By the way....
Shaun Hill - QB - 49ers Report: Niners QB job is Shaun Hill's to lose
Schefter says Alex Smith would have to really get hot and Hill flounder for the depth chart to change. Hill started the Niners' exhibition opener, but barely played because coach Mike Singletary is confident in him. Smith needs to light up the Raiders' secondary on Saturday to make it close. August 17
Shaun Hill - QB - 49ers Report: Niners QB job is Shaun Hill's to lose
Schefter says Alex Smith would have to really get hot and Hill flounder for the depth chart to change. Hill started the Niners' exhibition opener, but barely played because coach Mike Singletary is confident in him. Smith needs to light up the Raiders' secondary on Saturday to make it close. August 17
Not sure he is the biggest, but the Forty Niners had the first pick and a large portion of Bay Area fans wanted them to pick Aaron Rodgers from Cal who under coach Tedford had all the tools to be successful in the NFL and played in the Pac 10. So, what does the Niner ownership do? Takes a kid out of Utah who is used to playing in the shotgun and now look at him and look at Rodgers leading the Packers. Many of us were irrate about that pick and still are? :>(
I really like Shaun Hill, he doesnt make mistakes. Also like the 49ers to win there division with or without Crabtree.
Bargnani should not be mentioned in the same sentence as those other guys. Bargnani just re-up'd his deal with Toronto for 5 years, $50 million.
<table class="playerStatTable careerAvg" border="1" bordercolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="title"><td class="year">Season</td> <td class="team">Team</td> <td>G</td> <td>GS</td> <td>MPG</td> <td>FG%</td> <td>3p%</td> <td>FT%</td> <td>OFF</td> <td>DEF</td> <td>RPG</td> <td>APG</td> <td>SPG</td> <td>BPG</td> <td>TO</td> <td>PF</td> <td>PPG</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="yr">08-09</td> <td class="tm">TOR</td> <td>78</td> <td>59</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>0.450</td> <td>0.409</td> <td>0.831</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.73</td> <td>3.10</td> <td>15.4</td></tr></tbody></table>
He averaged 15 points a game and shot 45% from the field and 41% from three. He is only 23 too. Hardly a bust. Sorry he plays in Toronto and you get to see him play once a year.
<table class="playerStatTable careerAvg" border="1" bordercolor="#cccccc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="title"><td class="year">Season</td> <td class="team">Team</td> <td>G</td> <td>GS</td> <td>MPG</td> <td>FG%</td> <td>3p%</td> <td>FT%</td> <td>OFF</td> <td>DEF</td> <td>RPG</td> <td>APG</td> <td>SPG</td> <td>BPG</td> <td>TO</td> <td>PF</td> <td>PPG</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="yr">08-09</td> <td class="tm">TOR</td> <td>78</td> <td>59</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>0.450</td> <td>0.409</td> <td>0.831</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.73</td> <td>3.10</td> <td>15.4</td></tr></tbody></table>
He averaged 15 points a game and shot 45% from the field and 41% from three. He is only 23 too. Hardly a bust. Sorry he plays in Toronto and you get to see him play once a year.
my vote for biggest bust
NFL
reggie bush
vince young
both players have had the opportunity to shine, although they have had some great highlight plays no consistency and didnt live up to expectations
as much as i would like to say jamarcuss any raider is not fair. look at randy moss season with the raiders and next season with the pats. goes and sets an nfl record. on the raiders was considered washed up? so ill leave gallery and jamarcuss off the busts list for now
NBA
the 1st that come to mind is
darko
the kandi man
adam morrison
NFL
reggie bush
vince young
both players have had the opportunity to shine, although they have had some great highlight plays no consistency and didnt live up to expectations
as much as i would like to say jamarcuss any raider is not fair. look at randy moss season with the raiders and next season with the pats. goes and sets an nfl record. on the raiders was considered washed up? so ill leave gallery and jamarcuss off the busts list for now
NBA
the 1st that come to mind is
darko
the kandi man
adam morrison
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Reconstructing Alex Smith
<!-- 1 -->Mike Singletary, at his weekly news conference, provided more details about the players' request to open up the offense. The more details that come forth, the more you think this situation might have been somewhat orchestrated by Singletary. The person the team possibly needed to convince more than anybody about abandoning the run-first philosophy was offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye.
