Tony Flores Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 2 hours ago, ibexpercussion said: I am going to do this a bit differently, but still predict rankings. -Blue Devils 1st-2nd (because until they finish lower than 2nd, how can you think otherwise) -Bluecoats 1st-4th -Boston 1st-4th -Crown 3rd-5th (I feel like they need an improvement design-wise in relation to the musical book and program theme, seemed to be a disconnect on that this year) -SCV 3rd-6th -Cadets 3rd-7th -Blue Stars 6th-13th (I know this is a wide range, but if you are not one of the elite 4 or 5 at the top, it is hard to sustain the success) -Cavaliers 5th-10th -Mandarins 6th-10th -Phantom 6th-11th -Crossmen 10th-14th (Need to have a more accessible show to bring up the GE scores. There seemed to be a disconnect there this year. The kids did everything they could form a performance standpoint). -Blue Knights 10th-14th -Troopers 11th-14th -Colts 11th-15th -Madison 12th-16th -Music City 12th-16th -Pacific Crest 13th-18th -Academy 14th-18th -Genesis 16th-20th -Surf 19th-25th Don't forget about the return of Spirit...probably looking at 12-16 area upon their return and who the recruit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Tony Flores said: Don't forget about the return of Spirit...probably looking at 12-16 area upon their return and who the recruit We’ll see. The combination of 160 max members, with Troopers, Colts Phantom, Cavaliers, & BS able to recruit as finalists, plus Crown, BAC, & Bloo able to recruit as contenders for a championship may make potential members run a bit thin. Add in Crossmen, Madison, Genesis, BK, MC & perhaps Surf & Guardians and members have a lot of choice at a range performance levels. Does a potential member spend their $4000-$5000 on SoA, or go with a Corps with fewer questions? Outside the top 12-14, I don’t think there were many Corps marching 160 members. Adding SoA will potentially dilute this further. I hope SoA can meet their goals in 2023, but it will be a serious uphill climb. note- I am intentionally keeping the list of potential Corps more or less east of Rocky Mountains, & didn’t include some of the Open Class units. Edited August 16, 2022 by IllianaLancerContra 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 51 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: key words "for the first time" yes - we've covered that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 hours ago, JohnDF said: My prediction is that the Mandarins will continue their yearly improvement and score a 91 (or better) next year. Seems the Mandarins are always the forgotten corps... but that's okay, because I'm sure they like other corps that are sleeping on them. I will strongly disagree that they are the forgotten corps. Especially when you look at the post below yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Orwellian Wiress said: I somehow was 100% certain in my prediction that crown would win🫢 A number of us were hoping you would be right. But there's next year and hope springs eternal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 And in first place..The Blue Devils. You beat the Devils you WILL be champs in 2023. And now the hard part.....to actually do that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibexpercussion Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 20 hours ago, Tony Flores said: Don't forget about the return of Spirit...probably looking at 12-16 area upon their return and who the recruit Good catch, but will be really hard to predict. Coming off of a year in which they did not field a group, and may have lost many of their better members to other groups it could be a tough year competitively. Again, just predictions, but we will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 On 8/16/2022 at 12:39 PM, LabMaster said: I want to see how many predictions are as far off next year as some were this year. It’s not even so much a prediction as it was an absolute for some. Totally reasoned out. Did anyone get the top 12 exactly right? Curious. If people continue predicting BD in 3-4th, then yes they will continue to be as off as they were this past season. I don’t remember what exactly my predictions were, but I do think I was way off on Boston’s placement this year. Definitely underrated them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 23 hours ago, CrownBariDad said: A number of us were hoping you would be right. But there's next year and hope springs eternal. Going to need a major change in approach to design for that to happen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsxanax Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Bezos or Musk pull a Bill Cook, either create a 21st century Star or make a mind boggling cash infusion to an existing corps, and the result is a seismic power balance shift in top tier, world class. Until they lose interest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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