See that’s the thing though did Easterby have any say in personal decisions? I know he was there when OB was making deals like he was playing with Monopoly money but what do we have that shows Easterby had any power to stop him? This will come across as me defending Easterby and I’m not, if someone can show me something other than “he was in the building” as proof I’ll be the first to say Easterby should be fired or at least sent to his office and we’ll call you when it’s time for a pep rally.
In a traditional team set up either the GM the and HC will figure out the roster and make moves based on what they both see. Sometimes the GM might say “that’s to much I don’t care how much you like him we’re not paying that” or the HC will say “I’ve got to have that player to make this work so whatever you have to do acquire him / keep him”. But what about when the GM and HC are the same person so there is no second voice?
Can you point to one team, any team, that made some stupid trades, draft picks and/or contracts where afterwards every said “The executive VP of yada yada should have stepped in and stopped him” because I can’t. We say the GM should have stopped it or the HC should have spoke up or even the owner should have stepped in but not some random front office guy hat no one is evens sure what they do.
As far as the GM and HC search what don’t you like about it? We know most didn’t like it because of the rift we thought it caused with Watson but taking that out what didn’t you like? They interviewed a lot of coaches and their choice, while unexpected, seemed to be just that, their choice. GM wise anyone that thought Ca wasn’t hiring Caserio if at all possible hasn’t been paying attention last 3 years.
What I know is that OB said ‘he and Jack’ numerous times on numerous decisions. And I know nearly all of those decisions went from not very good to flat out disastrous. Who actually did the who and the what, who knows? To what degree, how much input, banging on the table, the Pastor had, I don’t know, but according to OB, the Pastor was a part of all of it. And he still is. All of those moves, trade compensation, contracts, throwing away draft picks, they all were the doing of someone(s) who wasn’t very good at the personnel game. We were already well aware of OB’s bad eye for talent, so maybe it all is more on him. That I don’t know. Like I said, to what degree anyone had say, who knows?
As for the GM and HC search, I know they’ve been after Caserio for awhile, but the Pastor is the guy who brought on the tampering accusations to kill that the 2nd time around, then Gaine gets fired 18 months into a 5 year contract, and the whole thing blows up.
Then there’s the reports that they had a candidate about to ink a deal when the Pastor said let’s go get Nick. Yeah, we don’t know if that’s real, but we don’t know it’s not either.
Now, Caserio is a 1st time GM, out from under the shadow of Belichick, where his decisions alone determine his success, thus his employment here, and the coach he gets is a guy whose been in the league 27 years that has never been mentioned with the words head coach ever? That’s how you want to try and start your road to success? Yeah, yeah, we don’t know jack about what Culley will be just as we don’t know whether Bieniemy or Daboll or any of those guys would have been a complete flop or not. But I do know who I’d rather hitch my wagon to if it’s my neck on the line.
Now, I don’t have the proof that any of that was the Pastor, just as anyone else has no proof it wasn’t, but there’s a track record in place of everything that has happened since that man has been in the building. That, to me, casts a giant shadow of doubt surrounding this dude, and therefore my personal trust in the man does not exist.