In all likelihood, Georgia baseball coach Wes Johnson is not a devotee of medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
He may not have studied Chaucer, and he probably has not read “Canterbury Tales.” One thing is certain, however: he would disagree with Chaucer, who is credited with originating the phrase, “All good things must come to an end.”
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