Battle of The Bay

Authors Note: This is a point of view piece about the quarterback change in San Francisco. We will see Alex Smith's point of view as well as Colin Kaepernick, Michael Crabtree, and Coach Jim Harbaugh.

Heading into week thirteen for the 49ers, the 49ers coaching staff had a decision to make stay wit the number one overall pick, Alex Smith or go with second stringer, Colin Kaepernick. In Colin Kaepernick’s point of view this is his chance to shoe head coach, Jim Harbaugh what he can do. In Alex Smith's Point of view he has to get it together after he comes back after an injury. San Francisco 49er’s head coach, Jim Harbaugh named young gun Colin Kaepernick starter. From Harbaugh’s point of view he believes that Kaepernick can lead and make bigger plays than Smith can. Alex Smith is probably thinking that he got screwed out of a job because he was injured and now is a backup. For Colin Kaepernick he is happy now he gets to show the NFL what he can do and how he can make a team better.

From what I had observed, I saw Alex Smith ready to come back and take the 49ers back to the NFC title game. For head coach Jim Harbaugh, he had been seeing himself lose again in the NFC title game. Now in this situation most of the time the coach will choose to pick the experienced guy over the inexperienced kid.

In the monday night start for Kaepernick, he had started off shaky. Once things settled down he had no fear, of the cherry red, hot Bears defense. 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree had talked to the San Francisco Chronicle about who the starting quarterback was going to be for the monday night game. According to ESPN, Crabtree commented and said,”Who’s the starting quarterback.” If I were John Harbaugh, I would have quarterback Alex Smith and wide receiver Michael Crabtree in a room until they can have good chemistry with each other and work together at a high level. Alex Smith said that his coach made the wrong move and he will regret it. Colin Kaepernick said that Coach Harbaugh said it is best for the team.

I think that Harbaugh should have split the two into different formations, so that they would get the best of both worlds. Now everybody had their own opinion on the change and who should start. When the news was released, Harbaugh said it was the best for the team and that their was going to be a change.  Would the news had been different if Alex Smith had been the first one to have a press conference? If Colin Kaepernick had sent out a tweet about him getting the job and thanks for the support, would the fans have supported Kaepernick?