2013 QB Situation

i, for one, love all quatergacks.

I think you overestimate how good Shane will be when he sets foot on campus.  Devin will have had 2 years in the current system and 3 years of practice at the collegiate level.  Remember, he was just as highly rated as Shane likely will be coming out of high school.  Gardner also has the right skillset to run more of a West Coast offense than we are currently running.  I'll put money on Gardner being the starter until he leaves/graduates.

People put way too much stock into how Devin looked at QB when he was thrown in for random plays last season. Dude is supposed to be pretty damn good and don't underestimate Bellomy either. I don't see a good reason to start a true freshman under those circumstances.

I would much rather see Shane RS in his freshman year. I think that if he is thrown the starting role we may be in some trouble as far as QB depth because to me that would mean that both Devin and Bellomy couldn't step up or they were injured. There is no doubt Shane is a great talent but a RS year can only help his delvelopment into a college star.

Henne got the start in the first game of his freshman season solely because of an injury to Matt Guiterrez. Didn't have anything to do with a changing system or lack of options in classes ahead of him.

I hope I never have to see a true freshman qb start for Michigan again, no matter how good he is.

I personally would like to see Shane take a redshirt year when he gets on campus to raise his skill set to the college level, and also to put an extra year between him and Gardner.

Then again, if Gardner doesn't step up, and I mean really step up, then the coaches may not have a choice but to burn Shane's redshirt if only to light a fire under Gardner and make him compete. My mind keeps going back to some of the more poor decisions Gardner has made in his (admittedly) limited playing time last season.

I don't think Bellomy will ever be a serious contender for the starting job. Nothing against him, he seems like a stand up kid, but there's too much of a talent disparity there.

think there is any question that Gardner is being groomed to be the starter.  BTW, how long does it take to determine if he is going to get that redshirt.  This has been the million dollar question for like a year and a half.  Who is deciding on that, and what is their time table for god sake.

If Morris is starting in 2013 that's either a terrible indicator for 5th year senior Gardner, or a phenomenal indicator for Morris.

When mallet hit the campus there wasnt a legitamate proven and experienced backup. And thnks to henne's injury, mallet saw a quite amount of playing time.
But i think since we have devin whos got experience both on the field and during practice and a fairly underated backup russell, sugar shane should be redshirted and become a great one like andrew luck and sam bradford.

I'm not alone in thinking that Gardner looked like a very gifted player who was overwhelmed by his situation at times when he came in last year, am I?

I'd rather see Shane redshirt so that he has 4 years to be awesome instead of 1 year to learn how to be awesome and then only 3 years of pure awesomeness.

Plus DG has a nice arm and needs to get the opportunity to have some consistency instead of being thrown in sporadically when Denard goes down.

In 2013 I would put a good amount of money on Shane redshirting.  Even if Garder doesn't meet the hype, I would think Bellomy would start before him at that point... coaches have been singing his praises.

We should probably see them play a complete game before we give all three the heisman.  DG looked decent, not great, when he was in for DR.  Bellomy has yet to take a snap.  And Morris has to worry about Brother Rice before he wins the Heisman as a true freshman at UM.   Finally, I wouldn't be surprised if Bellomy ends up being a better QB than DG. 

Our schedule is such that it's much softer in odd years right now than even years (OSU, ND, and Nebraska at home in the odd years).  Throwing a true freshman QB to the wolves when we have an experienced, mature, talented Devin Gardner would be a waste of what should be a very good season.

I think that it is somewhat true that the best eleven are going to start. However, I think that if there is a "tie," or if it is close, the coaches will reward the upperclassman. We saw this during the year with Woolfolk. There were times I'm not sure he was the "best," but he was rewarded for his hard work, even though he was a step slow. Obviously, at some positions, you shuttle guys in and out to give the starters a breather and keep them fresh throughout the game (think:  defensive line and LB corps. Also, sometimes RB.) This is less true at QB, but I think coaches find wiggle room with "the best eleven." They have their favorites too, and can sometimes see things in a way that there isn't full agreement. I guess that's why their coaches and I'm not.

I would think for any team that expects to compete for conference and national championships-- which I think we would hope to be doing in 2013-- starting a true FR at QB does not seem to be a recipe for success.   That's not a knock against Shane, who will hopefully be a great one, but I'm hoping that DG is poised for a breakout season and that Bellomy is ready to be the backup and compete with Shane after DG leaves.

I remember the anguish a year or two ago when everyone was castigating RichRod for playing Gardner as a freshman and possibly ruining a redshirt year.  "We have to save that redshirt so we have Gardner for an extra year."  Now some are wanting to push him out of the way to make room for another frosh.  You know what, there will be another hotshot quarterback we recruit in another year or two whom everyone thinks should start as a frosh.  Funny how what goes around comes around.  I  am content to  let the coaches recruit and play the players they think give UM the best chances to win.  Go Blue.

Think of all the possibilities with having DG and Sugar Shane in there lined up next to each other!!!1!  Maybe get Russell Bellomy and his cousin by a different spelling Ronald Bellamy in there too!

Also: Gonzales and Bass.

\aw hell, here we go again...

If we start Shane in 2013, we probably are pretty good at QB from 2013-2015, and after that, who knows. If we star Gardner and redhsirt Shane, we probably are pretty good at QB from 2013-16 AT LEAST (13&14 with Gardner, 15 and 16 with Morris, and this is still assuming Morris would leave after his Junior year). Why would we needlessly run down the eligability of one of the best players on our roster when his "replacement" (if we're calling Gardner, the #1 ranked dual-threat QB in the country a replacement) is worst case scenario going to be 95% as effective?

If I was Devin Gardner I would be so insulted sometimes by reading this site. Typical recruiting-mania attitude, as soon as one class ends we forget about them and focus on the current batch of new 18 year olds.

Gardner is a 5 star QB with amazing size and will have 3 years in the system. If Shane Morris starts week 1 in 2013 (unless due to Devin injury) I promise I will eat a lemon on video for mgoblog.