure that out.
From Week One the 49ers put the team on the back of Shaun Hill, another player who fooled us into thinking he was good. It was actually Mike Martz who fooled us, because as you could see of Hill under Jimmy Raye he couldn’t do crap.
Spare me the 3-1 to start the season, the defense, Frank Gore and special teams won those three games. All Hill had to do was not turn the ball over.
Now, not all the blame goes to Singletary, Scot McCloughan gets a lot of it as well. It is him that is responsible for drafting the players and one area he has failed at is the offensive line. Which is a big issue, because heading into the season Singletary and Co. wanted to pound the ball and punch people in the face. Newsflash, you can only do that if you have the offensive line for that and that was something Singletary and Co. didn’t realize. Marvel Smith, Tony Pashos, Adam Snyder, Barry Sims, David Baas, Chilo Rachel. All that is is a revolving door of crap. It’s sad when I long for the days of Jonas Jennings and Kwame Harris.
So when they let Mike go they need to take a long hard look at McCloughan as well. McCloughan has been here just as long as anyone and not a lot to show for it, minus Willis, Davis and Gore.
The one part of this team that Singletary is 100% accountable for is that of offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye. Raye was Singletary’s choice, he was the one who believed Raye would be the man to help punch people in the face, after eight weeks it’s more of a light slap.
We all know what will happen though. The team will finish either 7-9 or 8-8, they will not make the playoffs. No changes will be made, well maybe a new OC will be brought in. But aside from that after this season we as fans will be promised the same thing we have been since Nolan. Team is heading in right direction, we have the players needed to execute, we want winners, blah, blah, blah. Then we’ll get to see the likes of Shanahan, Holmgren and Gruden head to other bad teams and watch them turn those teams around while we sit and continue to watch this team in all its mediocrity.
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its just a leave of absence for a personal matter 
The problem with firing Sing(which i am cool with doing) is I think he has like 4 years left. Thats a big buy out from a fairly cheap owner. Id like to see him and McG get jettisoned, then maybe bring in a Holmgren or Shanahan to run the whole effin show.
how can u say that after 1 year?? sing brings alot to the table and of course hes gonna make mistakes, hes only human. the ONLY problem i have with him is the hiring of jimmye raye. but at the same time we got turned down by 2 other potential OC’s. we really didnt have a choice. have patience man!! im just as eager as anyone but well see how he handles this next off season. maybe new OC, new QB, new OL, and then the new ERA.
that guys awesome!!!=========>
Cutler is the best player on our team but he can’t save us anymore. Sing played not to lose just like Nolan. He better wise up quick or he will join Nolan next year. By the way why are they throwing to Norris when they have Crabtree, Morgan, Hill and Davis. If I were anyone of those guys I would beg to traded or released.
Agree Ninerproud, but I think the throw to Norris was because Smith was about to be sacked. Norris was the dump off. If that was Gore or Davis or Crabs it probably would have been caught with enough room to pick up a first too
Ok love the win – even if it is 10-6. The last off. drive for the 9ers was pure stupidity though. If they had played any other team, they would have lost the game. i was having Favre flashbacks for the last 2-1/2 minutes or so. Fortunately it was Jay Culter the only NFL QB who makes JTO look like the champ of ball security.
Crabs and Davis were WAAYYY under used. Aside from the early pick, Alex was accurate – not great by any stretch – but he was making some plays – especially under pressure. It seemed like they got spooked after the int on the long throw and never let him throw long again.
0O-line is still a pile of swiss cheese – Smith was running for his life. If he had a breath or two he might have hit a wide open Morgan in the end zone on the last FG drive.
Speaking of FGs, since when does Nedney miss from 30 yards or so?? Late night last night Joe?
Mark Roman???!!! Really???? For this week, at least, you are off my suck list.
Gore is the man – if he would not fumble the ball on big plays, I would let him use my toothbrush even. Morgan’s best play of the season so far was that recovery.
