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What's this I hear about the 49ers hiring someone with smartz on their team? With someone who has some smartz on board, there is a chance we could lose to that crummy team!
I liked it a lot better when they only had a bunch of dummies on that team because it made it easy to beat them all the time!
Why the way they were, we could never lose to them!
Oh, wait.......... Yes?
We did?!?!
Twice????
Never mind.
Sincerely,
Emily Litella
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For one he doesn't have the receiving corps that the Lions or Rams had.
For another , he will see to it that Alex Smith will not make it thru the season. Martz is a QB killer.
AND, the 49ers are in total turmoil. Their regime has gone thru a complete makeover and they will have to take 2 steps back before moving forward.
If the 49ers were our team heading into the 07 season, we would be calling for a mutiny of the entire staff. They so vastly under produced it's downright crazy.
I know they beat us twice, but still can't believe it.
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I think this is great news for us. Nolan isn't what he was built up to be, and Martz will help that team explode in a bad way. They don't have the receivers or QB for his offense, and Martz's patience is notoriously thin. Good.
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I think this is great news for us. Nolan isn't what he was built up to be, and Martz will help that team explode in a bad way. They don't have the receivers or QB for his offense, and Martz's patience is notoriously thin. Good.
Question: There has always been the talk that Mike Martz de-emphasizes the run game. Is that a fair knock on him? Faulk: I don't know. You can look up my first three years with him before we lost a couple offensive linemen and our defense became a liability. I touched the ball a lot. What you have to look at is, what do you do to win ballgames? People feel you have to run the football to win ballgames. Until a team comes out and does what we did or what you see the Patriots doing, you realize that's not always the case. It's about winning ballgames. I think he's going to do whatever he feels needs to be done to win ballgames. If it's running 40, 50 times, he'll do it. If it's throwing 40, 50 times, he'll do that. He gets a bad rap for not running the ball. You look at it the situation. Sometimes it doesn't dictate running the ball a lot. Question: Martz said Frank Gore will be the centerpiece, much the same way you were the centerpiece . . . Faulk: What he loves to do and what he really enjoys doing is getting the running back involved because it's a tough position to cover a guy. When a receiver is a guy, they can take him out of the game. But a running back . . . especially if you have the capabilities of catching the ball out of the backfield, that means you play all three downs. You become a much more viable weapon within the scheme of things. I'm sure Frank will like the challenge, as far as what Mike is going to bring to the table and what they're going to ask of him. He's going to be asked to do a lot. I'm not just saying catching and running the ball, but also pass blocking and helping guys out. The running back position is the centerpiece of the offense. Question: From what you've seen of Frank, how nice of a fit is he for Mike Martz's offense? Faulk: I think for the both of them. This will be the first time Mike's had a back like Frank who is capable of running the ball inside as well as Frank does. So it's going to be a learning curve for him. Frank's probably never had an offensive coordinator who has asked him to know so many plays and know so much about the game in order for the team to be successful. There's going to be some pressure on Frank's shoulders to handle a lot of things and wear a couple of different hats for the team to have success. I believe, in knowing both of them, they're going to welcome each other. I think they'll probably have a great relationship. I'd be surprised if they don't. Question: What kind of looks can Frank expect from defenses? Faulk: Teams won't come into games playing eight and nine men in the box against Frank. You can believe that.
Martz has gotten fired twice because of his infatuation with the passing game and ignoring the running game
Many blame Martz for losing the second Ram Superbowl when after running pretty effectively early, abandoned it for the passing game which played right into Belichek's plan.
Could it be different? Sure. But history strongly suggests that in spite of the best intentions and pronouncements at a press conference, the running game will get the short shrift.
Has Martz ever had a between the tackles runner like Gore? Well, he has in Steven Jackson. One of the chief complaints in St. Louis was that Martz under-utilized him.
Finally, Faulk ran in an offense that featured Holt, Bruce and Az Hakim (all in their prime). No surprise that he didnt face much 8 man fronts (or 7 for that matter). I just dont see a receiver on SF's roster that at this time will command that respect from the defense.
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