It's official: Giants have two Gilbrides on coaching staff

by Ed Valentine on Feb 22, 2010 6:10 PM EST in New York Giants News

I mentioned about a week or so ago that this was going to happen, but now it is official. Kevin Gilbride Jr. has been named offensive quality control coach by the New York Giants.

"Kevin is very aggressive and a very energetic young coach," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "Quite frankly, I investigated him three or four years ago. He’s busted his tail to get where he is. He was a graduate assistant at Syracuse (Coughlin’s alma mater), so I knew about him there and the coaches were very favorably impressed by what he was able to accomplish there.

"In this day and age, your coaches are relying on the quality control coaches’ ability to take off segments and situations (from game tapes) before they can start to game plan. It’s a grinder’s job. It’s very much a behind-the-scenes job. They are responsible for self-scout. They are responsible for the next opponent and he has already started, because very shortly we will be on our divisional opponents. During the season, he has to provide us with self-scout information on a Monday night, get the next opponent off and he runs the scout squad. And when you talk about professional football, and you talk about the quality of your practices, those scout squads have to be run to perfection."

Gilbride spent the previous three seasons as the wide receivers coach at Temple University. He is the son of Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride.

Gilbride, Jr. replaces Sean Ryan, who was named the Giants’ wide receivers coach last week.

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quality control

His first assignment is to fix his dad’s play-calling. Nothing would control the quality of the offense more.

by long time listener on Feb 22, 2010 6:14 PM EST reply actions

maybe he can officially tell Daddy

when Jacobs or Bradshaw are in the game?

That way Jacobs is running up the gut and Bradshaw is running the pitch outs

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#88 ya'll

by FreeBradshaw on Feb 22, 2010 6:17 PM EST reply actions

+1

by Troy O on Feb 22, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

Really awkward situation when Jr. correct Sr.

“No dad, you’re doing it wrong”

lol

Yeah, we like NFL here in Brazil.

by GiantsBRFan on Feb 22, 2010 6:33 PM EST reply actions

If only we could get two Ryans on the staff

by XLII on Feb 22, 2010 6:35 PM EST reply actions

Sharper is not going to be franchised by the Saints

and with the Giants tendency to hire guys who beat us, this could be a good 2 year signing and a huge upgrade at Safety, albeit a little long in the tooth.

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by sunlion333 on Feb 22, 2010 6:43 PM EST reply actions

wish I could be at thanksgiving dinner.....

dad your offense sucks…………shut up and eat your green beans…..

by CarolinaGiantsFan on Feb 22, 2010 7:04 PM EST reply actions

did I miss something?

Was our offense bad last year? We had a passing attack that we havent had in years, with wide recievers that everyone, including a lot of people on this blog, said couldnt get it done. Our rushing attack was a little banged up this year considering we did not have a completely healthy RB on the team all year.

by NJDuke on Feb 23, 2010 6:35 AM EST up reply actions

Eh

Darren Sharper will not sign here. Keep in mind our base defense is Cover 2 and we are going to play zone most of the time. Sharper would always complain about that kind of defense when he was a Viking. Some people still think Spags or Sheridan is the DC, lol.

by Nfpdawg on Feb 22, 2010 8:00 PM EST reply actions

Just spreading some news and our base D is not cover 2

at least not yet. Unless you are Perry Fewell, you wouldn’t know what his plans are. If you are, damn glad to meet you.

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by sunlion333 on Feb 22, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions

Hey

I didn’t just make that up. I’m only going by facts. But sure though, perhaps we’ll see our safeties blitzing from all angles & freelancing all over the field, our corners playing bump and run, and our linebackers visciously rushing the QB unblocked on well designed blitz packages. So yeah, I guess Fewell can call games like Jim Johnson overnight, sure. But it’s just unlikely. It’s more zone coverage than anything, which doesn’t fit to Sharper’s strengths. Although Fewell has promised to run a lot of multiple fronts and adapt to his personnel, so I guess we’ll see some system variety, but the base defense is intact. What the heck anyway, you could be right. Anything could change…

by Nfpdawg on Feb 23, 2010 12:00 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

I hope he wasn't a grad assistant during the Grg Robinson "era" at 'Cuse

I wouldn’t want any trace of that stench coming near the Giants coaching staff.

