Albuquerque sports writer rips Harbaugh for moving Gentry to TE

I'm not sure.  My key insider to the situation can't get a call back from Zach or his dad.  :-(

Jay was not going to see serious minutes at QB for Michigan. I suppose I trust Harbaughn on this more than a guy who probably could not make his 7 man HS football team and has not seen him in practice. Frankly the article is rude to Gentry whom I am sure had a choice.

Could possibly be that Gentry is a really good TE or that he wanted to move to TE, or both.

of moving any higher than a career backup in AA. He may have thought otherwise, but I do know Jim is able to evaluate talent at a level as good as anyone in the game. It is not unusual for a coach to give players a chance at proving themselves at their desired position with the understanding you could move elsewhere.

However, and I can't imagine even the writer from that paper can imagine a coach that sees something special in a young man at another position, would be dumb enough just to ignore it and allow him to go through his career without making an attempt at becoming a very special player, albeit at a position that is not his first choice. I also believe if he had played at the highest level of competition in a number of different states, he might have been recognized and recruited as one of the nation's best at that position  That is what his size, athleticism and intelligence suggest to me. This kid has a chance to become an excellent TE.

So Harbaugh, a Super Bowl coach, believes I have a chance at becoming a good TE, maybe great and he believes as a qb, I might get mop up duty as third man in line. What am I to do? I think I would take my chances with his evaluation, no matter how much this might sting my ego at first. Mind you as well, it did not hurt him a bit, as part of his RS year, to be able to gain a great deal of understanding what is expected of the TE in this offense and even throwing to some of those he will now do battle with.

Something also tells me Gentry might have become aware, by nothing more than the caliber of those he was competing with daily, that they were a little bit better than those he competed with for the starting job at his high school in New Mexico. There have been more than a few instances in the past where players who believed that strongly in their skills at a certain position, they were willing to transfer, set out a year and then compete. Damn, the name O'Korn comes readily to mind.

 

 

 

And now he is attacking Detroit on twitter:

 

To my new pals in the lovely Detroit-area, once the home of R&R, now the home of rock and rubble, folks out here don't exactly call me homer

— Mark Ticky Smith (@MarkTickySmith) February 23, 2016

 

After trying to convince UNM fans to get Bob Davie to commit NCAA violations:

If I'm a UNM football fan, I'm trying get someone to reach out to Zach Gentry in the worst way. Come on Bob Davie! Work your magic!

— Mark Ticky Smith (@MarkTickySmith) February 21, 2016

Not as a journalist. Fans are never bias right? Btw I see no reason to disparage the young man's home state based on one goof ball.

It sounds like this guy has spent the last year telling his drinking buds, "Wait until you see how my good friend Zach Gentry plays QB at UM, he will be the next TOM BRADY!!!!!" Only to be butt-hurt about the move to TE.

 

He sounds like a complete ignoramus when it comes to CFB. He calls taking a high ranked QB in the 2016 and 2017 classes a real head scratcher. What does he think Nick Saban does, take one every four years? 

Writing about how Gentry feels based purely on admittedy totally uninformed guesses is the mark of a complete hack.

I think he's qualified to work for the Free Press.

Seriously, what does it take to be a sports reported in Alburqueque?  He must have been rejected in Wyoming.

 

I think he's qualified to work for the Free Press.

Seriously, what does it take to be a sports reported in Alburqueque?  He must have been rejected in Wyoming.

 

Only one QB plays at a time.