Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Got the Chiefs back to respectability and was an excellent mentor for Mahomes (and that’s per Mahomes). The hate he gets from some here is bizarre.
If people hate him to this day, it’s bizarre.
But at the time when he was our QB, he was a risk-averse opposite of what we wanted or needed at QB and we were all at our wits end with the decades of dilly-dallying around at the QB position by that point.
Not to mention, the Alexsexual species is the lowest I’ve ever come across of any other human species. That made him even more difficult for some of us to like.
I love Alex for the positive influence he was on Mahomes’s career. I couldn’t wait to not have him as our QB, tho. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
I could've liked Alex the player, but the 49er dipshits made that impossible. Especially that one bundle of sticks who called him AS11.
I have profound and deep respect for what he did for the franchise and for Mahomes, however.
Feel bad for him since getting traded away, though. First his leg and then going through that horrible health scare with his kid.
Alex Smith was the first legit NFL QB after Trent Green. Brodie Croyle, Tyler Palko, Kyle Orton, Brady Quinn…..probably some other shlub I’m forgetting….oh Matt Casshole.
Hard to believe the bitter argument 14 years ago on this board whether Todd Hayley should start Kyle Orton over Tyler Palko.
Alex Smith was legit, and mobile. Alex Smith could find open receivers, could throw passes and won games. Although he was misused by the 49ers. He was good enough to vet the Chiefs into the playoff and Pat got to start the last game of his redshirt season. [Reply]
it's not hate to say you knew Alex was never gonna win a ring from.day 1.
It's not "hate" to say alex had ZERO to do with Mahomes brilliance & magic
It's not "hate" to put yourself back to the Alex Smith days and think it's just another retread hand me down regular season QB since 1983 in a long list
It's not "hate" to have wabred more than Alex Smith
If you don't see these facts, you're an alexian whore [Reply]