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Season on the Brink
What an ugly loss that was! That was just
humiliating. Green Bay is not a good team. The Niners usually play
decently at home. This game had all the makings of a Niners win. But
not only did the Niners lose, they lost ugly. Turnovers, penalties, all
of the things we thought the Niners had put behind them with that
lovely three game win streak, suddenly popped up again. Just on a
simple 4th and inches a few weeks back, the Niners have gone from a
playoff pretender to a potential top 5 pick. Is this a successful
season for SF?
I have always said that I believe Nolan to be a good coach in a
bad situation. But for all of the things I gave him credit for, I now
have to start to question is leadership at all. I always felt he got
the most from a team with little to give. I thought he got the players
to play hard for him even when the games did not matter or the scores
were out of sight. But on Sunday it was clear that Green Bay was the
motivated team. SF came in flat and could never recover.
So after being 5-5, a potential 4th and inches from a 4th
straight win and a winning record, the Niners lost to the Rams. Then
blown away by NO that nobody could be surprised at. And finally they
give it up to GB. With Seattle, Arizona and Denver on the schedule I
don't see any easy wins. No way we win at Seattle? I used to count at
home vs AZ as a win, but the Cardinals look like a hot team now and
could be hard to stop. And while Denver is struggling, can we really
expect a road win in Mile High?
So a season of such promise at 5-5, could turn into a season of
failure at 5-11 with a 6 game losing streak. Is that a successful
season? Given the start, is a 6 win season a success? At the start of
the season I would have guessed 4-6 wins (I think I picked 5) for the
Niners. But just because that is what I guessed does that make it a
success? And improvement on last year? I would argue that last years
4-12 record ending with two straight wins is a lot better than a 5-11
record ending with a 6 game losing streak. The fact is that teams are
supposed to get better as a season progresses. The Niners started to
for a bit, but over the last three games they have clearly regressed.
Alex Smith is getting worse as defenses adjust to stop Gore. The team's
efforts have seem to slide a bit since that ill-fated 4th and inch
field goal.
Now is the time that Nolan needs to step up and show he still
has this team, and that there is hope for improvement still. Ending on
a 6 game losing streak would be very hard for any fan to swallow.
Especially if they keep playing the way they played against the Packers.
Dec 11, 2006
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