“I’m glad you forgot about Randy Gregory, Mr. Glazer.”
A Denver-based NFL insider who has great contacts with agents let it slip on a Commandos-centric podcast earlier this week that Team Glazer called John Harbaugh’s representatives moments after Team Glazer learned that Baltimore canned him.
The call was to gauge his Harbaugh’s interest in coming to the Bucs.
Yesterday, Allbright appeared on WDAE-AM 620 to discuss his intel. Allbright, who works for KOA-AM 850, said the conversation between Team Glazer and Harbaugh’s people did take place.
The conversation didn’t get very far as Harbaugh’s agent told Team Glazer that Harbaugh wanted to hire his own yes-man general manager wherever he lands. Team Glazer had no interest moving on from Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht.
“They definitely made the inquiry there,” Allbright said. “And, you know, Harbaugh kind of let it know, you know, kind of what it is that he wants through his people.
“Bryan Harlan is his agent. And, you know, they kind of let it be known, ‘Hey, look, you know, this is what I’m looking for.’ …
“[Team Glazer] realized fairly quickly, that that’s not compatible with where they’re at as an organization. They really like Jason Licht, and obviously Jason Licht has been a great general manager. …
“I think they just decided, ‘OK, well [Harbaugh] is a great coach, but he’s kind of got a different vision with what he wants and where we’re at. So we’re going to keep our general manager and give him the opportunity to run it back with his head coach.”
That’s a helluva of a vote of confidence for Team Glazer to Licht.
Joe has a hunch the way this shook out, Licht has more job security than Todd Bowles. And he should.