On the quarterback rotation for Friday’s preseason game:
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On how much Hill will play:
“Right now we are just going to get into the flow of the game and see where it goes. I think the flow will dictate, more or less, how much he will get to play.”
On who will start at running back Friday:
“[Glen] Coffee will start.”
On whether
“Yes.”
On who is winning the quarterback competition:
“It is kind of like I have been saying, I don’t care about today. What I care about is at the end of it. One can go a little bit ahead and a little bit behind, but in all fairness to them, the only thing I want to comment on is when we know who it is. In terms of who is ahead, who is not, it really doesn’t matter right now for us.”
On whether QB
“He may take some snaps, but once again it depends on the flow of the game. We’d like to see him get some snaps.”
On how pleased he is with the quarterbacks’ play in camp:
“If we were really pleased we would have one. We would say, ‘that’s the guy.’ But, I am pleased with the progression they are making. They’re continuing to make progress in all the little things they are doing. I am pleased about that. We will be really excited when the time comes to announce who that guy is.”
On who will sit out of Friday’s preseason game:
“Obviously, some of the injured guys you already know about, those guys will not play.
On whether Gore was willing to sit out of the game:
“Frank is smart enough to know when we tell him we want Coffee to play, Frank will just back off. He’s good. He has been working his tail off out here. He knows that we know that I think this is the smart thing for us to do.”
On whether Gore will play at all this preseason:
“I’m sure he will. Yes. I don’t know at all about LaDanian Tomlinson, but I do know he [Gore] will play some this preseason.”
On why the team responds so well to him:
“I think the most important thing is that I am just being myself. I think that is why I can be consistent, because that is all I know. I talked to them the other day and told them I wish I could do something else. I wish I was a little bit smarter in this area. But this is who I am. This is what you get. I’m just going to continue to do that. I’m going to continue to play and continue to work hard. I’m going to continue to build relationships with our coaches and players, and we’ll go from there.”
On whether his love of the game rubs off on his players:
“When someone is passionate about something, it is something you can’t hide. I know the guys know that I love the game. I have a tremendous respect for the game and what it has done for me and my family. I’m sure that is a small part of it.”
On RB
“It’s a day-to-day thing.”
On why he is being so careful with injured guys:
“That comes from the relationship with Fergie [Jeff Ferguson], our trainer, and the relationship with the doctors. I tell the players, ‘when you tell us something, we believe that. I’m not going to assume anything. If you’re hurt, you’re hurt.’ Fergie has to make that decision. Some guys want to get out there and Fergie says, ‘Coach, I don’t think it’s time.’ Then it’s not happening because I know players are all about energy and emotion and the doctors and trainers are all about wisdom. That is the route we are going to take.”
On whether LB
“Patrick is a no. He is not going to play. He is doing great. He wants to play, he just talked to me about it over there, but it is not happening. Hopefully we will get him back Monday or Tuesday and we will go from there.”
On what is wrong with Willis:
“It is just a little sore ankle. Everything else is fine.”
On what he expects to learn from Friday’s preseason game:
“It just depends on how the game goes. There are some preseason games that tell you a lot. There are other preseason games you look at and they are kind of hard to get a gauge on. I think tomorrow night will give us a nice first step, a good indication of where we are.”
On whether Alex Smith will get to work with the No. 1 offense Friday:
“He will get work with the ones, in order to keep it fair.”
On whether
“I would say he is still competing, but he has done a good job of really making strides to be the starter. But I really want to leave him there at right tackle and let him play and let him develop. I really want to try to stay away from moving him around because he is such a good athlete. He has such flexibility in terms of what he can do and what he can play. That can be good and bad for the player. And, in his instance, I think it’s not a very good thing. He’s just continuing to develop, and I’m very excited about what I’m seeing.”
On whether the flow of the game will determine how long the first team will stay in the game:
“Pretty much, it is set. We’re pretty much going to go by number of plays, unless, once again, you’re right. The flow will dictate that. Hopefully it works out in our favor in terms of going with the numbers that we want to run and the exposure we want to give our players.”
On how many snaps he wants the quarterbacks to take:
“We’ll talk about it some more. I don’t really want to get into that, but we’ll talk about it some more.”
On whether he has a certain script of plays he’s looking to run:
“I think offensively and defensively we’re going to do what we do. It’s one of those things where I know what they’re going to do defensively. I know Coach [Mike] Nolan, and Mike is going to bring the house. That’s Mike, and I don’t expect anything else. He’s going to play his defense. I don’t mean he’s going to blitz us to death, but he’s going to run his defense. I know we can expect that. Offensively, we’ll just have to see how much they want to get into their playbook.”
On whether Snyder is exceeding his expectations:
“I think for Snyder, he’s just doing what he said he was going to do. He told me at the end of the season, and some this offseason, ‘Coach, if you leave me at right tackle and let me develop there, you’ll see I’ll be a much better football player.’ That’s what he’s doing.”
