I read for Tony to get out of his contract with JG he had to sign a agreement that Tony and his partners could not go after any of JG employee's. (Typical contract stuff).
JG has no worries about losing people and they have Lagono. Great for JG.
Tony gets to be a owner pretty much for free. Great for Tony.
Everyone is happy.
Call me lazy or Chicken but I would have stayed with JG. They are the best team in NASCAR today. No driver/owner has won a race since Ricky Rudd something like 15 years ago. If my bank acount was full today I wouldn't be looking for any extra agravation.
Smoke's building himself a life after the driver's seat. If anyone can do this, it's Tony.