THE PROS AND CONS OF NATE DAVIS, 49ERS QB ENIGMA
By maureen at 23 August, 2010, 7:12 am
Just an additional early 49ers’ preseason game. Yawn. Me reserved to write about Alex Smith, as great as he looked flattering good, though what does it mean?
Typical 49ers Aug stuff. And then: Mike Singletary was asked about 2nd-year QB Nate Davis, who did the small engaging things (yet again) tonight when he was given the complete second half to play, and, as can occur right away as great as again with Singletary, the sparks flew.
And the motivation-moment began.
Singletary pronounced he’s up as great as down upon Davis, similar to Davis is up as great as down in the game, together with tonight, when he dismissed which 60-yard pass to Ted Ginn, though additionally blew the small insurance calls as great as fell down for the 5-yard benefit upon third-and-6.
Singletary pronounced he’s not certain about Davis’ work ethic. Hmm. Alert, alert.
And when Lowell C asked him what he meant by that, Singletary launched in to the burning soliloquy about Davis wanting to sense now, in precision camp, though substantially didn’t put sufficient bid in to guidance the playbook as great as mastering alternative sum prior to stay ever started.
During the small of this erotically appealing as great as all astonishing discourse, the doorway to the speak room popped open as great as we saw Davis station there, right outside, great inside of conference operation even with the doorway closed.
Singletary is not still when he does these lectern performances, FYI.
I don’t know if Davis listened any of it, or would’ve disposed it, or which Singletary cared presumably way.
(Davis was unequivocally calm, as usual, when he was asked about Singletary’s comments the small later. Not during all surprised, clearly. And unequivocally usurpation of the criticism.)
But it was an engaging impulse to be station without delay in between Singletary as great as the tyro removing the shrill message. Very interesting.
Singletary has overwhelmed upon this emanate before, quite in the mini-camp when he pronounced Davis wasn’t surpassing as quick as he would similar to as great as unequivocally not as most as the coaching staff would like.
We all know Davis has extensive talent, as great as improvisational skill; we additionally know he has a guidance incapacity which the 49ers staff has worked to assistance him with given drafting him final year.
And we know Singletary saves the small of his toughest adore for the players he thinks can furnish for him, though need the small written shaking. He wouldn’t be observant this if he didn’t consider there was the lot there in Davis.
But it additionally struck me that, when we asked Alex Smith in all about Davis tonight, Smith additionally went right to the theme of Davis’ work day to day as great as authority of the system.
Smith is not what you’d call the open hard-ass. He doesn’t ever call out his teammates. Clearly, he’s certainly listened the coaches’ worries about Davis, though Smith didn’t have to repeat them.
And nonetheless he did. This is not your normal incident with the immature third-stringer. Not during all.
Right off, I’d contend Davis has no possibility to succeed David Carr as the No. 2 this year–but we never suspicion which was possible. Now we have to begin meditative serve down the line.
Just an additional preseason game. Then bam, something to unequivocally gnaw over for most days, I’m sure.
–Here’s what Smith said: “Nate’s intensely talented. Off the bat, it’s easy to see the arm bent out there. Runs around, creates the throws.
“For Nate, it’s starting to be go upon to be him rapacious the offense, how most time he puts in, in the movie room, in the playbook. The small details. Because patently he’s got the talent. Those have been the sorts of things, him receiving the small some-more authority of the crowd as great as the offense when he’s in there.”
–Singletary upon his impressions of Nate Davis:
“It’s up as great as down, justl ike he was. we only consider inconsistent. we consider he’s the great man that’s got the lot of flash, the large arm similar to the lot of kids, the lot of immature kids, though we hvae to sense how to fool around this position.
“You have to sense ohw to authority the huddle. You have to sense how to get people in as great as out of the huddle, as great as we have to have the participation about you. And we only feel which he’s still guidance how to do that.
“And we don’t know how prolonged it’s starting to take. we don’t know how most time we have. But we consider it’s only good to see him each right away as great as afterwards have the small good throws as great as afterwards bang, there’s the single fool around in sold which I’ll speak about–you have to know where the initial down pen is. You don’t only fall.
“Anyways, we only have to do the improved pursuit of personification the diversion of football as great as personification to win. So that’s something which he only has to do the improved pursuit of.”
–So is Davis is out of the foe for No. 2?
“I consider he has to get upon the same page,” Singletary said. “I consider he has to get upon the same page as great as unequivocally put himself in the upon all sides to unequivocally compete. we only consider right right away which he’s competing opposite himself, we unequivocally do .
“I unequivocally similar to the kid. There is the lot to similar to about him. But there is the work ethic that’s concerned in conditions of being the quarterback in the NFL, as great as he’s got to get it. It’s as elementary as that.
“I’m pulling for him. I’m hoping. But so far, it’s inconsistent.
–Can Singletary insist work ethic comment?
“I will be some-more than happy to insist it,” Singletary said. “Right now, Nate Davis is operative his tail off to try as great as sense this system.
“But in the offseason, that’s when we take the time to get which done. And I’m not certain how tough he worked this offseason in removing which done. So when we speak about work ethic, we only can’t spin it upon as great as spin it off.
“Now which we’re in precision camp, ‘Well, I’m unequivocally trying, I’m unequivocally trying.’ In the offseason, the OTAs, the mini-camps as great as all those things–that’s when we have to get which finished as great as that’s when ou have to stay up as great as expostulate the coaches funny as great as demeanour during movie as great as ask all the quetsions which we presumably can.
“And I’m not certain which he did that. So right away it’s the lot which he has to get in the reduced volume of time. So hopefully he can do that. we don’t know.”
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