You're Wrong on This One Ann

Hi Ladies! Well, there's more to the Alex Smith drama. After reading Ann Killion's article in the San Jose Mercury News, "Killion: Alex Smith is through as a 49er," I just had to put in my two cents. I'm so sick of hearing about pour Alex Smith. Don't get me wrong, the Niners organization is a mess from the ownership down to the head coach (the rest of the staff is good though). But Alex's problems are not directly related. Here's the comment I posted to Ms. Killion's article...

I’m sorry, but Alex’s injury has nothing to do with his 3 coordinators in 4 years sob story or the fact that he didn’t get to start this season, which is a blessing seeing as though he injured himself again – WITHOUT PLAYING. And the fact that the coordinators keep getting hired by other teams is not the fault of the 49ers either. They’ve been doing their best to deal with the situation every year. Alex is not the only one on the team with a new coordinator. The WHOLE offense had to deal with that but seems like they’ve been able to improve. As a matter of fact, seems as though the weak link was none other than ALEX SMITH. If we look at Alex over the years, he’s a backup quarterback at best, unless some team is willing to give him 5 years to mature. The problems he has aren't anything a different coordinator would solve. They’re basic skills which he still hasn’t been able to master in 3 years – ok, 2 if you don’t count last year. But if it’s gonna take you 2 years to learn how to throw a ball accurately or feel comfortable enough releasing the ball on time, then you had no business getting $31 million and playing in the NFL in the first place. And by the way, how can you now say that his new injury is from "overworking" his arm? Everyone was just whining about how they weren't letting him play, start, take any snaps, whatever. Seems like he needed to be resting anyway. No we don't have a starting quarterback right now in JTO, but we never had one in Alex Smith.

Now don't get me wrong, I've been pulling for Alex. I really like him, but we have to be honest here. I just don't see where it was ever happening for him regardless of who was coaching him. I do hope he will get picked up by another team and be given the kind of grooming and hand holding he needs, but we just don't have time for that. Good Luck Alex!