I think that a lot of things that are wrong with drum corps are in this thread; not on fields.
Sometimes organizations go through turbulence. Everyone would do well to focus on more interesting things than the plights of a group having an off year.
I realize that a lot of people have never taught, marched, or thought at a high level, and don't really understand things they ought or profess to.
Get out of the gutter; remember what this stuff is about.