Amazed&Stunned Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 IT matters NOT, what is said. The member corps rule DCI and today, there are more have-nots than haves. Nothing will change. And BK and BS taking over the Phantom and Cadets spots gives all hope they THEY can do it too. No one will ever make a change to diversify the level and intention of the activity. Gibbs and Hopkins were the two personalities that spoke openly of a different vision and both are gone or looking to be gone. Change is needed but a long as DCI can break even, the corps accept that they will operate at a loss, and enough corps stay afloat, we will continue the current Indy based methodologies. So G7 or G4 or Q18 ; it's not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geluf Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 The entire premise of this thread is baffling to me. The competitive make-up at the top shifts all the time. Sure, it's slow sometimes, however: The Bluecoats are basically brand new to the Top 3 (relatively speaking). Boston has come up from the very bottom to now sit in the Top 5 in VERY short order (3 years ago in 2016 they barely made finals!). A little further down, look at the ascendancy of Mandarins. Frankly it wouldn't surprise me to see them keep climbing over the next few years. It's fine. There's no issue here. The only truly consistent member of the Top 5 is BD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 23 hours ago, DCIat14 said: I think the underlying frustration I read in to the original post is that the same 4 corps stay at the top. I don't think many would argue that the top 3 have been near impossible to break in to regardless of what is brought to the table by other corps. However, winning begets winning by talent, support, staff, judging, etc. The top soccer youth soccer teams usually remain that way due to the talent they attract. The financial question is an interesting one - do we go back to divisions? Do we change scoring to be more technical? What about a bracket system? I think there are some scores that leave people scratching their heads - regardless of the corps. I think any competition is better than no competition! Open class is a whole different beast! so the same 4 corps since 1972? or just the last few years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCIat14 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 23 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: so the same 4 corps since 1972? or just the last few years? I was referring to the original poster's comment, not my own statement - just a repeat. Breathe Jeff, breathe 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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