Music Tuesdays - List of Demands by Saul Williams

This song is a bit older but I enjoy it... it's also on the soundtrack for NBA 2k10 which reminded me of its existence. Anyone have music suggestions? I'm terrrrrible at finding music. I found last week's music by hearing her on Conan one night.

By the way, with the terminus of the Niners' season at hand I move to transition Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch to Music Tuesdays. If I were really talented I'd do a mash up of our song selections and overlay it to the video of the Crabtree Shuffle for FIWK Meta-Tuesdays. But I am not talented.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 12/22

Two weeks ago, I noted that I thought that Alex Smith could (and would) be a strong starting QB in the NFL over the next half-decade. That said, I was extremely frustrated with his performance this weekend (42.3 passer rating) due to what appeared to be horrible decisions - not throws. However, Mr. Maiocco has calmed me down with his article in the Press Democrat yesterday - an article focused on consistency.

It's widely known that the Niners haven't exactly the best run organization this decade, so we'll look to one of the best for guidance after the jump.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 12/15

I guess we found "Frank the Tank". I told you he was fun to watch - he's an absolute beast when it comes to breaking tackles, and has an awesome explosion when it comes to cuts in the open field. Both can be seen in his Week 14 Highlights.

On a post-related note, anyone care/able to explain to me the "Crabtree Shuffle" seen after the jump?

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 12/9

Arghhhhh. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Grrr......... What happened to Frank Gore?

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 11/24

This just in! Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Niners dropped their tampering charges against the Jets related to Crabtree. Wow - that was hard to predict; the only surprise about the story is that it came so late. Perhaps the Niners simply wanted to avoid looking like the initial filing wasn't completely empty by not dropping the charge immediately after signing Crabtree last month.

In related news, Crabtree scored his first TD this past weekend - a beautifully thrown pass from Smith, followed by a legitimate, "I've been in the league a while" play by Crabtree. My thoughts on this, and more, after the jump.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch (on Friday) - 11/17 (or 20)

FYI - I was getting my arse kicked in Vegas on Tuesday, which hopefully explains why this is late...

I get a feeling that last Thursday's "win" was what Coach has been looking for this past year.

10-6.

The defense shows up in all the important instances.

The offense "manages the game": Gore goes for 100 and a TD as Smith doesn't lose the game for us.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 11/10

"The Crabtree Curse"?

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 11/3

There are no moral victories for Mike Singletary, but there sure as hell are for Scott, and the Niners game this past weekend was about as big a moral victory one can have without actually winning the game (can one consider an actual victory a moral victory as well?). I'm gonna keep this one short. We've played 6 quarters with Alex Smith as our QB, and have looked decent in all of them (better than decent some would say). Crabtree's looked good, and the defense has played very solid (although Clements is out for 6-8 weeks).

I'll ask one question: who wins the NFC West?

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 10/27

I'm ashamed to say I didn't watch the game this weekend, so my comments about Crab's first game along side VD will all be 2nd-hand. However, I will try to make it up to you with a semi stream-of-consciousness link montage.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 10/20

This Sunday represents Michael Crabtree's homecoming (hence the Texas Tech picture below). I said this a few weeks back, but it truly is amazing how quickly things can change over the course of a few weeks. Matt Maiocco reported yesterday that Josh Morgan remained on campus over the bye week to help Crabtree "learn the position"; essentially, Morgan is teaching his position to his replacement - never a good situation, but truly shows Morgan's character.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 10/13

Disclaimer: this week's version will be skewed by the clusterfuck that was the Niners performance this past weekend.

 

No - that's not Michal Crabtree signing his contract, but  I imagine him walking into the conference room with a hat similar to the one worn above.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 10/6

Again, head here for part 1, and here for part 2.

Boy, what a difference a week makes; after last week, I would've bet Aaron's first born son on Crabtree not suiting up with the Niners this season. After some shenanigans (see pic below) this week? I'm pushing this to a 50/50 bet.

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 9/27

I started this last week; again, here are Crabtree's current options:

1. Sign with the San Francisco 49ers
2. Sign with some other NFL franchise
3. Hold out and re-enter the 2010 NFL draft
   
   

Tuesday Morning Crabtree Watch - 9/22

Here's a new "feature" I'll try to comment on throughout the season - Michael Crabtree's current 'options' in the NFL:

1. Sign with the San Francisco 49ers
2. Sign with some other NFL franchise
3. Hold out and re-enter the 2010 NFL draft