Even though the theme of the 49ers training camp this offseason was getting better it seems that the follow through on that idea has failed. Not only did the 49ers not look better than they finished the season last year, they possibly even looked worse.
The 49ers offensive coaches have made what is possibly the easiest thing today in coaching, the hardest. More than once in yesterday's game Jimmy Raye and Mike Johnson were having trouble getting the play call to Alex Smith which caused Smith to have to burn three timeouts early in the first half of which two were on the same drive in crucial third down situations. On the second field goal drive the 49ers had a delay-of-game penalty on a 4th and 1 play. This was the play where head coach Mike Singletary had chosen to go for it but after the delay of game decided to kick a field goal.
These type of issues are ones that happen in pre-season and should be cleared up by Week 1 and these are not the type of issues that a playoff team has.
Singletary said, in today's press conference, that they will look at the situation and make changes if necessary. Some of those changes could include bringing Jimmy Raye down to the field so that he can call the plays directly to Alex Smith and they could avoid having the middle man, quarterbacks coach Mike Johnson.
"We will take a look at it and we will have an answer for it..."
What's to take a look at? Your offensive coordinator is completely failing at the easiest part of his job and definitely failing at calling plays.
Having Jimmy Raye on the sideline is not going to solve the problem. If he is not calling the plays quickly enought this issue will still prevent itself and will be a continual story-line. Many teams have their offensive coordinator in the booth but somehow manage to get the plays called in a timely manner.
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