Mitch Daniels was Director of OMB b4 returning to Indiana to run for Governor. Kasich should get a high profile job as a Press Spokesman in the 1st year of the Trump administration. Then he should run for the Senate in 2018 after ruffling some feathers on both sides.
Kasich will never be Trump’s Press Secretary, for a number of reasons.
He could still hope to be a cabinet officer if he gets his act together and supports Trump right away.