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by bigbluethruandthru on Feb 22, 2010 8:08 PM EST reply actions

Tomlinson released!

Anyone else thinks he can really help us besides me? He’s lost a cpl of steps, I agree. But, he’s gold in the red zone; pass blocks better than adaquately; catches the ball well and provides veteran leadership.
I’m not informed on the finances involved, but if it’s a bargain, let’s sign this guy.

LarryHarryCarlPepper

by gr8kicks on Feb 23, 2010 12:37 AM EST via mobile reply actions

If by leadership you mean pouting and not showing up for the playoffs then he’s our man!

by DukBudr on Feb 23, 2010 1:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

LDT for cheap

would be a pretty good move, we need a 3rd down back and he is still one of the best.

by mclaren_is_the_best on Feb 23, 2010 1:34 AM EST up reply actions

No Way!!!

For two reasons,

In my opinion, we already have 4 backs as good or better than tomlinson on the team.
If someone called him LT, there might be a riot.

by P. Gibbons on Feb 23, 2010 4:05 AM EST up reply actions

Maybe our current RB's are better as pure runners

but I doubt they would be better at pass blocking and pass catching

by mclaren_is_the_best on Feb 23, 2010 4:56 AM EST up reply actions

Jacobs can run for 3 yards and fall down with one knee. I think we LDT’s skillset covered.

"I got a team that even Hakeem couldn't dream!"

#88 ya'll

by FreeBradshaw on Feb 23, 2010 8:12 AM EST up reply actions

Really, Free?

I see something different. LDT imo still has a lot of skills that our team could have used last year. We don’t have anyone on our roster who is as adapt at recognizing the blitz and making the eight chip block or getting out in the flat for a dumpoff. Jake, and Hedge have no hands or goalline abilities. Bradshaw will probably be the feature back next year and he will require another year or two to acquire the 3rd experience of LDT.
Lastly, this could be our OJ Anderson story.

LarryHarryCarlPepper

by gr8kicks on Feb 23, 2010 9:50 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

The only upside to signing Tomlinson

would be to officially bar him from being called LT

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Feb 23, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

Really.

LDT can catch the ball. Wow. I think I’d rather worry about Andre Brown coming back to life and being that (he’s got great hands supposedly).

LDT should just stay away.

"I got a team that even Hakeem couldn't dream!"

#88 ya'll

by FreeBradshaw on Feb 23, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions

Have to agree

At this point Tomlinson is more of a name than a player that actually poduces on the field. He has a little tread on the tire but not enough to bring him here.

by Late for Dinner on Feb 23, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions

Another Gilbride

Great…now fire Gilbride sr! Maybe jr can get the job done.

by Truth-be-told on Feb 23, 2010 1:34 AM EST reply actions

Father and Son Day at the Giants..lovely..Two hot-dogs and a kook

"When I was a boy and had no sense I got my pecker stuck in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair and tickled my balls, and made me shit in my overalls"

by Bobbiblue on Feb 23, 2010 8:05 AM EST reply actions

The real reason I like this post Ed

Is mostly because when someone says…“what the hell is a quality control coach?” I can now answer them.

Maybe you all (scratch that) You all are a lot smarter than I am but I thought this was a great take, from self scouting ~~that is pulling out aspects of games and game situations in order to prep for the next week or season in general to running scouting personnel~~ I thought this was a nice football look at the position on our staff.

by nyGTrenches on Feb 23, 2010 2:03 PM EST reply actions

Quality control

is the coach that runs the scout team in practice..makes the plays that the scout team has to run from the film he gets of the upcoming opponents.. when i was a freshman we loved our quality control coach (we called it assistant coach) he used to get us amp to play the varsity starters

this is no more than a feel good story for gilbride. it isnt a major position but with it, he could either show his knowledge and come up in the ranks of coaching or just show he belongs as the quality control coach lol.

by semsemma on Feb 23, 2010 3:50 PM EST reply actions

That is interesting..I never knew what a QC coach was...but now I understand what they

Are referring to as far as their role and responsibility with the team..For awhile there I thought that was to make sure the helmets had the proper paint and the cleats all had laces in them, etc..

"When I was a boy and had no sense I got my pecker stuck in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair and tickled my balls, and made me shit in my overalls"

by Bobbiblue on Feb 24, 2010 2:10 AM EST up reply actions