re: Besides more hardware, what makes a recruit from Louisiana go to a hated rival?

True. Racists are racists no matter what color they are. And I must have ruffled the feathers of a Gump imposter or somebody who did not understand the previous post. Water cannons in B'ham 50-60 years ago. You can change the present course, you can make decisions now that will impact the future but you can't change the past. It is what it is and was Gumpland.