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Klint Kubiak poached a coach off the Giants' coaching staff.
The New York Giants previously full coaching staff is now down by one member.
According to ESPN insider Adam Schefter, Giants assistant defensive line coach Matt Robinson left to join the Las Vegas Raiders as their secondaries coach.
Robinson had only been hired recently by the Giants, since they only announced their full coaching staff Friday.
Robinson, who had spent the past five seasons as Baltimore Ravens outside-linebackers coach under now-Giants head coach John Harbaugh, was granted permission to speak with the Raiders and accepted the position with them Sunday.
The Giants Supported Matt Robinson Going to the Las Vegas Raiders
Though it is generally frowned on in corporate America to leave a job shortly after accepting one, the Giants gave Robinson their full support to seek his new role with the Raiders.
Robinson was slated to an assistant under D-line coach Dennis Johnson and would have been one of 15 coaches to join Harbaugh from Baltimore after the head coach was let go last month.
Instead, Robinson effectively gets a promotion by going from outside-linebackers coach to coaching the entire secondary with the Raiders. That’s why Harbaugh could not hold his five-year defensive assistant from leaving.
In joining the Raiders, Robinson also joins the staff under rookie head coach Klint Kubiak, who is replacing Pete Carroll, who was fired after going 3-14 in his one season in Las Vegas.
Kubiak was officially named coach of the Raiders on Feb. 9, one day after he and the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX. He spent just one season as Seahawks offensive coordinator before landing the job in Las Vegas.
The Giants Seem Unlikely to Replace Matt Robinson
The Giants had initially announced Robinson as their assistant D-line coach on their website, yet his name and bio have from scrubbed from the site while still announcing the full staff.
With Robinson off to Las Vegas, assisting the D-line may fall to quality control coach Brendan Clark or defensive assistant Megan Rosburg, a de facto assistant D-line coach in Baltimore who Harbaugh called the Giants’ “most valuable coach.”
“Definitely our most valuable coach right now,” Harbaugh said. “She’s been doing a great job of keeping me organized and also she understands the tenor of what we’re trying to accomplish. She knows the value system right now. She knows what we’re looking for, and she sets a good foundation for us.”
Despite losing an assistant mere days after his full staff was announced, Harbaugh stated his vision for the Giants coaching staff and detailed what he was looking for while compiling the coaches around him.
“When putting together a staff, I look for the ability to create a vision and share the vision and to get everybody on the same page in your room,” Harbaugh said. “Guys that are demanding, guys that ask a lot of the guys in terms of a high standard, and also believe them into that standard, help them believe in themselves to make sure that every player knows that every coach is really in their corner.”