Happy for Brown he got the big INT. Nice to see a young player do well.
D-line got lots of pressure, but no sacks. That sucks, but Franklins pick makes up for it a bit. Then again, the only person who didn’t pick off Jay Cutler was Andy Lee….
Happy for the win, but I am nervous about the play calling. Hope we can keep playing ‘D’ like this going down the stretch.
Honestly, it was an ugly win (yes, don’t argue anyone).
I love the way the defense played, but here are a few issues I have with the O play calling…
1. The best running success we had was just outside the tackles, or wide, and jimmy raye called too many damn inside runs for not gains or slight losses.
2. You are correct, Davis and Crabtree were way underused.
3. Since when did we abandon the screen?
What we need next year: A REAL quarterback, none of this pussyfooting around. A REAL O-line, none of this revolving door, kwame harris/mr. glass shit. And last, but not least, a REAL, honest to god, NFL O-coordinator. Seriously, the playing calling has been sucktastic.
I”m happy for the win too, but damn if our O needs some sort of shot in the arm (or ass).
How does Jimmy Raye let Vernon Davis only have 3 catches for 16 yards??? Does Jimmy Raye have a play in his predictable playbook that has a slant pattern in it???
Agree mostly, but I would hate to waste a pick on a QB.
Hear me out now..
Looking at both Smith and Hill so far this season and leaving the Titans game(smith;s stinker) and the Atlanta game (hill’s stinker) aside and looking at the other 7 games, the 9ers are asking their QBs to throw 3-5 yards down the field and hand the ball to Gore/Coffee.
Would having Dan Marino make a damn bit of difference? Even today, if you take away the one INT, Alex made pretty close to 0 mistakes. His throws were on target, he didn;t miss guys when he had time and he threw it away when he was hurried. The thing is, he was only asked to throw it 23 times. So he compeltes 69% of his passes for 118 yards. That’s on the play calling IMO. Hill was putting up numbers just like it. He had 18-20 throws, completed 15 or so and occasionally had a TD or an Int, but mostly went 3 and out.
I really think after rooting for Hill and then wanting Smith and then rooting for Smith and then thinking I wanted Hill back last week, maybe I just want an O-line that can pass protect and an offensive coordinator and head coach who want to win vs not losing.
The whole ‘not lose’ bit works vs crappy teams (Seattle, Chicago, St Louis) it got them lucky once (Cards) got them embarrassed once (Falcs) and kept them from winning 3 times (Indy, Vikes). Teh one time they open it up (Tenn.) they have offense and then tipped passes, bad decisions and poor o-line play jump on top of a defensive collapse to = a wtf loss.
I really am at a loss for this team. I think we beat Det, Rams and maybe Seattle like this, but if we think we can gain 250 yards or less and beat GB, Philly or Arizona, we are frickin dreaming.
i cant believe how bad of combo jimmy raye and alex smith are? 5 int’s and only 10 points??? rayes play calling could not be any shittier, this guy calls his plays like a fuckin pussy. a scared old man. somebody encourage me!!! PLEASE!
hahaha ur right about raye but how do u keep blaming smith?? haha thats funny.. some people. smith was 16 for 23 118 1int which is not that bad. And if you watched the game you can see that 9ers have nnnnoooooooo f***ing Oline. Even though I do believe that Raye has to go no matter what happens this year, but he did manage this game… Now I know all you smith hater are going to start talking shit and call me a smith lover, but I think he did a good job managing the game also. So, before you start negativity let me tell that Im a niner fan not smith, so take that negative shit somewhere else
Lets make an assesment after 5 games who do you think will have performed better Hill or Smith ….. Who would you put your money on? Smith has thrown 6 int’s this year already… and 1 and 2
come on man.. you know that those int’s in the titans game were on the WR’s but whatever, it dont even mater all people do is just look at the outcome, but I think you are missing the BIG picture.. we have NO Oline!!! Not even Brady could do something when you dont have time to throw, and he showed that in the SB. All Im saying is that NUMBER can be misleading sometimes because Cutler leads the league in INT’s but i know he is better than Smith and Hill put togather
Dude if you know anyting about football those picks were NOT on the WR’s. The one to Morgan a DB was DRAPED all over his back and Alex shouldnt have tried to force it with that kind of coverage. The one to Crabtree was thrown way too late and thats why the DB was able to make a easy break on it. Back to the Colts game where the ball was tipped was Crabtree, Alex “lead” him way too much and was too high. Crabs could only manage to get one hand on it. Watch the game tape fella maybe you will get more insight to what really happened so you wouldnt sound so stupid. Just giving you advice my man.
