 Boss Hogg is described in one analysis as "an ineffectual bad guy—hence amusing".Hogg owned most of Hazzard's property and businesses, either directly or by holding the mortgages over the land.His lust for money often drove him to participate in criminal activities—usually by enlisting the aid of associates—mainly his right-hand man and partner in crime, the dim-witted, bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.