Seahawks vs 49ers 10/26/08
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Singletary Speaks
http://49ers.com/blog49/?p=205
Singletary’s opening statement…
Number one, I apologize. I apologize for the first start. It’s like this, today was good for me. It was good for me because sometimes you take a step back and you think, you know what, I’m here, it’s on, we are going to make it work, they are working hard, they are doing this, they are doing that, and it’s going to change right now.
It will change. It will change because they want it to change, not because of me. It will change because they want to be champions.
We have to figure out our formula.
Our formula is this - we go out and hit people in the mouth, that’s number one. Number two, we are not a charity - we can not give them the game. That’s number two. Number three, we execute from the very beginning to the very end of the game, that did not happen.
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TE VERNON DAVIS LEAVES THE FIELD
On what happened with Vernon Davis, who left the field a few minutes after being flagged for an unsportsmanlike penalty late in the third quarter….
It’s something I told players at the beginning of the week. I will not tolerate players who think it is about them and not the team. We can’t make decisions that cost the team, and then come off the sidelines and it’s nonchalant. I’d rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else. Rather than play with 11, when I know that right now, that person is not sold out to be part of the team. It’s more about them, than it is the team. You can not play with them. You can not win with them. You can not coach with them, can’t do it. I want winners. I want people who want to win.
I told him he’d do a better job for us right now taking a shower and coming back and watching the game than he was doing us right now.
Singletary said he would have to consider whether or not Davis would be the starter following the bye.
ON THE QB SWITCH
Singletary said it was his call to make the change at quarterback from JT O’Sullivan to Shaun Hill.
He’ll also have to think about the quarterback situation further.
http://49ers.com/blog49/?p=205
Singletary’s opening statement…
Number one, I apologize. I apologize for the first start. It’s like this, today was good for me. It was good for me because sometimes you take a step back and you think, you know what, I’m here, it’s on, we are going to make it work, they are working hard, they are doing this, they are doing that, and it’s going to change right now.
It will change. It will change because they want it to change, not because of me. It will change because they want to be champions.
We have to figure out our formula.
Our formula is this - we go out and hit people in the mouth, that’s number one. Number two, we are not a charity - we can not give them the game. That’s number two. Number three, we execute from the very beginning to the very end of the game, that did not happen.
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TE VERNON DAVIS LEAVES THE FIELD
On what happened with Vernon Davis, who left the field a few minutes after being flagged for an unsportsmanlike penalty late in the third quarter….
It’s something I told players at the beginning of the week. I will not tolerate players who think it is about them and not the team. We can’t make decisions that cost the team, and then come off the sidelines and it’s nonchalant. I’d rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else. Rather than play with 11, when I know that right now, that person is not sold out to be part of the team. It’s more about them, than it is the team. You can not play with them. You can not win with them. You can not coach with them, can’t do it. I want winners. I want people who want to win.
I told him he’d do a better job for us right now taking a shower and coming back and watching the game than he was doing us right now.
Singletary said he would have to consider whether or not Davis would be the starter following the bye.
ON THE QB SWITCH
Singletary said it was his call to make the change at quarterback from JT O’Sullivan to Shaun Hill.
He’ll also have to think about the quarterback situation further.
Monday Review (Post-Seattle)
http://49ers.com/blog49/?p=206
Head coach Mike Singletary should be down in a few minutes to address the media for Monday’s game wrap up. I’ll have running highlights here, although you can also watch it live on TV 49, accessible on the homepage of 49ers.com.
Singletary said he has not yet spoken to Vernon Davis today, but will do so later.
“My experiences with Vernon, I’ve talked to Vernon a couple of times, there had been a few outbursts, whether it be offense/defense situation or a game situation, that I’ve thought you know what I’m going to talk to him and try to get him to understand that you just can’t do that.”
Singletary said he had a conversation with Davis last week about stepping up and being a leader on the team. The tight end told his new head coach that he was ready.
“The very thing I was just talking about a couple of days ago, you do, and not only that, you come off the sideline and it’s like what’s the problem. It just hit me wrong.”
Singletary said everything comes down to having respect for one another, and that it isn’t anything personal.
“It’s not that he’s out of my good graces. I don’t have a doghouse. It’s not like that at all. To me, he just crossed the line and he needs to understand it. I just want him to understand it can’t happen. It can’t happen. It’s really as simple as that. I won’t play games with the doghouse, or I’m not talking to him.”
Singletary later elaborated on the situation with Davis, clearing up any questions as to whether or not Davis is a cancer on the team.
”Vernon is not a problem. Vernon is not a problem guy. Vernon just forgets sometimes that the team is more important. Vernon is not a guy who doesn’t come to practice. You have to tell Vernon, don’t hurt the guy, that’s your teammate. He works his tail off. You don’t have a problem with Vernon in that way. You just sometimes have to remind Vernon of not hurting the team. He is not a guy who is a distraction on the team. Yesterday, he was somewhat of a distraction. But everyone knows Vernon. I just did what I did so that he wasn’t a distraction. Just go in and take a shower, relax.”
