fukk are you even talking about? After being benched and demoted all those times he always got chances to come back and prove himself. Well after 8 years, maybe his time is up.
Point is, he wasn't given a pass, he was held accountable his entire career.
You act like he didn't prove himself in 2011 and most of 2012, like he was still 07 Alex Smith. There is about 15 teams who would kill to have the production that Alex Smith was giving the 49ers in 2012.
Dude was always given a chance to win his job back because the guy in front of him wasn't good enough.