This One Is On The Players…

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Published: November 9, 2009

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... Raye's expense.

We've ridiculed the 49ers ancient offensive coordinator for his conservative game plans, his over-reliance on the two back offense, his reluctance to put his quarterbacks in the shotgun, and for his stubborn refusal to admit that the team cannot run, not even a little bit, against eight man fronts.

Not to say we've been using Raye as a scapegoat or anything, but if "Pin the tail on Jimmy Raye" was a carnival attraction for San Francisco fans and sportswriters, we'd all be even poorer than we already are, and Raye would be one seriously sore fella by now.

That's why it's so important to understand that Sunday's disappointing 34-27 home loss to the previously 1-6 Tennessee Titans had absolutely nothing to do with Raye and even less with his boss, head coach Mike Singletary.

The game plans were sound, the execution was not.

Or to put it another way, "It's the players, stupid."

It's fashionable across the league for coaches to pub...

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