Which Corps Will Win What Captions at Finals?

[THeShadeOfNight]

Just some food for thought, both Bluecoats and BD have beaten Crown in brass. On more than one occasion ;) Whoever gets a caption Finals night truly earned it for that night :)

[Flguardman]

Just some food for thought, both Bluecoats and BD have beaten Crown in brass. On more than one occasion ;) Whoever gets a caption Finals night truly earned it for that night :)

The same can be said about guard, percussion, visual and GE. We won't truly know till next week, let the games begin.

[cjf20]

I really feel like this is the year someone new takes home the guard caption.

[mboogey73]

13 of the past 15 years the Corps that won GE at Finals, won the Championship.

The 2 that didn't...

2008 Blue Devils: Won GE by 0.05, but were 4th in Music (Won Brass but 4th in MA, and 5th in Percussion)

2015 Carolina Crown: Won GE by 0.10, but were 3rd in Visual (4th in VA) and also 3rd in Music (Won MA, but 5th in Percussion)

So what can we conclude?

Winning GE nearly locks a championship, but add in top 3s in all the sub-captions at it will be a 99% lock.

I don't see the Bluecoats lower than 3rd in any sub-caption, so if they can win GE (as 80% of the voters have projected) they will be the 2016 Champions.

Don't entirely agree. BD hasn't lost the visual caption yet so if Coats wins GE, which they most likely will, they may just cancel out. It'll come down to the music caption, specifically percussion. If Devils can get it together and finish 1 or 2, that may be enough. If they keep placing 4th, give the gold to Coats.

[Vdad76]

Yes, IMO, they have gotten their footing. They had record numbers at the camps this year. They also have a significant number of age-outs. If you get a glimpse of the age-out ceremony on semis night, you'll see this. I think the challenge for this corps is for the design to stay ahead of the MM's and to keep progressing.

[Vdad76]

I think that's the challenge for most corps. When the staff can remain together and progress together, you will find that the good placements follow, but the maturity of the corps is just about as important. The staff can't provide the kids with shows that are over their heads in maturity level of marching, playing, ability to project to the fans and judges (GE), and maturity level of, when trouble hits can you wade through it instead of letting it move your concentration to things other than your performance. If you look at any top level corps, the people in charge have been there for several years, know the navigation of whom to hire and how to keep the staff together and happy. There are a myriad of things that have to be moving simultaneously to keep the corps going (witness, Cavies, Scouts. PR - all of whom have had major changes at the top of their staffs and management and witnessed a plummet in scores/placement/swagger/etc. Each have been searching since those times for the answer to get them back in the race. Unfortunately what happens is that the average age of the corps goes downward, thus maturity level heads that way too because, let's face it, everyone wants to be on a winner, so kids become "free agents" and try to get to a corps that will give them the best chance of meddling, meaning the other corps become feeder/training corps for the top 5-6 corps. This affects the staffs who can't take the corps to the heights they wanted, get let go (or hired by another corps looking to make that magical jump), creating a cycle that perpetuates itself until the right combination of circumstances, hirings, staff ingenuity and maturity of kids hits and brings the corps back to its place in the realm.

[Tad_MMA]

I really feel like this is the year someone new takes home the guard caption.

Crown has the best shot. BD has won guard EIGHT (8) (VIII) (Ocho) years in a row. No other caption has ever seen this streak---regardless of the decade or judging system.

[Tad_MMA]

GE mus Bloo

GE vis BD

VA and VF BD

Guard Bloo

Brass Crown

MA Crown

Perc Bloo

GE is no longer divided into Music/Visual. It's just GE. However, the judges MAY take their "specialty" more into account to give the best assessment. I'm pretty sure Finals judges are more attuned to the marriage of both.

[snare_guy_83]

Update after 140 Votes...

GE:

1) Bluecoats - 80.00%

2) Carolina Crown - 9.29%

3) Blue Devils - 7.86%

Visual:

1) Blue Devils - 60.71%%

2) Bluecoats - 20.00%%

3) Carolina Crown - 15.00%

Music:

1) Bluecoats - 40.71%

2) Carolina Crown - 38.57%

3) Blue Devils - 10.00%

[Jeremy.]

1st - Carolina Crown - Brass/Colorguard/Music

2nd - BLOO - GE

Tie for 3rd - BD - Vis

Tie for 3rd - SCV - Percussion