Just like the Culley hire, Lovie's hire was strictly a Cal decision.......not Caserio's. Cal cannot take any responsibility for anything. He made sure that Caserio would be responsible for firing Culley, as he will now make Caserio responsible for any failure of Lovie's.
From my sources, I can now say for sure that Caserio wanted Gannon. But things didn't work out. Meanwhile, Easterby was pushing hard in Cal's ear for McCown who was also in favor of McCown, but was totally gunshy of the criticism the Texas would incur because of McCown's inexperience. When things didn't work out with Gannon defensive background coach (and I haven't yet confirmed this, but believe from some things I've heard that Cal insisted on Lovie being kept on as the DC), things went south then. When the Flores lawsuit was revealed, it put a monkey wrench into everything. No one felt comfortable with hiring Flores. Easterby was still pushing Cal hard to choose McCown. But Cal essentially ignored Caserio's advice to pump the brakes. Cal, as he did with Culley, bypassed Caserio's advice and went with the "safe hand"............Lovie.
This is not good when an owner repeatedly does a grab of his GM and HC decision making. At least Jerry Jones as the owner/GM usually takes responsibility and heat for his "interventions," whether they turn out good or bad.