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Texian said:
For the good and mostly the bad Bob McNair was able to exert his influence and address conflict. Cal can not do that. Cal avoids conflict and tough decision making. Cal does not know how to do that or he simply cannot force himself into that situation. Sadly this says that Cal does not have the business mind to run a business. Cal has to have somebody who can do that for him. Easterby is that guy for Cal.
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He's made decisions, for instance Rootes leaving. janice/Cal decided to move on from Hopkins. Giving DW4 a say in hiring the HC etc... We just disagree with most of his decisions. I'm of the beliefs that Easterby is doing what Cal hired him to do. Take out the trash
 
TexansThunder said:
Andre Johnson was on point with his criticism of Easterby. I will defer to his comments for now.

I’m disappointed in Easterby more so than Cal or O’Brien (Easterby terminated O’Brien as part of his fluid evaluation of the team - nine months after going to the playoffs).

To his credit, O’Brien made the playoffs with some no so great QBs like Hoyer and won the AFC South more than once. Then lost a power struggle with Easterby.

Long serving employees with the Texans were let go by a man who hasn’t been on the job that long and knows absolutely squat about football.
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I’m not giving O’Brien credit for making the playoffs in a terrible division and then plummeted in the playoffs. Mainly because his team wasn’t ready to play.
 
Earl34 said:
I think after Bob McNair died, there was a power vacuum in the organization. Whether the McNair family was still in the process of grieving or Cal was not interested in stepping up and leading the organization, O'Brien and Easterby eagerly took advantage of the situation.
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Agreed,

I think what caused the situation was a perfect storm of Gaine's HR issues, New England not allowing Caserio to be able to be hired as GM and BOB/Easterby being the last men standing so to speak.
 
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How much credit does Easterby for yesterday’s win?

There was a picture of him in the draft room. There was a picture of him on the sidelines. There was a picture of him at training camp. His bio on the Texans website says he manages all football operations and overall culture of the organization.

So he played some role right? He must be doing good?

Lol.
 
TexansBull said:
How much credit does Easterby for yesterday’s win?

There was a picture of him in the draft room. There was a picture of him on the sidelines. There was a picture of him at training camp. His bio on the Texans website says he manages all football operations and overall culture of the organization.

So he played some role right? He must be doing good?

Lol.
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None

Although I'm glad he did his job and is the main reason the trash got taken out.

There will be a tough couple of yrs but the Texans org will be better off in the long run. Otherwise what we've seen the last 4 yrs would've continued for another decade.
 
He gets all the credit. He's the best thing that has ever happened to the Houston Texans. :highfive:

I'm going to be a new & improved shiny fan so no more hurt feelings. Just happy thoughts and empty platitudes from now on. Just like Jack.
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I've been having fun with the Easterby story this off-season, but now that football has actually started, it's one of those subjects that gets relegated to the back pages.

The shirts are pretty funny. Here ya' go Steel, knock yourself out: I’m A Jack Easterby Guy T-Shirt

And like I mentioned in the Tyrod thread (where I posted the full Pat McAFee interview), I don't care about 'culture' if it leads to winning games. At the end of the day, that's what matters to me as a Texans fan.
 
Double Barrel said:
I've been having fun with the Easterby story this off-season, but now that football has actually started, it's one of those subjects that gets relegated to the back pages.

The shirts are pretty funny. Here ya' go Steel, knock yourself out: I’m A Jack Easterby Guy T-Shirt

And like I mentioned in the Tyrod thread (where I posted the full Pat McAFee interview), I don't care about 'culture' if it leads to winning games. At the end of the day, that's what matters to me as a Texans fan.
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Sweet. I'm getting two.
 
thunderkyss said:
Sweet. I'm getting two.
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Pics or it didn't happen. :photos:

Earl34 said:
I guess Easterby is now in charge of....stretching exercises?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1438194179151126531
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lol I just have to laugh these days. Tyrod mentioned on Pat McAfee that that they had signed 33 or so free agents, so I'd imagine that those short-termed contracts has a lot of people high-fiving Jack and supporting his culture. Wanting to get paid has a way of getting folks to conform.

But hey, he's part of the Texans landscape so it's just something we have to accept. . .and, of course, have fun. :joker:
 
Double Barrel said:
I've been having fun with the Easterby story this off-season, but now that football has actually started, it's one of those subjects that gets relegated to the back pages.

The shirts are pretty funny. Here ya' go Steel, knock yourself out: I’m A Jack Easterby Guy T-Shirt

And like I mentioned in the Tyrod thread (where I posted the full Pat McAFee interview), I don't care about 'culture' if it leads to winning games. At the end of the day, that's what matters to me as a Texans fan.
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LOL

Awesome, I haven't bought any Texans gear since 2010.

My way of not giving the McNair's anymore $$$$.
 
Double Barrel said:
I've been having fun with the Easterby story this off-season, but now that football has actually started, it's one of those subjects that gets relegated to the back pages.

