Does running track mean Denard won't play QB?

I don't think it has any bearing whatsoever on his future playing QB - and people tend to forget/overlook that (iirc) he did not play in a spread offense in high school...and arrived at Michigan in the summer, hamstringing his ability to quickly grasp the nuances of running RR's offense.

No.

i appreciate the thought, and am supportive of it. I want DRob on the field. Let DGard develop behind Tate for a year and a half. Bring DRob in for the wildcat. We do not need three star quarterbacks. Get the skills on the field....

The Big Ten indoor championships are in February, and the NCAA indoor championships are in mid-March. So he'd be done two weeks or so before Spring Practices can even begin. I'd think he'd have more than enough time to crack the playbook again before spring practice, even if he HADN'T been studying for his scholarship sport the whole time anyway.

I can't see why the two would be mutually exclusive (not that you're saying they are), or even why the one would necessarily take time away from the other.

no

(at least I think it was Wheatley)

"Do you want to be a track runner who plays football or a football player who runs track?"

He only had one fall camp, where they were more concerned with jamming plays into his brain than honing his techinque so that Sheridan didn't have to worry about playing. He's had next to zero competant QB coaching leading into college, let's give him some time. There was once a time where kids weren't trained to play QB from the age of three, and even in their cases, they didn't look like world beaters their first year in college. Devin Gardner isn't going to come in here and just blow him out of the water, Gardner isn't some tiny project to prepare, he's got a ways to go too.

change anything at all unless he starts missing spring practice. Personally I think he shouldn't be a QB anyways. Hopefully RR says it that way too when DG comes in.

I'm going to assume that he's been studying film since the season ended. Further, I'm going to assume he's not putting THAT much training time in for track above and beyond his conditioning for football - at least not so much more than he can't look at a playbook. Further, he'll be running for what - 35 days, max? I think this doesn't matter.

how awesome Morgan Trent was? He played a position that required a bit less skill, but still, he had no problem finding time for track. Oh wait, I see your point...

If DG enrolls early, then DRob probably moves around a little more.

If DG doesn't enroll early, then DRob probably moves around a little less.

Track has very little, if any, impact on the situation.

It's not like he's spending a ton of time on track.

Those 6.81 seconds coulda been spent reading defenses?

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D-Rob is still lifting with the football guys and participating in film study per normal. Also he has been spending ample time with his receivers! So from what I have seen he is using track as his off season speed workouts, 2 days a week, and winning a few track meets in the process. Good for him and UM!

robert griffin over at baylor runs track in the off-season (he's actually a lot better at it than denard) and he has no problem transitioning back into football. dennis dixon played minor league baseball the spring before he lit us up in the big house. unless he's running track during spring practice i don't think it will affect his playing QB for michigan.

Denard is like Jimmy Johns he is freaky fast and can multi-task like a mutha. No Problemo for are bilingual participants.

Better running some sprints than go to the bar and hangin. Ricky Leach played some baseball and I guess so did Michael Taylor. Beisbol is more labor intensive than Track.

I am also a Denard fan cuz he even has a quick smile!

Denard has to read his playbook while racing.

It'll make sure he learns the position as quickly as possible, and it might even give his fellow racers a fighting chance.

It is somewhat unusual for a quarterback but training for sprint events should not have a significant impact on what he can do for football in the offseason. It can actually be used as an extension of his strength and speed training.

I still want to see him play some quarterback this year with the benefit of spring practice. He looked raw but I think he has a pretty good arm.

Do you honestly think there isnt a decent portion of off-season training dedicated to increasing quick twitch and top end speed? Im personally psyched that the fastest guy on our team is getting coaching from the guys who teach people to run faster for a living. I know we have all been to college, and I know us graduates look back at how ridiculously unbusy we were. I think Denard is and will be focusing on football, but will run some windsprints with the track guys instead of the football team for a few weeks.

Michael Rosenberg finds out that RichRod requires voluntary mandatory extra sports for every player on the team.

As long as he doesn't miss any spring practices or summer workouts, it shouldn't matter.

Until further notice, Denard is a quarterback. I really expect Denard to make tremendous strides at the quarterback position. With Spring practice under his belt, the game will finally slow down for him.

Denard is physically gifted. The mistakes he made at the quarterback position are things that are correctable with training and repetition. I fully expect Denard to blossom as a quarterback. Moreover, I think this coaching staff expects Denard to blossom as a quarterback.