Also, the glass she used to drink the CH wasn't checked for fingerprints. Just amazing. Tiger seems to be protecting the Tribe money maker, Hard Rock, and Knothead is protecting his new best friends, Goat and KE. Vergie and Larry aren't "sexy" enough to bother with. He figures HKS and KE have the better media connections.
You're sort of on the right track but I wouldn't phrase it exactly as his "new" best friends.