by Sports Xchange

"The attitude from coach (Mike) Singletary all the way down, it's far different," Smith said. "Last year was ... I don't' want to say more lax, but it was a little bit. Everything is on the table right now. Coach Singletary doesn't hold anything back with us, so it's all out there. He's going to tell you what he thinks and what he wants. He'll tell you to your face and look you in the eye. Last year it was, 'Hey, what's going on?' This year, it's nothing close to that."

--Veteran receiver Isaac Bruce said he does not have much desire to serve as a mentor to his younger teammates. Bruce forfeited a potential $25,000 workout bonus this offseason when he remained home to work out on his own. He was around his teammates only during its mandatory minicamp.

Bruce said he gained all he needed as a youngster from watching teammate Flipper Anderson with the Los Angeles Rams.

"If I was interested in being a good receiver in the NFL, I think he was a good guy that I could watch," Bruce said. "I didn't really have to talk to him. I could just watch what he did and just do the same things that he did and get the same results. So, if I'm a mentor, I'll be that. If I'm not, I'm not."

--The 49ers are scheduled to have rookies report to training camp at their team complex in Santa Clara on July 28. The entire team will join the rookies two days later, July 30.

The 49ers have yet to announce which practice days will be open to the public. Expect the 49ers to have fewer days available for fans this summer because of the logistics around the club's ongoing construction project at the team's training facility.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I love these 49ers and I love being a part of this organization, but at the end of the day, it's a business. I still understand that I have three more years on this contract. I'm just going to take it one year at a time" - 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis on the possibility of signing a contract extension with the club.