ogredawg, back in the day there was a lot of corn whiskey coming from Douglas/Pearson, making its way to Atlanta. Later on there were many "pot farms" in that area that CBS News did a series on.
NC_Dawg born in Douglas, Coffee County in 1940.
Bobby Bowden was a coach at South Georgia College located in Douglas, way back when. SGC opened its doors in 1906.
Excellent point on head coach staying out of the way . . . . know that he has some good hires willing to make it work in the Classic City.
One thing that I do know . . . . the new hires have proven that they have backbone, before the newer hires, believe some became too comfortable under a lax leader. BVG was not one of those lax coaches, we know what happened in that situation.
Puts a smile on my face to see our program do a 360 degree turn. Takes UGA back to a "Defensive Coordinator, not unlike BVG that had many of the values that Erk had. Nuff said . . . .
Edit . . . . VD make a huge mistake with Erk. MR made a huge mistake with Willie Martinez.