hahaha ok 5rings.. ur right he should have not thrown the ball there but guess what this is the NFL and if the ball hits ur hand, u most catch it. what was smith’s rating for that game? Do you believe he lost that game?? Anyways we can go on forever about Smith but i just dont believe that he is the reason for all the niner problems and people just put everything on him, which i believe is wrong.
Hey guy’s did watch the “the which QB will suck worse bowl” Alex made at least his INT quota…… 3 games and he still sucks ….. he just sucks ……. Hill got pulled for play like this against ATL (10 points) ….. At least the defense hung in there this time ….. They should of lost…. hopefully we can play better????????
At least Hill had a part in all the wins he had AZ, Rams, Sea, and Minn if the D would of help out……..
Hey stunt Mike was 8 and 9 before this game he’s 9 and 9 now…
i dont think its all on smith, its a combination of him, old man raye, and a really shitty o-line….
I agree with u
lol thas funny joe, er i mean jim…..
I think that fact that the 49ers have lost the last couple of games isn’t due to Singletary, thinking that getting rid of him considering what he’s done for this “teams” moral an cohesion is a lot better then the last coach (an we all know how good he looked in a suit). Thinking that a man can physically change a team such as the Niners to go from a team that was lucky to make .500 to a Superbowl team in as soon as a couple of years in smoking sum good stuff….. Just look at the change in Alex Hill, Vernon Davis….. those 2 “key” players have done a completely 100% turn around think about when those 2 where barely with the team?? they were absolutely AWFUL…. kickin Hill to the bench to give him a wake up call. Look at him now his accuracy an comprehension of the 9ers playbook as well as field presence has turned around completely (or should we put back in our 2nd string who had a knack to constantly throw interceptions on every damn down he had the ball). If Frisco thinks that were headed to the superbowl (though how cool it’d be) after barely the time Singletaries had with the team?? your thinking in the clouds. this team last year was in shamble an hes managed to bring them altogether but of course then most think of ticket prices an what mearily bring money rather then pride …….. cause if that’s all we think of now?? then we’re no better then the players that take a 1 year contract then after that go to free agency an go to the next highest bidder. The era that Singletary came from was the better, an considering this man spent time practicing an training under one of thee most influential kick ur ass coaches of the time I’d say that coach Singletary being able to teach a player an throw him out of the game to make him remember that this is a “TEAM” an not all about themselves, individually has from my stand point substantialy made a change for the better, just look at the change of standings for the defensive an offensive standings, considering to what they were last year….. by performance stand point ……….. our defense is ten times better then what it was last year an if no one sees that?? then u have no business stating your opinion. Firing coach Singletary without even really considering giving him a chance then? then changing coaches so soon after this teams extremely respects that man I have every faith that this teams going do worse then its now….. and we’ll be no better then the Oakland Raiders (now just think about that). The days of being spoiled with caliber quarterbacks such as Joe Montana an Steve young are done an gone we’ve been used to these type of players for so long we don’t like loosing. This team has caliber players now that just need to have a couple Of seasons playing with each other an getting used to being in a cohesion type of situation. But then as I’m sure I’ll hear this is just my opinion.
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