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Originally posted by Cheesehead Craig
Million dollar body with a ten cent head on it.
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Davis has all the physical talent in the world. He still plays like a rookie. Every 4-5 plays, he blows somebody up. Then, it's a couple blown assignments mixed in with a few whiffs.
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Yet another example of the need for a rookie salary cap and why TT should stay out of the first round every year until we get one.Lombardi told Starr to "Run it, and let's get the hell out of here!" - 'Ice Bowl' December 31, 1967Comment
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more from pft. go get em mike
SINGLETARY WANTS TO GET RID OF “CANCERS”
Posted by Mike Florio on October 27, 2008, 3:51 p.m.
As it turns out, Sunday’s eye-popping postgame press conference from new 49ers coach Mike Singletary was preceded by an even more fiery locker-room speech, during which Singletary promised to rid the team of “cancers.”
“There are some people in this room that don’t need to be here,” Singletary told the team, according to Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports. “We’ve got guys in here that are cancers. The thing about cancer cells is, they multiply. We’ve got to cut them out.”
One of the tumors apparently is tight end Vernon Davis, whom Singletary booted after Davis was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.
“You don’t need to be sayin’ nothin’ to me right now,” Davis reportedly said as Singletary was in the process of chewing the third-year player out for his error.
“I said I don’t need to hear it,” Davis said.
And that’s when Singletary told the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft to hit the showers.
One veteran defensive player praised the move to Silver: “Vernon does this crap all the time, and [former coach Mike] Nolan would always let it go. He created this monster.”
We also think that “this monster” was created in part by a rookie wage system that makes an annual handful of players untouchable during the early stages of their careers, since their teams can’t afford to take the cap hit that would result from cutting them. Time and again we’ve heard rumblings that players who waltz into the locker room as multi-multi-millionaires often can’t be coached or mentored, because they simply refuse to listen.
Because they know that, no matter what happens, they aren’t going anywhere.
The strangest aspect of Nolan’s reputation for going easy on the players is that he was, by all appearances, a butthole when it came to his dealings with the front office. Even after G.M. Scot McCloughan persuaded ownership to give Nolan another chance at coaching the team after Nolan’s authority over personnel had been transferred to McCloughan, Nolan boasted at the press conference announcing the move that “I will remain the one voice in this organization, and the face.”
Well, the organization now has a new voice, and a new face. And his first order of business apparently will be to undo the damage Nolan caused by tolerating guys who aren’t committed to the goal of winning via teamwork.
That said, where was Singletary before he became the head coach? Was he privately lobbying Nolan to engage in some organizational oncology, or was Singletary simply keeping his mouth shut, waiting and hoping for the whole thing to fall apart so that he’d get his chance to put it all back together?Comment
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Originally posted by Partial
lol; going to be a classic like "hello, we play to win the game..."They said God has a Tim Tebow complex!
Brew Crew in 2011!!!Comment
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Hooray for the Packers for not getting Vernon Davis--even though I was for him before I was against him.
Hooray for the Packers more so for NOT getting Mike Singletary as head coach.
The guy is NOT a good coach with regard to x's and o's, and his attitude will do more harm than good in the context of today's players. Some people may like this confrontational crap, but that just creates division and distraction, and it ain't what wins games.What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?Comment
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I don't know, Tex. Right now, that toughness might be just what the niners need--someone who won't take the players' prima donna b.s."Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg JenningsComment
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It would have been an easy mistake for a lesser evaluator to make to draft VD over AJ. AJ might not be the most impressive player from his class, but he's more impressive at his position than VD, and won't be a bad guy on the football team, ever."Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." -Daniel Patrick MoynihanComment
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We don't really know...with MM as his coach and Favre as his QB he might have been put into his place right quick and he might be a stud right now. This is why I value TT and MM so much...they create players that may fail elsewhere....which is why I didn't want to cave to Ryan Grant.Originally posted by texaspackerbackerThe only time success comes before work is in the dictionary -- Vince LombardiComment
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I would take Singletery as a coach anyday.BaahComment
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Mark my words, I guarantee, within the first six games, the opposition will TEST Singletary, and people will think he isn't experienced enough to make the right decision. The 49ers players will have to stick with him ....... but a lot of them won't because they won't be able to handle his outmoded "toughness"--similar to Ditka's second time around.Originally posted by MJZiggy
I don't give a shit if the 49ers go down the toilet or not. I'm just glad the Packers didn't end up with Singletary or somebody similar.What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?Comment
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I could take Tex on about Singletary, but I won't, cause he may be right.
Mike knows the x's and o's all right. But coaches don't get to play that badass card as much people think. You have to reach the players on a lot of different levels. Turning up the heat only works if that's your real personality and you have some good assistant coaches who can balance the constant pressure it puts on the guys.
Mike doesn't have his own staff, yet.
How he's supported by management will also bring a lot to bear on whether he can be successful. SF management hasn't been all that savvy. I dunno if they can support Mike with the right cast of characters to win there.
Mike Ditka wouldn't have been shit if it hadn't been for Jerry Vainisi pulling all those rubies out of the draft for Mike to holler at.Comment
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Although I agree with the Singletary approach, that was old school and pretty much only worked in years past (50's,60's,70's and 80's). Players today are mostly coddled or hyped way too much for their own good.
Classic examples of a coaches hard line approach (Ditka, Coughlin up until last year he had Tiki saying the coach had lost the team and Coughlin evidently changes his approach/style) get old or tuned out by the players.
It's sad as all the bullshit and whining and showboating degrades the league in my opinion but as long as fans suffer it or allow their kids to emulate it - it's not going away and neither are the pampered players.
All I can say is thank goodness for McCarthy's approach and some of the leaders on this team (Woodson, Harris, Kampman, Driver, etc.).
Draft football players first, athletes second, entertainers 43rd.60% of the time it works every time.Comment
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The 49ers have such a losing mentality right now that they need someone to stand up and say "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore". Mike may only last the rest of the season, but he's going to wake some people up while he's there to believe they should be doing better. That's what SF needs right now. GB didn't need that and MM was the perfect hire for us. Singletary is what SF needs for the remainder of the season.All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!Comment
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There was a series on this in the Washington Post on Monday. Here is what Dan Reeves had to say about it.
"Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg JenningsComment
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