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Originally Posted by browna
Long way to go, and 10-6 likely wins the NFC West, but Seattle and SF have coaches that bring thier own positve, almost laid back, personality to their teams and on the game right now, and their teams are responding, while both are still considered in a re-build stage at this point as well.
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The funny thing is Harbaugh is not coaching in a laid back manner. Each week has seen him going nuts about some calls. The difference is he seems to go bananas then switches it off and forgets about it. You'll see him screaming then 30 seconds later he is calmly calling in plays again.
Alex Smith is an ice man this year. He seems very composed and when he is blitzed he is finding the free man. Since he has become much more proficient teams are not stacking the box near as much and the running game is starting to blossom. And after the first TD pass to Delanie Walker (look it up - it was a thing of beauty) Walker shoved his way out from his teammates who were celebrating so that he could hand the ball to Smith. The offence seems to have total faith in Smith.
And as for some claims that SF ran up the score on the Bucs - the entire 4th quarter was Smith on the bench and Kaepernick getting some game reps. The only down side was Josh Morgan, who has proven to be a very reliable possession receiver, broke his ankle in the final few minutes, although apparently there was no ligament damage so hopefully it won't be a lingering injury.
It has been a long time, I forgot how much fun winning can be.