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| QB Smith rips into Nolan for turning team against him Quarterback Alex Smith is going to have his right shoulder surgically repaired, but repairing his relationship with 49ers Coach Mike Nolan could be more difficult. In his strongest act of rebellion to date, Smith on Monday said that Nolan has tried to "undermine" his reputation in the locker room. In an exclusive interview with the Mercury News, Smith said Nolan made it clear to teammates that the quarterback was using injuries as an excuse for poor performance, a charge that has left Smith's locker-room reputation in shambles. Smith, who had long been hinting that an operation was required, said he was frustrated by Nolan's repeated public comments - "the spin," as Smith called it - that questioned the quarterback's toughness. A month ago, after a 24-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the quarterback volunteered that his separated right shoulder was "killing him." Nolan had repeatedly said Smith's health was fine, setting off a brief dust-up between the coach and quarterback. Smith said Monday that he had no problem with the public controversy, but said Nolan pushed it too far by making it an issue in the locker room. Last week, Nolan was approached by a reporter and asked whether the tougher battle Smith faced was restoring his teammates' trust and confidence. "You didn't ask me that question," Nolan said. "And I'm not going to answer it. I can't answer it." No player was willing to go on the record when asked about the quarterback's leadership status, but no player rushed to his defense, either. "I'm not touching that one," one veteran said. Another player recently refused to discuss the extent of his injury with a reporter because, he said, "I don't want it to be like Alex's interview where I'm blaming my production on it." Another acknowledged that certain members of the team have derisively referred to Smith as "The Lion," as in the one without courage in "The Wizard of Oz." One assistant coach said Smith "made a mistake" when he went public about his ailing shoulder and now clearly is paying a price for his honesty. Another player said that Smith had to expect that there would be "consequences" for failing to keep his injury-related struggles in house. http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_768977...ce=most_viewed
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| Re: QB Smith rips into Nolan for turning team against him I am with you...if the guy is playing through a separated shoulder how the hell do you fault him and show him up to his crew????...That is nuts...Miami or Chicago here comes your QB of the future. |
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| Re: QB Smith rips into Nolan for turning team against him Well, I guess some guys expect a certain degree of toughness out of their players. But this is crazy. It'd idiotic to not look out for your quarterback's well-being. One of these guys is done in San Francisco, and somehow I don't think it'll be Alex Smith.
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| Re: QB Smith rips into Nolan for turning team against him Quote:
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_768977...nclick_check=1 This comes from the same story. Smith got hurt originally back on Sept. 30. He has been playing with a separated shoulder since then. Soooo-you base your statement above about the same stats shoulder or not on what???????????????????????????? |
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