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Kawakami: 49ers' performance, handling of #file_links[D:\keywords1.txt,1,S] Smith case mark low point of Harbaugh era - San Jose Mercury News
Related StoriesSep 22:Emmys 2013: Five best moments from telecastPoll: Should the 49ers have allowed Aldon Smith to play against Colts?San Francisco 49ers vs. Indianapolis Colts: By the numbersPurdy: 49ers offense nowhere to be foundAudio: Comments from San Francisco 49ers' Aldon Smith and Jed York on Smith's decision to seek treatmentAldon Smith taking indefinite leave from 49ersSan Francisco 49ers lose badly to Colts, Andrew LuckPurdy: Positives to be taken from 49ers' 27-7 loss to Colts?Slideshow: San Francisco 49ers take on the Indianapolis ColtsSan Francisco 49ers vs. Indianapolis Colts: By the numbersLive game chat: San Francisco 49ers vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. today49ers stadium idea to develop park angers wide array of Santa Clara residentsSep 21:49ers seek to get Frank Gore going against Indianapolis ColtsKawakami: 49ers' decision on Aldon Smith a character test for their hierarchySep 22:Vernon Davis out,[url=http://valuebay.net/spam/denied]Falling in love with extraordinary engagement rings[/url], Aldon Smith will suit up Sunday for 49ersSAN FRANCISCO -- Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers cut ethical and moral corners Sunday to win a football game that they still lost.They knew they were doing it; they knew th #file_links[D:\keywords5.txt,1,S] ey'd be called for it. They still did it.The 49ers let troubled linebacker Aldon Smith play only days after his DUI arrest -- and apparently right before he enters a treatment center -- and it wasn't enough to win the game.So the 49ers and their leaders really had two bitter losses to deal with after Indianapolis' stunningly easy 27-7 victory at Candlestick Park:For the first time in the Harbaugh era, the 49ers have dropped two games in a row and for the first time they're under .500, at 1-2 and two games behind Seattle in the NFC West.Yes, the 49ers have never looked so stagnant or frustrated in the Harbaugh era."I think we are stopping ourselves,[url=http://kdays.cn/days/read.php?tid=491]Presentan subasta de obras inspiradas en Kate Moss :: El Informador[/url]," quarterback Colin Kaepernick said.Really,[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]moncler on sale[/url], the 49ers' current offensive woes are a bit re #file_links[D:\keywords3.txt,1,S] miniscent of the Mike Singletary era, which is not something 49ers fans -- or the 49ers -- ever want to experience.And the decision to let Smith play,[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]discount moncler jackets[/url], in a losing effort, put the 49ers' entire organizational judgment into question.If you're going to drop most standards of behavior in order to win the game, you sort of have to win the game in order for any of this to make sense."It was a decision we made as an organization, as a team,[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]moncler outlet[/url]," Harbaugh said, "that we felt was in the best interests of our team and for Aldon long-term."They played Smith because they wanted to win, and they didn't win, period.Now, according to owner Jed York, Smith is heading into a treatment center for an indefinite period of time -- he'll be out for Thursday's game in St. Louis and maybe much longer.So if it was so pressing to get Smith into rehab, why did he play Sunday instead of going right into treatment?"We thought it was the best decision for Aldon and for him in the future and for him to make progress and get better," York said, after standing beside Smith whe #file_links[D:\keywords1.txt,[url=http://www.dailyqr.com/blog_entry.php?user=74201&blogentry_id=5696075]UN report tries to explain seeming lull in warming[/url],1,S] n the player made a short statement to the media apologizing for his actions.York said the 49ers considered merely deactivating Smith and paying him his game check but decided against it."Our opinion was sitting somebody down and paying them to sit down when they're going to seek treatment in the future, that didn't seem like an appropriate punishment," York said.That's the kind of rationalization many teams make, and of course the goal is always to win as many games as possible.It was not an irrational decision: Just a stark one. The 49ers wanted to win this game more than they wanted anything else.So this entire episode and game was sloppy -- on the field and off, and that's something very different from usual.For more than two years, the 49ers seemed to have everything figured out under Harbaugh, York and general manager Trent Baalke.The performances were dynamic, and every motivation was to work hard and be disciplined. It showed in the games.Now, in a few weeks -- starting with the humiliation in Seattle last Sunday -- some real cracks are starting to show."Last week was terrible," safety Donte Whitner said. "This week is going to be a lot worse. We brought it on ourselves."Lack of discipline off the field, losing play on it. This is a bad combination.Unless the 49ers turn this around almost immediately, who knows what happens next."It's all good when you're winning football games two years in a row, but a little adversity hits, we'll see what we're made of," Whitner said."I know the guys in this locker room, the character of the guys. I know we'll bounce back and be OK."But Smith, last year's team MVP, was careening around San Jose,[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]womens moncler down coat[/url], allegedly intoxicated, at 7 a.m. two days before this game, played a nondescript game against the Colts, and now is out indefinitely.The 49ers have lost two in a row, have seen Kaepernick #file_links[D:\keywords2.txt,1,S] endure a multigame struggle for the first time in his short career, and next must make the quick turnaround to Thursday's game."We've had two successful years,[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]moncler down jackets[/url],[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]womens moncler down coat[/url], in two years we never lost back-to-back," tailback Frank Gore said."First time it happens, it's tough, man. We've got to look at ourselves, see what we've got #file_links[D:\keywords4.txt,1,[url=http://www.moncler-jacket.net]moncler outlet[/url],S] to do to get better."It's the first time in a long time that the 49ers find themselves in this place, and the first time under Jim Harbaugh that there is no sure answer.They did it to themselves, and on Sunday, they cut all the corners and made it worse.Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at tkawakami@mercurynews.com.
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