What was his title in the organization? He actually has a background as a football coach many years ago if I remember correctly. I did not know that until my brother chewed me out for 10 minutes about the hire.
"Though Easterby’s official title was team development/character coach, he assumed a number of duties, including meeting and motivating coaches and players, throwing passes during practices to defensive linemen and even offering counsel when the team was making personnel decisions." https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/3343987002 Sorry I don't see what makes this guy qualified to be a high level executive. And he clearly wasn't aware of rules against tampering.
Caserio isn't a player. He has to be interviewed and he has to actually want and accept any job offer
Yeah; my guess - strictly a guess - is that lacking any leverage, the Pats are going to try and tie the Texans up in procedural bullshit until they scream, Uncle! and fire them a draft pick, hoping the Texans would rather give up the pick then drag this out.
Because the pats do this every time they lose somebody, which is every year. They don't lack leverage. They employ caserio and believe this is a lateral move
I don't believe that's very common, is it? I'd wager Cal has a better handle on the NFL than his dad did and is capable of conducting a search without hiring a firm. Mayhew is currently employed by the 49ers. I don't think that's highly suspicious at all. They (apparently) put in two requests (Mayhew and Caserio) and the Pats have dragged their feet on Caserio, which, while not totally unprecedented, isn't very common, either. So they're awaiting the outcome. Seems reasonable. These guys know Caserio and have targeted him previously. They had to satisfy the Rooney Rule, which they've done - now they're moving on to their actual target. Again, nothing that's happened is overtly suspicious. If there was no history with Caserio, then some of your concerns would be more valid. But Easterby worked with Caserio *last year.* I think New England is simply hoping the Texans will fire them a pick to make them go away; the equivalent of an out-of-court settlement.
If they're not going to give him full control of personnel - which I'm guessing is the Texans' poison pill in their request - then yes: they lack leverage. This is (probably) a frivolous lawsuit they're hoping the Texans will make disappear with an out-of-court settlement (draft pick).
How many frivolous complaints have the pats done? And I'm not sure the Texans will even offer that. Even if they do it's up to the NFL to decide if this is a lateral move. And even if granted there's no guarantee caserio will want the job after the interview
That language was in Gaine’s contract. Why wouldn’t they include for Caserio knowing that is the one thing they have over the Pats right now?
If Caserio doesn’t have the GM title(which he doesn’t) then it’s not a lateral move. All signs point to him being offered full control of personnel. And all signs point to him accepting the Texans job if offered. And you don’t think the pats would resort to underhanded tactics to benefit themselves?
If it's in Gaines contract but obrien still made the final calls (as McLane reported) then it's not so clear
Where are you seeing this? This argument only comes into play if the Patriots deny an interview which I don't believe they have yet. The only thing they have officially done is file tampering charges in which Caserio's title/role have no bearing.
Reporters are hinting at it but not clear. Tweet from @AlbertBreer: I'd focused on the Patriots arguing the Texans' post isn't a full-on GM job. TC here posits the idea the Pats could argue Nick Caserio already has a GM job.
