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August 29, 2006
What was that about Casserly not being fired?
As noted in this earlier post, Texans owner Bob McNair allowed former Texans General Manager Charlie Casserly to resign under the pretense that he would be pursuing a job with the National Football League's main office, which Casserly subsequently failed to land. Some Houston media reporters -- such as the Chronicle's John McClain -- actually swallowed the "Casserly resigned" charade.
Thus, my eyebrow raised a bit when I read the following blurb from John Czarnecki's blog over at FoxSports:
How is that?You would be amazed how many NFL general managers know Matt Millen’s won-loss record in Detroit since he became the team’s general manager.
“How in the hell does someone with a 21-59 record get named to the Competition Committee?” one GM asked me. “How does he keep his job and also get a new contract?”
Said a former member of the committee: “Matt is the wrong kind of person to be on that committee. I just can’t figure out what they are doing, but I’m glad I’m not dealing with it anymore.”
Millen replaced former Houston GM Charley Casserly, who is now working for CBS Sports. By the way, Casserly wasn’t happy with his settlement pay from Texans owner Bob McNair after being fired.
Gosh, I wonder who that "former member of the committee" is (hint - Casserly was formerly a member of the Competition Committee while he was Texans GM)? And then, after dumping on Millen, Casserly goes off on the eminently classy McNair for supposedly being cheap in buying out Casserly's contract.
But John McClain says Casserly resigned. Yeah, right.
Posted by Tom at August 29, 2006 04:56 AM
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I read somewhere that Casserly's been pestering Joe Gibbs for access to team practices. I can't imagine Dan Snyder or Vinny Cerato are going to allow THAT to happen. And given Casserly's track record of taking cheap shots at anyone and everyone through gullible journalists, I can't imagine why any NFL team would give him insider access.
Of course, he's right about Matt Millen. But sadly, Casserly's record with the Texans doesn't exactly set him apart from the inept Millen.
Posted by: Kevin Whited ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.kir.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 29, 2006 08:00 AM
Kevin, I suspect that if the NFL limited members of the Competition Committee to competent GM's, then that would be one very small committee. ;^)
Posted by: Tom K. at August 29, 2006 08:27 AM
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