ilikedrumcorps Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) First of all, corps placements don't matter until that last performance in August so you can't say the Spartans went from 1st to 15th unless they remain there this whole next month. About Peter Laflamme, the guy has directed for almost 30 years and the corps has dropped placement before, most recently in 2000 or 2001 (granted they are much further behind at the start of the competitive season than ever). Class Act = someone who can keep a corps afloat for all that time while so many Div ii/iii corps that have sprung up are now inactive/have folded. Corps win some, lose some, then start over. Is this really so hard to grasp? -T Fitchburg Kingsmen Alumna Point taken Edited July 8, 2008 by ilikedrumcorps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guardmomx2 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 This is sickening. People on this forum never fail to amaze me. Then why do you bother to read this forum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euphguy Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Really? How could a "Class act" allow a drum corps to go from 1st place to 15th (According to DCP Captions Ranking System) in one season. Sounds more like poor leadership to me. OMG. How disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryguy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Really? How could a "Class act" allow a drum corps to go from 1st place to 15th (According to DCP Captions Ranking System) in one season. Sounds more like poor leadership to me. From DCI.ORG, today... they are now ranked 17th... 1 Jersey Surf 74.375 0 2 Blue Devils B 72.150 0 3 Oregon Crusaders 71.300 +17 4 Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets 70.800 -1 5 Teal Sound 69.650 -1 6 Revolution 69.533 -1 7 Citations 68.000 -1 8 Spokane Thunder 66.950 +12 9 Velvet Knights 66.775 -2 10 Yamato 64.400 -2 11 Dutch Boy 63.483 0 12 Impulse 63.000 -2 13 Gold 62.000 -4 14 Colt Cadets 61.800 -1 15 Raiders 60.675 +1 16 Racine Scouts 59.400 +2 17 Spartans 58.500 -3 18 Incognito 57.100 -1 19 Mystikal 57.050 -4 20 7th Regiment 56.400 -8 21 Legends 55.050 -1 22 Blue Devils C 49.900 -2 23 Targets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estancia93 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Really? How could a "Class act" allow a drum corps to go from 1st place to 15th (According to DCP Captions Ranking System) in one season. Sounds more like poor leadership to me. I agree with you. After a little bit of research I noticed something. Spartans "dominance from years past" as someone put it only really took place between 1997 and 2007. That is about the same time that much of the staff that just left originally arrived. While it may be true that he has been able to keep the corps in existence all this time, allowing something to happen that would cause this group to leave is, in my opinion, a serious administrative failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudes Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I did some research and they didn't even make finals in 2000. I don't think that constitutes dominance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndzoneEric Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I did some research and they didn't even make finals in 2000. I don't think that constitutes dominance. Give it a rest. Until this year, they've been quite consistent. Didn't your mom ever tell you not to kick a kid when he's laying on the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobe Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I did some research and they didn't even make finals in 2000. I don't think that constitutes dominance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonaut Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 They are still number one in plumage and have dominated that category since the dawn of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipDaPancake Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I did some research and they didn't even make finals in 2000. I don't think that constitutes dominance. You should do a little bit better research... you've missed a huge flaw. The Div 2/3 scores in 2000 were inconsistant at best. Spartans, for example, scored a 90.35 two days before they performed in prelims and scored a 80.75. Look into it, friend. You'll see that there were other corps with inconsistant scores. Thankfully, not from my research but just my own observations, it doesn't seem that the judging has been as inconsistant as that. Rock on, Judges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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