Silver And Black Pride
Andrew Janocko is the “fixer” for Klint Kubiak.
While he won’t be calling plays — that responsibility will be in Kubiak’s capable hands, even as a first-time head coach — Janocko is a key element of the Las Vegas Raiders coaching staff. That may seem detrimental to Janocko’s title of offensive coordinator, however, the relationship between the Silver & Black’s head coach and OC is longstanding and there’s already well-built heavy synergy.
Hence the fixer role.
Janocko is Kubiak’s vital right-hand man and primary offensive problem-solver. Kubiak has the ultimate responsibility of reshaping a Raiders offense that struggled mightily the last two seasons. Designing the offensive playbook, coordinating game plans, spearheading player development, and installing the Kubiak system are all in Janocko’s wheelhouse.
The Andrew Janocko/Klint Kubiak Dynamic
Time Spent Together
The built-in dynamic Janocko has with Kubiak was a major reason they linked up again, this time in Las Vegas.
“I think sitting there with my wife, and we were making the decision, the best decision for our family, this was something that we wanted to be a part of. We want to be a part of this organization, want to be a part of building this culture, bringing the shield back, and then getting to work with unbelievable people, getting to work with really good people,” Janocko said during a post-OTA media session last week. “That’s something in this business that really goes underrated is when you can work with good people, it makes the job, the stresses of the job, the good parts even better and the bad parts, you want to fight through those things with the people that you’re around.”
The Raiders are the fourth franchise where the pairing continues to develop and grow and being tied closely at the hip gives Janocko the right-hand man moniker for Kubiak.
With mutual trust and an aligned vision for game planning, it’s not difficult to envision exactly what Janocko meant when he said you want to fight through the bad with people you have built a relationship with. That’s the Janocko-Kubiak dynamic in a nutshell.
Just how aligned are the two coaches? Look no further than the “listen to your feet” mantra both wholeheartedly believe in. It initially began with the quarterback spot but has since evolved into a way of keeping the entire offense on time with progressions.
“That goes back a long way, that something we believe in whether it started with the quarterback position, but it really is everything about our offense that we build ourselves, we build our brains, and then we build ourselves from the...
