Jack Bicknell Jr. is in for quite a change as he leaves the
New York Giants as an assistant offensive line coach and joins the
Kansas City Chiefs as the head offensive line coach. It's that promotion that ultimately made the decision for him.
Bicknell spoke with the Giants website as he was packing his boxes this week.
"It's tough to leave," Bicknell Jr. said. "If I didn't have an opportunity to go from an assistant to a head O-line guy, trust me, I wouldn't be leaving, obviously. But it does give me an opportunity to be the head guy and I'm excited about that."
- On working with the Giants offensive line: "You're around them more than your own kids or wife or anybody else."
- On working with the Giants coaches: "(Working with) Coach Coughlin and (offensive coordinator) Kevin Gilbride, it's honestly like working on your doctorate."
- On whether he thought he'd get a job this offseason: "A lot of the jobs had been filled up by the time we were done."
But don't get used to hearing him talk. Non-coordinator assistant coaches don't get much publicity in KC.
Cmon Joel
Just interview him yourself :)
Steve_Chiefs - February 15, 2012
Welcome to KC
Now do your damn job! and make us proud. No pressure.
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
Time to make chicken salad
from chicken shit.
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
We end up with DeCastro and that'll be a helluva lot easier job :)
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
Damn right it will
especially if we can find a RT and move Richardson to his appropriate role as a back up.
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
Nice
“his appropriate role as a back up.”
still haven’t learned how to do them fancy grayed-in blocks that you younguns like to use. :)
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
LOL
Me either!
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
as long as you've been around and you STILL haven't learned?
you ARE the weakest link … goodbye! ;-)
upamtn - February 15, 2012
Ha!
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
in the main text area, just highlight the words and hit the " " icon for blockquotes
even an OLD GUY like me can do it
upamtn - February 15, 2012
Well...
no shit.
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
Oh.. really?
like this?
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
close, no cigar
scroll over the text and highlight it and THEN hit the icon
upamtn - February 15, 2012
Cigars are for wusses anyway :)
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
Or Lewinskys
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
I mean like this?
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
congratulations!
pat yourself on the back … but don’t break your arm trying :-)
upamtn - February 15, 2012
What happens if it gets stuck there instead?
uhm… kinda hurts… help?
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
Even me?
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
Look at us!
We is now in the Special Club… Momma always told me I was Special.
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
short bus, huh?
yeah, me too
upamtn - February 15, 2012
More specifically
MtHammer - February 15, 2012
well aren't you just a fancy pants :)
See Old(er) dogs can learn new(er) tricks
woof woof
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
nice job, and saved for future reference with my "replay fail" pic
upamtn - February 15, 2012
+"instant"
Tarkus - February 15, 2012
LOL...like so?
go_saleaumua - February 15, 2012
Well that might make some folks here confused :)
LOL... LIke so?Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
looks like a quote block to me.
bamachief5558 - February 15, 2012
Evidently, sarcasm fail....
go_saleaumua - February 17, 2012
He has a lot of experience
I like this passage from Wikipedia: During his tenure at Louisiana Tech, Bicknell’s teams defeated national powers Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma State. 22 of his players were either drafted by or signed free agent contracts with National Football League teams.
ace328 - February 15, 2012
Now get the man some talented players to work with.
Scott B. - February 15, 2012
I like that he has experience coaching the offensive and defensive lines
Maybe this gives him better insight on how to come up with his blocking schemes
KingChief - February 15, 2012
Didn't work so well in Philly
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
That guy went from offensive line coach to defensive coordinator
Bicknell started out as a defensive line coach and then switched to offensive line coach before he got the gig at LA Tech. Wiki says 22 of his players have been signed to the NFL so I think it worked out pretty good for him.
KingChief - February 15, 2012
I know, it IS different
but the “understanding the other side of the ball” mentality doesn’t always work. Sometimes it is detrimental.
SCKSChief - February 15, 2012
I'm very impressed with this coaching staff.
Sans the underwhelming OC hire, which could work out very well, don’t get me wrong, it seems like this is a solid staff.
Excited.
bossmanham - February 15, 2012
Nice to see...
Some young, up and coming coaches on the staff, like Bicknell and Siriani. Obviously Siriani was already here, but now he’s got a chair at the big boy table. And I suppose Daboll could arguably go on that list too
But every year it seems like people are looking for up and coming coaches the Chiefs can poach from other teams. Maybe now with these guys, and others like Anthony Pleasant, the Chiefs can start building a staff that fans of other teams will want to poach from.
SlipperyPete - February 15, 2012
Mr. Bicknell meet Mr. Shields
and hire him!
Chief Willie Wildcat - February 15, 2012
yes and yes please
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
The mothership
indicated that they created the new quality control special teams position instead of hiring another assistant OL coach, suggesting they were done with the staff.
Tarkus - February 15, 2012
nice, they bought more clipboards!
upamtn - February 15, 2012
Daboll called it a 20/20 job.
20 hour workdays for about $20K a year. I think they do a lot more than carry clipboards.
Tarkus - February 15, 2012
And you have to be really dedicated And hoping things work out to get you promoted ASAP
cuz that comes out to like… $61/day or roughly $3/hour. UGH. (Based off a 321 day year; 365-24(for weekends) – 14 for holidays. Not perfect I know.
Eastcoastransplant - February 15, 2012
excellent, the Giants get really good production from their OL
And they aren’t individually overpowering players. They have great team work and timing so I expect some good results given the OL we have (assuming the RT position is addressed).
aFan4Life - February 15, 2012
I feel like a scout in "Moneyball"
But this guy looks like a coach. He could make head coach in two years just based on his chiseled jaw.
just a guy - February 15, 2012 via mobile
Hey Joel
I haven’t seen an assistant OL coach.Did I miss it or are we waiting to hire Shields?
chiefs63 - February 15, 2012
Mothership
said they went with an extra special teams coach instead.
Tarkus - February 15, 2012
wait tell bicknell see's mims
niageriannit1 - February 15, 2012
this hire makes me happy. find an experienced coach and plug him in. done. now go pay carr please.
SDChief - February 15, 2012
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