The 49ers are about to play their most important game to date this season, but coach Mike Singletary has been forced to admit that he still does not know the identity of his starting quarterback for the win or bust tie against the St. Louis Rams.
With Singletary previously having preached the importance of experiencing continuity in a team's offence, he is now going back on his word in dramatic style by jumping between Troy and Alex Smith in almost every game, something that goes a long way towards explaining precisely why the 49ers have had such a poor season.
Although it has to be acknowledged by those who bet on super bowl that Singletary is being forced to choose between poor and poorer for the starting QB place, the fact is that he should surely have chosen his main man by this stage, if only to give one QB the opportunity of becoming used to getting the best out of the 49ers' best offensive weapons such as Michael Crabtree.
It seems to be becoming ever more clear to the super bowl odds that the 49ers are going to be looking to pick up a QB in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft (with any failure to beat St Louis sure to leave his coaches thinking about this decision far sooner than they would have hoped), so Singletary is going to need to start taking notice of his own words.
Should Singletary fail to secure a rookie QB who can get the 49ers back to winning ways and successful seasons, he will need to learn from his mistakes this season and ensure that continuity is the name of the game from this point onwards.
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