Lance Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I am comfortable being at odds with DCI. Drum corps is not a sport. even if it were, the transfer protocols that people are concocting on here have exactly nothing in common with any college or professional sport. truly insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) the transfer stuff is beyond absurd. it's gotten to questioning the "courage" of dci now. that's how brain dead moronic discussion of this has gotten. how? I do auditions and talk to parents all the time. Noone if it is parent or a MM is going to tell them where they can or cant march or spend THEIR money. This didnt work bitd either. I know it 1st hand Am I wrong or didnt a poster debunk the transfer policies in youth sports or maybe it was just their experience with it. Cant remember. Whats funny is some actually believe it would turn the tides like maybe the 20th place corps ( whoever , would suddenly win ) lmao. Guess what, same corps win because they simply know how, no matter restrictions or sheets. Whats next , freeze on spending, staff who have to stay a certain number of years, how many times a day you eat or what kind of food, number of volunteers, Gezz I do believe , under no circumstances if a mm owes money to programs, winter or summer they shouldnt be able to march unless the next corps wants to pay off the last. Corps have gone under merely because some mm's who took advantage of a good nature'd but maybe misguided directors.Doing many auditions I can call out certain corps that have done this but i won't ONLY because current members have nothing to do with what some current or past directors have done. That fight belongs off line. Edited August 14, 2016 by GUARDLING 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I do auditions and talk to parents all the time. Noone if it is kid or a MM is going to tell them where they can or cant march or spend THEIR money. This didnt work bitd either. I know it 1st hand Am I wrong or didnt a poster debunk the transfer policies in youth sports or maybe it was juth their experience with it. Cant remember. Whats funny is some actually believe it would turn the tides like maybe the 20th place corps ( whoever , would suddenly win ) lmao. Guess what, same corps win because they simply know how, no matter restrictions or sheets. Whats next , freeze on spending, staff who have to stay a certain number of years, how many times a day you eat or what kind of food, number of volunteers, Gezz amen. if what you are doing is not gaining competitive success, perhaps you need to do something else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 amen. if what you are doing is not gaining competitive success, perhaps you need to do something else. WAIT! What? Is "competitive success" the only measure of success in this activity? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I want a more succinct definition of "success" before it's defined by "gaining competitive success". What of Pio, or Surf, or PC, or the litany of others who deliver a great MM experience and get their kids home safe and don't spend more than their income... Are they not successful even if they don't move up in placements? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 amen. if what you are doing is not gaining competitive success, perhaps you need to do something else. hehehehe, it's been a long week.but great.lol but you are right and those who know success in this activity get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 WAIT! What? Is "competitive success" the only measure of success in this activity? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I want a more succinct definition of "success" before it's defined by "gaining competitive success". What of Pio, or Surf, or PC, or the litany of others who deliver a great MM experience and get their kids home safe and don't spend more than their income... Are they not successful even if they don't move up in placements? This depends who you ask, within the same groups you mention you will find those who say yes and those who say no. They have to decide what success is for themselves BUT dont complain about placements then or what others have that you dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsband Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) WAIT! What? Is "competitive success" the only measure of success in this activity? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I want a more succinct definition of "success" before it's defined by "gaining competitive success". What of Pio, or Surf, or PC, or the litany of others who deliver a great MM experience and get their kids home safe and don't spend more than their income... Are they not successful even if they don't move up in placements? no absolutely not. but it is the primary (only?) reason the "transfer policy" argument comes up. imo if competitive success (placement) is the only measure of success, you're completely failing your members Edited August 14, 2016 by corpsband 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 no absolutely not. but it is the primary (only?) reason the "transfer policy" argument comes up. imo if competitive success (placement) is the only measure of success, you're completely failing your members this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poisonchocolate Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) It's mindless discussions like this that make people dislike DCP... Edited August 15, 2016 by Poisonchocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 "The lark's on the wing; the snail's on the thorn". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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