After his team’s latest loss, this one at the hands of a zero-win team with an invisible offense, Mike Singletary was asked a fair question: Are the 49ers just not very good?
He responded in typical fashion. His voice was strong and authoritative. And he continue to envision a future only perhaps the most optimistic — delusional, if you’d rather — Niners fan can still see.
“I still believe we can go to the playoffs,” Singletary said. “I still believe we can get those things done. We just have to get the right things in place and go from there.”
This stuff, of course, has gone from inspiring to empty rhetoric.
And,
at 1-6, fans are now wondering — louder than ever before — what
Singletary offers beyond no-nonsense, we-will-overcome talk. He didn’t
offer much of substance in his postgame press conference.
A sampling:
How did David Carr perform? “I’ve got to look at the film and see exactly what was there.”
Why did the offense bog down after the opening touchdown drive? “I can’t
tell you that right now. I have to look at the film and see exactly
what happened in this game.”
Do you have confidence in David
Carr to run the offense? “You know, once again the thing that we have to
do is get back and watch the film and see just what was there. I mean,
it would be really easy to answer that question right now. But I just
really have to look at the film.”
Will he consider a move on the
offensive line? “I think right now we’ve just got to look at the film
and just kind of see exactly what’s what and make moves afterward. I
wouldn’t dare sit here and say we’ll move this guy here or there or
whatever without looking at the film.”
On if Carr will start Sunday if Alex Smith can’t play: “Don’t know right now. Got to look at the film.”
Singletary
said “look at the film” six times in his eight minutes with the media,
tying his unofficial record set after the 31-10 loss to the Chiefs four
weeks ago.
His obsessive talk of looking at the film is likely
just a way to avoid answering questions. The less charitable view is
that it’s evidence he doesn’t know many specifics about the game he just
coached — supporting the belief of many that he’s much more motivator
than strategist.
Regardless, the point is that he’s been looking at a lot of film.
And not finding any answers.
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