You have mentioned on multiple occasions that Easterby was brought in to dig up bones, find hidden closets and clean up the trash. So, does any personnel move have to go through his Texans' worthy filter? If a talented player with potential character issues is available in the draft, would he discourage Caserio from bringing new trash to NRG? Does his Maxwell Smart act continue with Caserio in the building? Has he retired his trash sniffer? You used to be okay with taking a chance on a player who was not considered Texans worthy. Do you still have that opinion?
Recently, McClain said BOB and Easterby worked together. BOB delegated some tasks to Easterby. However, BOB had full control of personnel. All final decisions went through him. However, Easterby would make suggestions and BOB would either take it or leave it. BOB made the final decisions.
McClain said he expected the same thing with Caserio and Easterby and kept reiterating Caserio has full control of personnel and will make the final decisions. Belichick is already on record that Easterby is not a personnel guy. Are you okay with Easterby "suggesting" personnel moves? How often will Caserio take those suggestions? How often will he, "throw him a bone"? I know there will be times when Caserio holds the same opinion as Easterby and it will appear that Easterby made the decision. However, it gets back to that committee approach with Kubiak and Smith that you hated because you never knew who made a decision or was in charge.
Finally, the Texans could have minimized the mistrust swirling around Easterby by simply stating what he actually does. However, whenever Cal or Caserio is asked about Easterby, they keep throwing word salads around and then say, "Jack is talented in many areas, helps us in various ways and he is here an
d willing to serve". If fans don't trust Easterby and the Texans have failed to define his role or give examples of what he is doing in the building, how can they trust the McNairs? Especially when they heard O'Brien giving Easterby credit for working to give Cunningham 4 years and $58 million and they saw Easterby smiling like a Cheshire cat when Derrick signed his $160 million deal.