Gore would finish the game with only 10 touches

Theabandonment of the running game was absolutely inexcusable. In the first half, Frank Gore gained 56 yards but was given the ball just five times on the ground and only six total touches. He lost five yards on his lone reception because of a terrible screen setup and an equally horrendous decision from Smith, who should have thrown the ball away instead.San Francisco's top three offensive threats made just eight plays during the first half, so it should come as no shock that they possessed the ball for aminuscule 7:20 compared to Green Bay's 22:19.By running just 17 offensive plays, the 49ers left their supposedly "physical, hit you in the mouth" defense out to dry.Without cornerback Nate Clements and linebacker Takeo Spikes, the 49ers' defense was short-handed coming into the game, and the 49ers's offense needed to keep them off the field, which it was never able to do.Although the 49ers outscored Green Bay 21-7 in the second half, they ran just 29 offensive plays, only two of which were Frank Gore runs.Coincidentally, the 49ers held onto the ball for just over 11 minutes in the last two quarters, compared to Green Bay's 19 minutes and 10 seconds.Quarterback Alex Smith's lone interception came on a first-down play from his own one-yard line.He overthrew because of miscommunication with Davis, but it is offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye who needs a talking to.Nine out of 10 times in that situation, an NFL team runs the football. Throwingdown field in that situation was a horrid mistake.At the time, the 49ers' defense had held up and given the ball back to their offense, trailing just 23-10 with plenty of time left in the fourth quarter.As San Francisco fans have seen all year, teams whether good or bad can put up points in very short amount of time.Down just two scores with over 13 minutes remaining and possession of the ball, there was no need to hurry.But as it turns out, Raye put too much of the game in Smith's hands and didn't allow Gore to get the running game going in the second half.At the very least, the 49ers needed to run the ball a couple of times to get out of their ownend-zone, but instead the only play of the drive was an interception.Gore would finish the game with only 10 touches. That's right, the 49ers' best weapon had his number called just 10 times out of their 46 offensive plays.If that is not a sign of poor play calling, I don't know what is.Remember, since Gore became the starter, the 49ers are 15-3 when he gets over 20 carries. Granted, they failed to bring pressure on Aaron Rodgers, but the defense did everything they could to give their team a chance.Without two vital starters and a defensive coordinator in Greg Manusky, who limited his unit's chance at success by neglecting to blitz, it's easy to understand why the Packers were able to move the ball up and down the field.But despite the lack of blitzing, the players on defense executed to the best of their ability and, in the second half, held Green Bay to just seven points.A Ryan Grant one-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, which replenished Green Bay's three-score lead, should be put on Alex Smith, whoseinterception gave the Packers a short field on that drive.Other than that one score, the tired, beat-up, and worn-out defense kept San Francisco in the game by keeping Green Bay off the scoreboard.If the offense had stuck to their run-first-and-run-often identity in the first half, perhaps the defense would have been fresh enough to execute better.But with an incompetent coaching staff, highlighted by an awful offensive coordinator, the 49ers came into Sunday's game with the worst possible game-plan.This team is suppose to play a smash mouth style on offense and a hard-hitting, punishing style of defense.They are suppose to win games by keeping the opposing offense off the field. They cannot and will not win games when their opponent holds on to the ball for more than twice as long.While watching the game on Sunday, it appeared as if the 49ers coaching staff thought throwing the football on offense and sending just four rushers on defense was their gameplan to beat the Packers.But the 49ers played exactly opposite of the way they should have.Since the 49ers typically don't blitz and don't have a strong pass rush with just their front four 21st in sacks heading into Sunday's game the defensive gameplan should have called for bringing blitzers from multiple angles to try and throw off Rodgers.Offensively, the plan should have been to pound the rock time and time again.

Frank Gore had just seven carries in this game, despite breaking lose for a 42-yard gain in the first half.The running game was working, and, yet, the 49ers abandoned it.If the coaching staff doesn't start putting their players in the best situations to succeed, the 49ers will continue todisappoint.This was another winnable game. But poor play calling and worse execution lost it for them.The fact they are so close to success but yet so far is what makes the 49er faithful want pull their hair out.. This fully revised and enlarged third edition of Doing Business with India aimsto support and inform foreign companies and professional investors wanting toenter the Indian market. It provides an authoritative guide to the economicclimate, investment potential, commercial opportunity, combined with analysis ofthe rules of business engagement, covering: commercial law; accounting, auditingand taxation practices; banking, foreign exchange, M&A, corporate and structuredfinance; and marketing issues which are unique to Indian markets.

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