Zach Gentry on being switched to TE as a freshman: "“I was upset,” Gentry said. “I was really upset. I tried to transfer..."

“I was upset,” Gentry said. “I was really upset. I tried to transfer. Coach Harbaugh kind of sat me down a handful of times and explained that if I stick it out, do his regiment and do what I’m supposed to do, I’d go to the NFL as a tight end. I didn’t want to believe him because I wanted to play quarterback. But I believe in him and his record with tight ends. I just stuck it out and luckily everything happened the way it did.”

Zach Gentry caught his first TD pass as a pro, and looked good doing it.

Jim Harbaugh is a brilliant football mind. He saw something in Gentry that has turned out to be right.

I know the past 2 seasons may say that Jim Harbaugh isn't as great a coach as he's been billed to be. It looks like the progress he was making in his first 2 years stopped in the next 2. But I say otherwise. I think some coaching moves he made 2 years ago didn't work out as he thought they would. He has made changes to correct that, and get back on track to growing, to improving. Ed Warinner was a great move. The O Line has shaped up great in 1 year. Now we will see if Josh Gattis was a great move too. Everyone is living and learning in this life. And I think Jim Harbaugh has lived and learned over the past 4 years. I am sure he's going to continue to live and learn. And I'm on his side.

The Jim Harbaugh project at Michigan is still under way. I am only expecting things to continue to get better and better. I'm thinking there's going to be 11 regular season wins this year, maybe 12.

Hat Tip to Thunder at Touch The Banner for the link to the Gentry story: https://touch-the-banner.com/morning-roundup-august-11-2019/

Link to going back to the original article at AP: https://apnews.com/65a19f3f8f81494fa1c4755b3d2db6da