The SuperBowl and Beyond

Just a few hours away from the superbowl.  It is hard to believe that the 49ers are back into the big game.  It was only a few years ago that the team was down in the dumps and looking like they would never recover.  Enter Jim Harbaugh and it seems like we returned from Bizzaro world.  The quarterback play got better and we actually started winning football games.  It is amazing how much of a difference the head coach can make. He actually got Alex Smith and the Media to believe that Alex is an Elite quarterback.

There are lots of fans that were starting to pull for Alex Smith and you can understand that.  Are you really sorry for the guy for losing his job to Colin Kaepernick?  No.  Alex has made enough money off of the niners.  His play was nowhere near worth that money.  It was strange to see him hang around the 49ers for so long. It always made me wonder why they never cut him before.

The defense has been strong for a good while now.  I didn't understand the Mike Nolan hiring, but the team did focus on defense once he got here.  The draft picks that were made during his tenure really are the core of this football team now.

I had high hopes for Mike Singletary.  He had the tough talk and he was a good player, but the team seemed like they were not prepared sometimes.  The play calling really got predictable under his regime.  They had good personnel but could not bring all the parts together.  Trying to run the ball so much and having Alex Smith back there at quarterback was not a good combination.

Jim Harbaugh is just a genius.  He squeezed as much talent as he could out of Alex Smith. Michael Crabtree and the other wide receivers are looking like a brand new bunch with Colin Kaepernick.  I can vividly remember people calling Crabtree a bust and a diva.  News Flash, He was always good.  Alex Smith would throw passes that were not catch-able   Jim Harbaugh almost pulled off one of the greatest magic tricks ever by almost getting the 49ers past the Giants last year with Alex.  Truth be told, without those kick return fumbles, the niners might have won a super bowl last year.

This has been on heck of a ride.  The 49ers will play tomorrow and I hope they win another super bowl ring.  Alex Smith will be probably be playing somewhere else next year.  I hope that he can keep playing at a high level the way Jim Harbaugh has programmed him to do.