re: Great article about Mel Tucker on ESPN…

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We don't need ESPN influencing our hires.

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Funny you mention this....

One interesting name thrown about was the mysterious BL. The Lawyer said BL would have a say in how all this played out. Lot of folks thought BL meant BL as in Lincon Riley's agent, Bob LaMonte. BUT. then folks started talking about Mike Tomlin. Yes, yes, Coach Tomlin shot down the rumors today. His agent also starts with BL. Brian Levy. Let's look at his roster, shall we:

Mike Tomlin (Steelers HC)
Derek Mason (Current DC at Auburn; former HC at Vandy)
Vance Joseph (DC Arizona Cardinals; former DB Coach BG)
Eric Bieniemy (OC KC Chiefs - currently shitting the bed)
Harold Goodwin (assitant HC, Run Game, TB Bucs)
Raheem Morris (DC LA Rams)

That's just the ones I could find after a cursory glance. Then I found this article on SI:

Lack of Head Coach Diversity

From the article:

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But first, back to the summit, and Levy, one of the most fascinating people I’ve met in the NFL. He grew up in Manhattan Beach, the Jewish and Italian section of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. In 1990, he founded Goal Line Football, representing a small group of NFL players. Two of those players—Raheem Morris and Vance Joseph—decided to go the coaching route when their playing careers ended, so they went from player clients to coaching clients. Then Mike Tomlin signed on. Today Levy and his vice president, former NFL player and scout Cedric Saunders, represent more than 70 NFL coaches, the majority of whom are African-American.

As a result, Levy has become an unlikely expert on the politics of minority coaching hires in the NFL, advising clients on which interview opportunities are the real deal and which are likely toothless attempts to satisfy the Rooney Rule. Last offseason he set out to provide coaches in his group with educational opportunities through a weekend coaches’ summit. Ten months later, Levy watched client Steve Wilks lose his job after one season in Arizona, and Vance Joseph get the boot after two losing seasons in Denver.

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Just some food for thought. Havent been able to find out who Tucker's agent is. And, at the dollar amounts they are talking about, the LSU gig is as high value as it gets these days. So take this ESPN article, with the Atlantic article saying O losing the locker room after the Trump visit being such a big deal, the SI article I linked, and you have all the earmarks of a mover and shaker trying to play all the angles behind the scenes.