Alex Smith Talks Progressing Slowly

[In58men]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

Obvious troll is obvious

Not trolling at all. You'll undstand me soon.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Not trolling at all. You'll undstand me soon.

same shit was said over and over last year


after every game,every pass,every play it was 'just wait until xxxxxxx, Alex Smith will show he sucks'

Smith can't do this ....
Smith can't do that ...
Smith won't do this ...

over and over he did exactly what people said he couldn't/wouldn't do


give it a rest

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

same shit was said over and over last year


after every game,every pass,every play it was 'just wait until xxxxxxx, Alex Smith will show he sucks'

Smith can't do this ....
Smith can't do that ...
Smith won't do this ...

over and over he did exactly what people said he couldn't/wouldn't do


give it a rest

That isn't remotely true.

Over the first 9 games of the season, he was exactly the kind of QB that many of us expected.
The safe risk averse game manager that didn't lose games for this team, with a couple of big plays mixed in.

He started to raise the level of his play over the course of the last 7 games and the playoff game.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by milkman

That isn't remotely true.

Over the first 9 games of the season, he was exactly the kind of QB that many of us expected.
The safe risk averse game manager that didn't lose games for this team, with a couple of big plays mixed in.

He started to raise the level of his play over the course of the last 7 games and the playoff game.

It's exactly true

Alex Smith isn't winning, the defense is
Alex Smith can't throw deep
Alex Smith won't throw deep
Alex Smith can't score more than xx points
Alex Smith can't be aggressive without imploding
Alex Smith can't stay healthy

the goal posts kept being moved further back each time Alex Smith did something else that people said he couldn't do and now it's starting all over again

Alex Smith can't have another good year ............

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

It's exactly true

Alex Smith isn't winning, the defense is

That was the truth for the first 9 games of the season.

Alex Smith can't throw deep
Alex Smith won't throw deep

The first of those 2 assertions was off base, but the 2nd was the truth for the first 9 games.

Alex Smith can't score more than xx points
Alex Smith can't be aggressive without imploding

You've always had a problem with reading comprehension, which isn't surprising, given your lack of ability to string together words into coherent sentences and paragraphs.

Alex Smith can't stay healthy

You got one right.
Congratulations.

the goal posts kept being moved further back each time Alex Smith did something else that people said he couldn't do and now it's starting all over again

Alex Smith can't have another good year ............

There were, and are, only a handful of people who didn't recognize Smith's progress over the last 7 games.

You present it as people moving goalposts week to week, and as a majority.

Neither are remotely true.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by milkman

That was the truth for the first 9 games of the season.


The first of those 2 assertions was off base, but the 2nd was the truth for the first 9 games.



You've always had a problem with reading comprehension, which isn't surprising, given your lack of ability to string together words into coherent sentences and paragraphs.



You got one right.
Congratulations.





There were, and are, only a handful of people who didn't recognize Smith's progress over the last 7 games.

You present it as people moving goalposts week to week, and as a majority.

Neither are remotely true.

Great post.

As a member of the "critical" crowd, I was pleasantly surprised by the progress Alex Smith showed in the second half of the season (from the first San Diego game on, he was very good, aside from the season closing game against Indy). I am cautiously optimistic he can continue to be that guy, but need to see a little bit more before I buy all in on him being that guy.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

... he was very good, aside from the season closing game against Indy).

I'll simply never understand why people point to his best game of the year as a weak spot.

He pulled out the whole trick bag and looked great doing it.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

he was very good, aside from the season closing game against Indy

stick your head in an oven

I have no idea whether Smith will become an upper tier QB but complaining about the Indy game is beyond idiotic.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

the goal posts kept being moved further back each time Alex Smith did something else that people said he couldn't do and now it's starting all over again

Alex Smith can't have another good year ............

I don't think it's conclusive to anyone because:
1) The first half of the year he was very average. I don't think I saw him do much a fleet footed rookie couldn't do. We won most of our first 8 due to defense.
The 2nd half the year our defense went flat and we won because Alex made plays, kept drives alive, and scored pts.
2) It was only 1 year.

I don't honestly know how much of (1) was due to Alex or the coaching/play calling. We didn't really open up the offense until we had to.

Which means we just have to rely on our HC/GM.

Which is very ****ing hard to do after the last 7 years...

[tatorhog]

Originally Posted by milkman

That isn't remotely true.

Over the first 9 games of the season, he was exactly the kind of QB that many of us expected.
The safe risk averse game manager that didn't lose games for this team, with a couple of big plays mixed in.

He started to raise the level of his play over the course of the last 7 games and the playoff game.

Chemistry was built through the season. New QB, new coach, all new offense, etc...hell, they played it safe and won games early on. Better than shooting from the hip willy nilly and sucking ass big time.

Guys who run into parked vehicles like inmem can't grasp the concept of things not being totally plug and play like on madden.