Singletary watched the film with Mike Martz this morning and pointed out things about both quarterbacks. He said they will continue to talk about it before naming a starting quarterback.
“When you look at what JT has and the capabilities and the arm strength and all of those things, you say, ‘hey, maybe that guy gives us the best chance to win.’ But, you look around the league, there are guys who are very, very talented. They can throw the right ball. They can throw every pass. They can throw every route. They are very talented, they are very smart, but they can’t play quarterback. JT has done a good job. He’s just been inconsistent. Mike Martz’s assessment was correct (in saying that JT could be an outstanding quarterback), but sometimes you go back, and you look at where is the team, where is my quarterback situation, and we have to make the best decision to make the right fit. That’s what we are talking about.”
That being said, Singletary said the 49ers have to look at the team as a whole and figure out who is best to lead the offense.
Singletary said on Sunday after the game that he wants a physical team that will hit someone in the mouth. Asked if he has the personnel on the roster to achieve that, he said, “There’s no doubt, there’s no doubt.”
Singletary said Sunday’s post-game remarks to the media were pretty much his personality.
“I don’t ever want to come in there and be a philosopher. What you see, that is what I am. That’s not going to change anytime soon.”
When asked, Singletary confirmed that VP of Football Operations Paraag Marathe was in the booth and that he welcomes his comments related to clock management.
Asked if it’s his decision whether or not Marathe is in the booth he said, “If I wanted him out, I think that would be my decision to do so. I think he’s fine.”
Singletary said he visited briefly with the team’s head trainer and would have more information later in the day regarding injuries.
http://49ers.com/blog49/?p=206
Head coach Mike Singletary should be down in a few minutes to address the media for Monday’s game wrap up. I’ll have running highlights here, although you can also watch it live on TV 49, accessible on the homepage of 49ers.com.
Singletary said he has not yet spoken to Vernon Davis today, but will do so later.
“My experiences with Vernon, I’ve talked to Vernon a couple of times, there had been a few outbursts, whether it be offense/defense situation or a game situation, that I’ve thought you know what I’m going to talk to him and try to get him to understand that you just can’t do that.”
Singletary said he had a conversation with Davis last week about stepping up and being a leader on the team. The tight end told his new head coach that he was ready.
“The very thing I was just talking about a couple of days ago, you do, and not only that, you come off the sideline and it’s like what’s the problem. It just hit me wrong.”
Singletary said everything comes down to having respect for one another, and that it isn’t anything personal.
“It’s not that he’s out of my good graces. I don’t have a doghouse. It’s not like that at all. To me, he just crossed the line and he needs to understand it. I just want him to understand it can’t happen. It can’t happen. It’s really as simple as that. I won’t play games with the doghouse, or I’m not talking to him.”
Singletary later elaborated on the situation with Davis, clearing up any questions as to whether or not Davis is a cancer on the team.
”Vernon is not a problem. Vernon is not a problem guy. Vernon just forgets sometimes that the team is more important. Vernon is not a guy who doesn’t come to practice. You have to tell Vernon, don’t hurt the guy, that’s your teammate. He works his tail off. You don’t have a problem with Vernon in that way. You just sometimes have to remind Vernon of not hurting the team. He is not a guy who is a distraction on the team. Yesterday, he was somewhat of a distraction. But everyone knows Vernon. I just did what I did so that he wasn’t a distraction. Just go in and take a shower, relax.”
Singletary watched the film with Mike Martz this morning and pointed out things about both quarterbacks. He said they will continue to talk about it before naming a starting quarterback.
“When you look at what JT has and the capabilities and the arm strength and all of those things, you say, ‘hey, maybe that guy gives us the best chance to win.’ But, you look around the league, there are guys who are very, very talented. They can throw the right ball. They can throw every pass. They can throw every route. They are very talented, they are very smart, but they can’t play quarterback. JT has done a good job. He’s just been inconsistent. Mike Martz’s assessment was correct (in saying that JT could be an outstanding quarterback), but sometimes you go back, and you look at where is the team, where is my quarterback situation, and we have to make the best decision to make the right fit. That’s what we are talking about.”
That being said, Singletary said the 49ers have to look at the team as a whole and figure out who is best to lead the offense.
Singletary said on Sunday after the game that he wants a physical team that will hit someone in the mouth. Asked if he has the personnel on the roster to achieve that, he said, “There’s no doubt, there’s no doubt.”
Singletary said Sunday’s post-game remarks to the media were pretty much his personality.
“I don’t ever want to come in there and be a philosopher. What you see, that is what I am. That’s not going to change anytime soon.”
When asked, Singletary confirmed that VP of Football Operations Paraag Marathe was in the booth and that he welcomes his comments related to clock management.
Asked if it’s his decision whether or not Marathe is in the booth he said, “If I wanted him out, I think that would be my decision to do so. I think he’s fine.”
Singletary said he visited briefly with the team’s head trainer and would have more information later in the day regarding injuries.