Jack Easterby Resume Issues

Buck Turgidson · Oct 10, 2020

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It def is true. Ownership has final say on all moves with any sports franchise in the world. However, the vast majority of ownership in sports gives the GM or whatever title of similarity approval for all moves the day they’re hired and only step in if it has become a s***show
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Uh, right. Lots of GMs/execs have "final say on all personnel matters" written into their contracts, for example. Lots of owners are completely hands-off the on-field side of things. So no, GMs do not necessarily have to get ownership permission to make personnel moves. Not sure how we're disagreeing.

Rudyc281 · Oct 10, 2020

Mr.Scarface · Oct 10, 2020

Buck Turgidson said: ↑

Well, that's not necessarily true.
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that is true. Owners have to sign off on every trade. The owners sign the contracts.

Mr.Scarface · Oct 10, 2020

Buck Turgidson said: ↑

Uh, right. Lots of GMs/execs have "final say on all personnel matters" written into their contracts, for example. Lots of owners are completely hands-off the on-field side of things. So no, GMs do not necessarily have to get ownership permission to make personnel moves. Not sure how we're disagreeing.
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Final say means nothing. If an owner doesn’t want a trade to happen, it won’t.

zeeshan2 · Oct 12, 2020

I AM DEAD WRONG ABOUT THE TEXANS. From J.K., of Katy, Texas: “Big Texans fan. You wrote in your column that Jack Easterby was ‘smart and authoritative’ and implied he could run the search for a new coach. We don’t want that. What has Easterby ever done in football to deserve to run a coaching search? God help us if he’s our GM.”

Yes, I said Easterby is smart and authoritative, because he is. Does he deserve to be an NFL GM? Probably not, and by the way, I’m not even sure Easterby wants to be a GM. In any case, my gut feeling is owner Cal McNair will hire both a coach and non-Easterby GM. Does Easterby deserve to run the coaching search? I am dubious about that, except that I believe he’s quite smart, learned a lot from working under Bill Belichick, and knows the qualities a coach needs to succeed. Easterby’s problem, as I see it, is that he’s basically been a shadow exec under Bill O’Brien in Houston for a couple of years. All the fans see is someone who’s been at the right hand of O’Brien as the GM/coach made two trades, Laremy Tunsil and DeAndre Hopkins, they hate. I think the organization needs to expose Easterby to the public more so the fans can make a decision for themselves whether they think he’ll help Houston build a winner.
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