49ers ask Stafford about parents divorce.

[724Skinsfan]

Sending Vernon Davis to the locker room was the single finest act by an NFL head coach I've seen maybe ever in a game. From that day he sent a clear message to everyone that the team is more important than the individual regardless of contract. As far as I know, no player of his has voiced any sort of complaint about him.

[SmootSmack]

I've got no problem with the question or even really Singletary's opinion of it. Singletary's decision to discuss the question and his opinion of it publicly is where I take issue. My guess is he is trying to convince other teams not to take Stafford and drop his status down to say the 10th pick in the draft (unlikely he'd drop that far), so he's putting this out there. But still, it seems a bit classless to do that.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I've got no problem with the question or even really Singletary's opinion of it. Singletary's decision to discuss the question and his opinion of it publicly is where I take issue. My guess is he is trying to convince other teams not to take Stafford and drop his status down to say the 10th pick in the draft (unlikely he'd drop that far), so he's putting this out there. But still, it seems a bit classless to do that.

I agree with you 100%. If he cannot take getting asked these questions how will he handle every sunday when D L is coming after him and talking thrash about anything they can think of. Its airing this in public thats not right.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

You know I kinda was apprehensive about Singletary getting the job. I liked the idea cause people were saying how good he is at coaching. but there was something about his attitude that turned me off. Everytime he gets in front of the cameras I get turned off and tune him out. I'm supprised not one player hasn't just walked up to him and just punched him in the face and walked away. I think I would have been traded by now.

I can certainly understand that, but Singletary deserves respect for what he did on the field. He also has a nice big honkin sb ring that speaks volumes. We think of it in terms of "what would I do if someone did that to me at work"? When it's a game, and motivation is taken from several different areas, and almost all of them haven't really been in the working world and they have all been motivated by different things.
I guarantee you ask any coach if showing his bare ass to the team would mean they would play better, all of them would do it. Singletary needs to be smart enough to not speak to the media, he needs to take the vegas approach: What happens in the locker room, stays in the locker room!

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I've got no problem with the question or even really Singletary's opinion of it. Singletary's decision to discuss the question and his opinion of it publicly is where I take issue.

exactly

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by jsarno

I can certainly understand that, but Singletary deserves respect for what he did on the field. He also has a nice big honkin sb ring that speaks volumes. We think of it in terms of "what would I do if someone did that to me at work"? When it's a game, and motivation is taken from several different areas, and almost all of them haven't really been in the working world and they have all been motivated by different things.
I guarantee you ask any coach if showing his bare ass to the team would mean they would play better, all of them would do it. Singletary needs to be smart enough to not speak to the media, he needs to take the vegas approach: What happens in the locker room, stays in the locker room!

Some people are awsome players. Some are awsome coach's. It's the ones that can transition from being player to coach with being tactful that are even more special. I honestly don't see Dinglebarry being anything special. Yes he was an awsome player. Perhaps even an awsome positional coach who usually do not get to talk to the media much. ......but put him in the spotlight and he seems less then tactfull. I know some of the best are excentric but I think its more his arrogance and how he comes across that would leave me wanting to be traded to a new team.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Some people are awsome players. Some are awsome coach's. It's the ones that can transition from being player to coach with being tactful that are even more special. I honestly don't see Dinglebarry being anything special. Yes he was an awsome player. Perhaps even an awsome positional coach who usually do not get to talk to the media much. ......but put him in the spotlight and he seems less then tactfull. I know some of the best are excentric but I think its more his arrogance and how he comes across that would leave me wanting to be traded to a new team.

Singletary went 5-4 as the 49ers coach, he took over for a team that was 2-5. That's a massive improvement. He's doing something right, even if we don't like it. Being tactful isn't always something that is important, but you will eventually lose the ship if you don't calm it down. I am not saying I'd love him as a coach, but I'm saying, it's working. All in all it has been 9 games. Tough to tell if he will be successful or fall flat on his face due to mutiny. But one thing is for certain, whether he succeeds with fireworks, or fails spectacularly, it will be 100% because of Singletary, and it will be fun to watch.