No, he wasn't.
Casteen's loyalties are to Warner and the pols, not UVa. Judging from his Northeast origins and life in academia, he is in all probability an active Democrat.
No question, Casteen is on Tech's side. He wants Tech in.
You have to admire his strategy, though, it would have worked perfectly if the pols hadn't made all that noise.
Whoever made the final decision to join the lawsuit screwed things up for Tech.
But the Hokies should, as one of our local sports radio pundits said, and I paraphrase, "send Casteen's wife flowers, take them to dinner, shake his hand, cut his grass, whatever he wants."
This has been an interesting, if ugly, month though. Something to think about besides recruiting.