Any word on Denard?

Why don't we give Hoke a chance to actually make it to campus before we start putting words in both his and Denard's mouths?  

I think denard is going to stay. I think that Bradon made it clear he wanted someone who could adjust their style based on the available talent, e.g. Denard Robinson, and then tweek it again for Gardner

Michigan was one of the only schools who promised Denard a chance at QB.  That is one of the reasons he came here.  He was very raw, and many thought that he could not be a QB.  Well, to RR's credit, he was developed and is a a very good spread QB.  With further coaching and experience, he will develop even more into a very good QB in any system.  The potential has been developed, and now, everyone can tell that QB is a good position for him.  He may not remain a QB in the NFL, but in college, he will remain there and thrive.

Denard is a transcendent talent. He has the ability to thrive in virtually any offense.

Hoke is getting a bit of a raw deal here, because if you watch video of his offenses at SDSU and Ball State, you'll see that Hoke likes to use multiple sets. His offense is different from Carr's, as Hoke does open things up a bit more, by spreading the field and utilizing roll outs.

Nate Davis ran for over 300 yards his junior (and final) year at Ball State, and he was not someone you would describe as a mobile QB. So the opportunities are there for the run, granted there are only going to be a tiny fraction of the designed run plays that Rich Rod's read option offered.

Mike Vick didn't run a read option offense and was as dangerous a runner at the quarterback position as anyone in the history of college football. IMO Denard is every bit as explosive running the football as Vick (probably more), and while he doesn't have Vick's arm, Nard Dawg's passing stats from this past season easily beat anything Vick ever did at Va Tech.

While the read-option probably fits Denard best, I don't think it's wise to make the assumption that Denard won't produce at a high level in another style of offense. I'm sure Hoke will tailor his packages to fit Denard's skill set.

that Brady will adapt to his talent, unlike his predecessors.  I really liked RR, but his refusal to slowly faze the spread in at the begining (when we didn't have any spread type guys), and his refusal to develope any special teams or defense did him in.  Hopefully Brady will realize that this is a spread offense and run a few spread plays until he gets "his guys".

A QB that specializes in the spreadnshed...A coach who thinks the spreadnshed is a joke.  I think we all know the answer to this one.

development as a passer.  Hopefully we can land  a top QB coach.

playbook. If he can quickly get somewhere and use that accumulated knowledge, we know it best fits his skills. I would cry but watch him every chance I get. This has been another painful gd stretch for Michigan football, though--just ouch. 

Regarding Denard, he is impossible not to like...obviously a great talent and as nice a person as we have seen around Michigan for a while.

I took a look at his last seven Big Ten Games, when we started playing some serious teams.  Realizing that he was only starting as a QB in his first year, the numbers suggest that there is definitely a lot of room to get better. I just can't see him surviving as a running QB in the NFL He and we were fortunate he didn't have a long term injury last year.  I have seen the numbers showing the differences between spread and drop back QB's, but what those numbers don't take into account is the size of the QB. 

Then you have the performance numbers.  Starting with Michigan State and ending with OSU, Denard had a 57 % completion percentage and had 9 TD's against 9 INT's.  He averaged 187 passing yards per game.  Rushing, he averaged 105 yards per game, which figure was aided by a huge game against PSU. In the seven games, he had two runs greater than 20 yards.  I don't know how many fumbles Denard had, but there were a ton.

Make of these numbers what you want, but you would think he might want to listen to someone else before leaving,

As far as Gardner goes, there was a reason why Tate was the number 2 last year once Gardner had a chance to play.  From having gone to every home game and getting there early enough to watch pre-game warmups, Gardner has a big arm, but he is totally unproven.  My guess is that Tate is gone.

Bottom line, I sure hope to hell Denard stays around. It might be the best thing for him, and it sure would be a good thing for us.

Denard must be feeling like Mallet did when RR was hired.  I hope Hoke sits down with him right away and and has a candid conversation about how he WILL fit in with the new system.

From what I've heard he was smiling yesterday at the team meeting and threw the ball around a little bit.

I'm kind of baffled as to where this "Denard is not a good QB" business comes from.  He is the first player to ever rush for 1,500 yards in a season and throw for 2,000.  In his true sophomore year, first year as a starter, he completed 62.5% of his passes for 8.8 yards per pass attempt.  This was with absolutely no help whatsoever from his receivers in the final three games of the season.  Roundtree probably accounted for 150 yards of drops against Wisky, OSU, and Miss State.  His 18/11 TD/INT ratio isn't great, but it's not terrible, and Christ sakes, folks -- he was a first year starter.  Even with his mediocre TD/INT ratio, he ended up ranked #20 in the nation in passing efficiency.  Ahead of "real" quarterbacks like Landry Jones, Stephen Garcia, T.J. Yates, Matt Barkley, Nick Foles, and Taylor Potts.  He was a significantly better passer than Brian Griese, John Navarre, and Tom Brady all were in their first year as a starter.  Yes, I said Tom Brady.  In his redshirt junior year, he threw 15 TDs and 12 INTs.  The offense sucked most of the year and he averaged less than 8 yards per pass attempt.  But people didn't say he didn't belong at QB, because he was tall, slow, and white.