Albuquerque Journal Prep Sports Editor Thinks Gentry will Commit this Weekend but Announce Monday

Submitted by alum96 on

For those of you in the Detroit metro area, James Yodice sounds a lot like a Mick McCabe type for the Albuquerque Journal; been in that role since 1985.

There are a series of tweets from last night but for some reason I can only embed one in an OP so will post the others below.

 

I think Gentry will commit by Saturday night, and keep it to himself (and Harbaugh) until Zach can tell Strong in person. As it should be.

— James Yodice (@JamesDYodice) January 24, 2015

 

If you want to read up on some scouting on Gentry, I did a diary compiling various views of him here.

 

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alum96

January 24th, 2015 at 9:23 AM ^

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OccaM

January 24th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^

Is there a reason besides Harbaugh that Gentry would all of a sudden drop his commitment to Texas and jump to UM? 

I mean didn't Bama and a bunch of other schools go after him unsuccessfully before?

Is it cuz of Kyler Murray?

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alum96

January 24th, 2015 at 9:35 AM ^

We won't ever know the truth and this is all speculative but it sounds a lot like a broken promise.  It would be akin to the Shane Morris commitment and then with 2 weeks to go Hoke bringing in 2 new QBs to evaluate.  Not only is Murray involved but 1 other QB. 

Again we have no idea what promises were given to Gentry but he committed in May 2014 and there apparently has been no other QB recruiting going in.  Murray was a legacy at A&M and the #1 overall QB so people are short of shocked he is potentially walking away from A&M.

And it would NOT indicate Gentry is "scurrrred of competition" as some of our rivals are proposing.  He is going to a school now where there are 2 QBs ahead of him in pecking order and with another QB committed in his class, and surely 2 more coming in 2016.  So it lends credence to a break of a person's word. 

Brings up the larger question of what the heck is going on with Sumlin - he first loses Kenny Hill and now may be losing the #1 Qb whose dad played at A&M in a span of 3 weeks.

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julesh

January 24th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^

How much truth is there really to the rumor that Murray is going to walk? When the whole visit and tweet with the Texas jersey first happened, TAMU fans were saying that Murray was just along for the ride with a friend of his, and it wasn't a serious visit, and none of the Texas coaches were treating it like it was. Has that story changed at all?

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bdneely4

January 24th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^

The whole scared by competition meme is the most ridiculous thought for top athletes which is most of who makes it to the level Michigan is recruiting. I am not saying that these kid's confidence can't take a hit, but just speaking from experience, I highly doubt any of them are scared of competition.

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Decatur Jack

January 24th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^

Texas and Strong are going after Murray hard. He's an in-state guy who most fans want because he's the type of player Mack Brown would have passed on and then go on to win the Heisman at another Texas school. It would be a bigger deal (from a Texas perspective) for Strong to get a homegrown five-star like Murray rather than keep a pro-style four-star statue like Gentry.

Right now Gentry is Strong's consolation prize if he can't flip Murray, but if he loses both, there is going to be serious egg on his face.

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M-Dog

January 24th, 2015 at 4:25 PM ^

Except that this time when they are in January, they are for NSD only a few days away, not a year from now.  It does make it easier to keep them from looking elsewhere when you only have to do it for 10 days and not 375 days.  

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AFWolverine

January 24th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^

From that picture of him above, he's played against a winged helmet before. Let's hope he doesn't avoid throwing to the winged helmet once he's here.

/the last few years have killed my sense of hope

/Harbaugh will bring my hope back

/I think Gentry will be just fine, if not great here

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Miami Maize

January 24th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^

Put yourself in Gentry's shoes. He's committed right now to a Texas program that has as many, if not more issues than Michigan as far as returning to the promised land. Strong is a defensive minded coach who, by all accounts, is cleaning house and doing things the right way there. But wasn't Hoke a defensive minded coach, too? How'd that work out for our QBs? Getting serious attention from the HARBAUGH and having a wide open canvas at Michigan to create his own legacy is likely super tempting to a dude of Gentry's skill set. It's like having Kate Upton voluntarily inviting you to be her date at the prom. At that point, the only possible reponse could be "yes, please, more."

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west2

January 24th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^

a possible indication that Harbaugh is not entirely thrilled with what he has seen from film on the current M QBs. Could there be a true freshman start in the fall?  It seems to be wide open with really no clear leader as the current QBs obviously did not show significant signs of development under Hoke and really are no further ahead of a true freshman other than the experience of getting a concussion at the collegiate level. 

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alum96

January 24th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^

He took 2 every year at Stanford but the Luck year.

It is an indication he wants competition even at a position most assume you only take 1 a year.  And he understands those who don't progress will transfer. 

It's a strategy I fully support - I probably wouldn't take 2 every year but every other year so you have 6 in your wheelhouse, and most like 2 will transfer out over a 4 year cycle.

Anything can happen but with a JR and a RS FR I dont believe a true FR will start this year.  Most of the successful QBs out there are doing well as RS FR, not true FR.  Just a huge jump.  And his competition in NM is quite bad - it wouldl be different (maybe) he if was the #1 QB in CA, FL, or TX.  He is going to have a quantum leap in speed of DBs and quality of DEs he faces just in practice.  Going to take time to adjust along with his other issues he has mechanically.

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rob f

January 24th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^

'setting the tone' at Michigan from now going forward, as much as anything else (including anything negative about the QB's already on the Michigan team).

While Coach Harbaugh has done it this way in the past at Stanford, signing two QB's per class, he could very easily go with just 1 this recruiting cycle because of the small class size.  Instead, he's choosing to show by his actions as much as his words, that COMPETITION is now the name of the game at Michigan.  This makes it much easier to tell every future recruit how Michigan does it, just like Bo did when he was here and nobody was promised anything other than an education and an opportunity to compete for playing time.

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Perkis-Size Me

January 24th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^

No one has seen a chance, including Harbaugh himself, to see how the current guys could develop under his system. For all we know, Morris is the guy, but his play has just been a product of bad coaching.

Either way, Harbaugh always took 2 QBs a year when he was at Stanford. Including the year he got Luck, if I'm not mistaken. This shouldn't be a reflection on our current guys.



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