The shirts are pretty funny. Here ya' go Steel, knock yourself out: I’m A Jack Easterby Guy T-Shirt

And like I mentioned in the Tyrod thread (where I posted the full Pat McAFee interview), I don't care about 'culture' if it leads to winning games. At the end of the day, that's what matters to me as a Texans fan.
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How much does the, "I'm NOT a jack Easterby guy" t-shirt cost cause I might actually do that?
 
Double Barrel said:
Pics or it didn't happen. :photos:



lol I just have to laugh these days. Tyrod mentioned on Pat McAfee that that they had signed 33 or so free agents, so I'd imagine that those short-termed contracts has a lot of people high-fiving Jack and supporting his culture. Wanting to get paid has a way of getting folks to conform.

But hey, he's part of the Texans landscape so it's just something we have to accept. . .and, of course, have fun. :joker:
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Agreed about him being part of the Texans landscape.

The Stars will be coming soon enough, hopefully they find a Herbert.
 
Earl34 said:
LOL. Watch the end of the locker room speech or around the 48 second mark. Looks like he is "nudging" Caserio to go front and center. LMAO.

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Ladies and gentlemen that's what leadership looks like.

I think they will only win 4-5 games this yr. But I cant wait for this man to get some elite talent to work with.
 
Houston fans are writing this franchise off and as long as the naked emperor continues to act like a doofus, expect more of the same from these fools.

31 other NFL teams would not hire Jack Easterby as Executive Vice President of Football Operations to "direct the overall culture of the organization". Only the McNairs are stupid enough to do it and then double down on an obvious mistake.
 
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Texans GM Nick Caserio downplays criticism against executive Jack Easterby

The Texans’ general manager is well aware of the widespread criticism levied against his long time friend and colleague Jack Easterby. He downplayed such and tried to clarify Easterby’s current role with the team
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"Jack's been a hot topic for a lot of people. I would say, candidly, probably some of the criticism has been unfair, I think," Caserio said. "Jack has an important role from an operational and logistics standpoint. That's what he was brought here to do. That's his role in the football operation. ... Anything as it pertains to making football decisions, whether it's players, contract signings, scouting, draft analysis, those all fall under my jurisdiction.

"When you look at a football operation in its entirety, it takes a lot of people to actually make sure that it functions and operates at a good level. So I would say I have a lot of respect and appreciation for the job that Jack does and candidly, not a lot of people probably really understand the nuts and bolts of it. But when you actually get a chance to spend time with Jack, I think realize it's probably not as bad as everybody makes it out to be.

"I'd say from his perspective, it's always been an operational, kind of logistics standpoint. There's certain areas that maybe fall under his jurisdiction that we'll communicate about and I can handle the football areas. If there's something we need to talk about collectively as a whole, whether it's myself, Jack, the head coach, whomever it is, then those lines of communication are open. So I don't see that really changing going forward. It's been pretty consistent, other than maybe a couple of months in 2020. Jack's been a punching back since he got here. Some of it, I think quite frankly, is a little bit unjust. But everybody has an opinion and they're certainly entitled to their opinion. We just kind of keep moving forward."
 
The part he played in turning this franchise into the laughing stock it currently is doesn’t magically go away, Nick.

Maybe a lot of the criticism of him is unjust, but there’s plenty that is. Maybe he doesn’t play the kind of role he did before you got here. At least I hope he doesn’t because he sucked. But you can’t just dismiss what he’s done, and because of that, there’s zero trust when it concerns him, and frankly, I’m concerned about trusting you, Nick, simply because you’re so adamant about hitching your wagon to him.
 
It's the big picture optics of it all. That's what this braintrust seems unable to comprehend.

So keep on being arrogant and out-of-touch with your fan base. You know, the same fan base that has made this franchise one of the most valuable in pro sports in just two decades.

They treat the average fan like fools, and then wonder why nobody is drinking the tainted Kool-Aid.

Good luck with those discounted PSL sales.

"realize it's probably not as bad as everybody makes it out to be."

PROBABLY <-----LMAO!!!!!!! :spit:
 
Speedy said:
The part he played in turning this franchise into the laughing stock it currently is doesn’t magically go away, Nick.

Maybe a lot of the criticism of him is unjust, but there’s plenty that is. Maybe he doesn’t play the kind of role he did before you got here. At least I hope he doesn’t because he sucked. But you can’t just dismiss what he’s done, and because of that, there’s zero trust when it concerns him, and frankly, I’m concerned about trusting you, Nick, simply because you’re so adamant about hitching your wagon to him.
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He didn't suck at the job he was hired to do.

He was in over his head when it came to helping BOB with things like re-working contracts. Luckily Caserio is doing this now.
 
Double Barrel said:
So keep on being arrogant and out-of-touch with your fan base. You know, the same fan base that has made this franchise one of the most valuable in pro sports in just two decades.
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This idea that the only thing that is acceptable would be getting him out of the organization, seems a little extreme to me.

Cal & O'Brien screwed up putting him in the role he was in & the responsibility they gave him.

Hopefully Nick straightened that out. We can't do anything about it but judge him since Nick got here.
 
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