Exactly why Jack talked Cal into hiring his buddy Nick. Any other GM would have seen through Jack's BS and fired him.
“Easterby is not an innocent bystander in the Texans debacle. He is on the Mount Rushmore of Texans failure. Unjustly criticized? Nah. His is the face of incompetence, ineffectiveness and ineptitude for a team that is at its lowest. He helped usher in the era of apathy. When a significant number of otherwise faithful fans decided to stay away and withhold support. Easterby was front and center when the Patriots charged the Texans with tampering in trying to lure Caserio to the team. He was the one wreaking havoc in the front office when so many loyal, dedicated workers who helped build the Texans into a class business reputation chose to leave the organization rather than work in that toxic environment. He is the target for a number of former players who say he has a souring presence. He was also hands-on in ruining the personnel department when a slew of questionable moves turned a solid squad into a bottom-rung roster. As Caserio said when he took over a year ago, “The organization was in a pretty rough spot.” Blame your boy. He was in charge.” Spoiler https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...Roasting-of-Texans-Jack-Easterby-16792699.php When asked the difference between the Texans and the San Francisco 49ers the team he was drafted by and the one he was traded to midseason, former Texans defensive lineman Charles Omenihu described one as a dysfunctional football organization. One franchise is smart and structured with good leadership and direction. The other should play games under a tent. “It’s not a circus show here,” Omenihu said of San Francisco, which plays in a divisional playoff game at Green Bay on Saturday. The clown show is in Houston. To many, the lead clown in said circus is executive vice president of football operations Jack Easterby. In a radio interview, Texans general manager Nick Caserio, who has been here just one year, said media reports criticizing Easterby have been “unjust.” Unjust is defined as “not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.” Understandably, Caserio would stand up for his friend and longtime colleague with the New England Patriots. But Caserio is wrong. Period. In that appearance on Sports Radio 610, the Texans’ flagship station, he was either being disingenuous or displayed how ill-informed he is about Easterby’s role in the “agony of defeat” downhill trip the Texans have been on in recent years. Yes, Easterby has been roasted by local media, with a particularly harsh bite for one who is generally behind the scenes. But Easterby is not an innocent bystander in the Texans debacle. He is on the Mount Rushmore of Texans failure. Unjustly criticized? Nah. His is the face of incompetence, ineffectiveness and ineptitude for a team that is at its lowest. He helped usher in the era of apathy. When a significant number of otherwise faithful fans decided to stay away and withhold support. Easterby was front and center when the Patriots charged the Texans with tampering in trying to lure Caserio to the team. He was the one wreaking havoc in the front office when so many loyal, dedicated workers who helped build the Texans into a class business reputation chose to leave the organization rather than work in that toxic environment. He is the target for a number of former players who say he has a souring presence. He was also hands-on in ruining the personnel department when a slew of questionable moves turned a solid squad into a bottom-rung roster. As Caserio said when he took over a year ago, “The organization was in a pretty rough spot.” Blame your boy. He was in charge. Caserio says Easterby has no say in football matters. Well, if that is true, good. Because the short stretch when he was involved is the worst in team history. Bill O’Brien has deservedly earned much scorn for his poor work as a Texans general manager. Easterby was there every step of the way. At an off-the-record schmoozefest with media prior to the 2020 season, O’Brien and Easterby made it clear they were lockstep partners in ruining, er, running the Texans. They are — and until much worse shows up always will be — the face of Texans bad. Oh, Caserio and Easterby tried to put David Culley on that mountainside, but years from now when people look back, Culley will barely be remembered. That’s what happens when you hire and fire a guy in less than a calendar year. Culley is the coach who was there when fans stopped caring, not the one who made them stop. He is the one who was on the sidelines when games stopped being sellouts, not the one who made people stop buying tickets. That’s O’Brien. And his sidekick Easterby. O’Brien is gone. Easterby was put in charge when O’Brien was sent packing. Want to talk about unjust, Caserio? How about when Easterby is caught on camera in the Texans Super Bowl celebration hugging and kissing the Lombardi Trophy and #fireJackEasterby starts trending on Twitter? Then you will have a point. So win a Super Bowl, win anything, then lecture us about Easterby being treated unjustly. Then many of us will agree with you.
Lol…we still doing the whole Easterby is the boogeyman shtick? Anyways Solomon’s anger is misguided. Blame McNair not Caserio. Caserio is only guilty of being a good friend.
The ultimate blame is McNair. I don't know if anyone can even have knowledge of Caserio's involvement with Easterby. Sure it seems they're a package deal, but what if McNair wouldn't let anyone fire Easterby? O'Brien or Caserio? It sure seems that may be the case. What if Easterby is trying to seize power, for whatever reason, and run the team. If Cal won't allow him to be fired, and there is a struggle for power, that certainly is on Cal. That would also certainly create the circus of a franchise most people are talking about lately. This thing will come to a head at some point. It'll either involve a dynasty of cohesive parts, a breakup of a friendship when Easterby sells Caserio out (or Caserio gets sick of not being able to do his job...if that's the case), or both being fired. I'm guessing it's the second. Jack seems like a snake.
If If If my aunt had balls she would be my uncle. Truth is If you believe Cal then Caserio is running the football opps. Never been a fan of Solomon, he's taking advantage of low hanging fruit for clicks. How many more writers are going to write Easterby's the boogeyman articles? I'll bet you most of the writers that have written stuff like this has never met the man.
