Alex Smith's analysis of losing his job, according to what he said today is, "It sucks." From his point of view, it sure does. I wonder how he now feels about being Harbaugh's caddie at Pebble and driving a car as Harbaugh did in the Giants parade.
Here is my Thursday column about Jim Harbaugh naming Colin Kaepernick his permanent/temporary starting quarterback: It's tough to make up your mind. Just ask Jim Harbaugh, who made up his mind about his quarterbacks and reluctantly shared his mind with the media on Wednesday in one the most anticipated, most [...]
Jim Harbaugh said he will announce his starting QB for the Rams game on Wednesday. Do you think he is handling this QB situation, controversy, whatever you want to call it, the right way?
Do you think Harbaugh will go back to Alex Smith in the third quarter. Yes? No? Why?
According to ESPN, Alex Smith himself was the source of the news that Colin Kaepernick will get reps with the first team leading up to the New Orleans Saints game and therefore Smith himself was the source of the reasonable inference that Colin Kaepernick will get that start, his second [...]
Please help me here. In the offseason the Niners braintrust took a look at Peyton Manning and either were or were not interested in signing him. Alex Smith was a free agent and met with Miami. Did Miami ever make him a solid contract offer? I'm not sure. I don't [...]
Lots of Zohn readers have taken issue with my position that the Niners should make the transition from Smith to Kaepernick right now. Fine. This blog exists for polite, cordial discussion and disagreement. So I have some questions for the people who disagree with me. Do you think Smith still [...]
Here is the opening to my column which calls for Colin Kaepernick to be the Niners starting QB: SAN FRANCISCO Let the quarterback controversy begin. Colin Kaepernick should be the 49ers’ starting quarterback and Alex Smith should not. Kaepernick must be the starter — it’s obvious — and if Jim [...]
Alex Smith did not satisfy the necessary neurological protocols and now Colin Kaepernick will start tonight against the very good Bears defense. It will be interesting to see him operate. I wonder if he will be better than Smith, the same, or worse. If he's better and he wins I [...]
In my previous post which linked today's column, I maintained that Alex Smith already has thrown three stinkers this season and that means 33 percent of his starts fall into the stinker category. Mark M helpfully pointed out that Smith's start against the Jets also was a stinker. How could [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.