Singletary approached Smith before the Green Bay game and to get his thoughts on the offense. Not surprisingly, Smith said he wanted to open up the scheme; then last week, Singletary encouraged Smith to go to Jimmy Raye and express those thoughts.
Alex Smith is not the only one being evaluated.
"I went to (Alex) and I said, 'Ok, what did you think about this, what did you think about that?'" Once Singletary got the answer, he said. "OK, that's outstanding, now go tell Jimmy."
Singletary said it would have been easy for him to go tell Raye himself, but it was too easy to pull "the power card."
Singletary is intimately aware of Smith's history with the prior head coach Mike Nolan. How they publicly feuded, how Smith felt he was humiliated by Nolan when the coach "called him out" in a team meeting and questioned Smith's ability to play with the shoulder injury that eventually required two surgeries and an arthroscoppy. Raye said Smith was scarred by that and by the annual change at coordinator. So, Singletary has been trying to rebuild Smith into a forceful team presence in the huddle and in the meeting room. Telling Smith to go to Raye was part of Singletary's overall strategy to reconstruct his presence with the team.
By advocating for what he wanted Singletary said, Smith now has to take "ownership" and perform. He's getting the offense he wants, now he has to prove he can perform in that scheme. Singletary said Monday that the next five games, even the next two or three games, will prove if Smith can take ownership. But more than that, the onus is also on Raye, he must prove that he has the flexibility to turn this offense into one dominated by the pass. Interestingly Raye is as much on the hot seat as Smith.
<!-- 2 -->Posted By: Kevin Lynch (Email) | November 30 2009 at 01:26 PM
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ninerinsider/detail?&entry_id=52578#ixzz0YO6StITL
Reconstructing Alex Smith
<!-- 1 -->Mike Singletary, at his weekly news conference, provided more details about the players' request to open up the offense. The more details that come forth, the more you think this situation might have been somewhat orchestrated by Singletary. The person the team possibly needed to convince more than anybody about abandoning the run-first philosophy was offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye.
Singletary approached Smith before the Green Bay game and to get his thoughts on the offense. Not surprisingly, Smith said he wanted to open up the scheme; then last week, Singletary encouraged Smith to go to Jimmy Raye and express those thoughts.
"I went to (Alex) and I said, 'Ok, what did you think about this, what did you think about that?'" Once Singletary got the answer, he said. "OK, that's outstanding, now go tell Jimmy."
Singletary said it would have been easy for him to go tell Raye himself, but it was too easy to pull "the power card."
Singletary is intimately aware of Smith's history with the prior head coach Mike Nolan. How they publicly feuded, how Smith felt he was humiliated by Nolan when the coach "called him out" in a team meeting and questioned Smith's ability to play with the shoulder injury that eventually required two surgeries and an arthroscoppy. Raye said Smith was scarred by that and by the annual change at coordinator. So, Singletary has been trying to rebuild Smith into a forceful team presence in the huddle and in the meeting room. Telling Smith to go to Raye was part of Singletary's overall strategy to reconstruct his presence with the team.
By advocating for what he wanted Singletary said, Smith now has to take "ownership" and perform. He's getting the offense he wants, now he has to prove he can perform in that scheme. Singletary said Monday that the next five games, even the next two or three games, will prove if Smith can take ownership. But more than that, the onus is also on Raye, he must prove that he has the flexibility to turn this offense into one dominated by the pass. Interestingly Raye is as much on the hot seat as Smith.
<!-- 2 -->Posted By: Kevin Lynch (Email) | November 30 2009 at 01:26 PM
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ninerinsider/detail?&entry_id=52578#ixzz0YO6StITL
